Purpose of Award
The purpose of the Louise Darling MLGSCA Achievement Award is to honor significant contributions to health sciences librarianship, as well as to the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona.
Criteria for Award
- Candidate's contribution is significant towards the advancement of health sciences librarianship through the endeavors of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona.
- Candidate's contributions include, but are not limited to: service, publications, presentations, and projects.
- Candidate must hold membership in MLGSCA at the time of election and be a member for a minimum of two years.
Award Guidelines
Nominations shall be made by the MLGSCA membership. Requests for nominations are solicited through the Newsletter and the Awards Committee with a deadline of February 15th. Persons nominating candidates shall provide the Committee with a letter of nomination and a Nomination form. (The form is also printed in the MLGSCA Directory.) Awards Committee members are not eligible for the award during their committee service. The Awards Committee reviews nominations and recommends candidates to the Advisory Council for final approval. Candidates will be excluded from discussions.
The Louise Darling MLGSCA Achievement Award is given annually. The number of candidates per year is at the discretion of the Awards Committee. If no suitable candidates are nominated, the award is not given. Discussions during the selection process of both the Awards Committee and the Advisory Council are not a matter of public record.
The award is usually presented by the President during the Spring Meeting and is announced in the Newsletter following the presentation. The recipient will receive $500.00 and a commemorative item which states:
THE LOUISE DARLING MLGSCA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
PRESENTED TO:
NAME:
DATE:
PLACE:
IN HONOR OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARIANSHIP
Recipients of the Louise Darling Award
1986 -- Joyce Loepprich
1987 -- Betty F. Connolly
1990 -- Stephen L. Clancy and Rochelle L. Minchow
1991 -- Kay E. Wellik
1992 -- Paul W. Kittle
1993 -- Jacqueline D. Doyle
1994 -- Christa Buswell
1995 -- Irene Lovas
1996 -- Meredith Mitchell
1997 -- Barbara Slater
1998 -- Marsha Kmec
1999 -- Janis Brown
2000 -- Kay Deeney
2001 -- Marilyn Schwartz
2002 -- Doreen Keough
2003 -- Mary Riordan
2004 -- Anna Habetler
2005 -- Craig Haynes
2006 -- Alan Carr
2007 -- Judy Bube
2008 -- Eileen Wakiji
2009 -- Kathleen Carlson
2010 -- Deborah Klein
2011 -- Ellen Aaronson
2012 -- Julie Kwan
2013 -- Lisa Marks
2014 -- Mary White
2015 -- not awarded
2016 -- not awarded
2017 -- Danielle Linden
2018 -- Not awarded
2019 -- Kathy Zeblisky
2020 -- Molly Harrington
2021 -- not awarded
2022 -- not awarded
2023 -- Sunny McGowan
