MLA President 2005/06

Mary Joan (M.J.) Tooey, AHIP Director, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland–Baltimore, 2004–

Career Highlights
MJ Tooey has served on the MLA Board of Directors, as chair of the MLA 2004 National Program Committee, and as chair of Chapter Council. She chaired the MLA/Pew Credible Information Task Force. A Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, she was the 1997 winner of the Estelle Brodman Award for Academic Medical Librarian of the Year. Tooey has been chair of the Public Services Section and of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA (MAC). She was named MAC Librarian of the Year in 1996 and received their Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award in 1991. She has over twenty years of experience in both hospital and academic libraries.

Previous Professional Positions
Director, 2004Y-; Deputy director, August 1999–2004; acting assistant director for computing and technology services, August-November 1999; associate director for external services and development, 1997–1999; project manager, New Health Sciences and Human Services Library Building, 1992–1999; assistant director for information and instructional services, 1993–1996; director, Reference and Information Management Services, 1992–1993; assistant director, Information Services; 1989–1992; head, Information Management Education, 1986–1989, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland–Baltimore.

MLA Official Activities
National: member 1985–; 2004 National Program Committee: chair 2001–2004; Annual Meeting Schedule Task Force: member 2001–2002; MLA/PEW Credible Information Task Force: chair 2001–2002; Board of Directors: chapter liaison 1998–2001; Chapter Council: member 1994–1997, chair 1998–2001, chair-elect 1997–1998; Chapter Council Centennial Work Group: chair 1995–1998; 1993 National Program Committee: member, 1990–1993; White House Conference on Library and Information Science Task Force: member 1991–1992. Section: Leadership and Management Section: member 2000–; Leadership Education Chapter Challenge Grant Committee: member 2003–. Medical Informatics Section: member 1993–. Public Services Section: member 1986–2001; chair-elect, chair, past-chair 1995–1998; secretary/treasurer 1990–1992; Nominating Committee, chair 1997–1998. Research Section: member 2000–. Chapter: Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC): member 1985–; Strategic Planning Task Force: chair 2001–2002; Local Arrangements Registration Committee: member 2001; Nominating Committee: member 2000; Local Arrangements: cochair 1996; MAC/MLA Centennial Committee: member 1995–1999; Chapter Council: representative 1994–1997; Honors and Awards Committee: chair 1992–1993; MAC nominee to MLA Nominating Committee 1992; Local Arrangements Exhibits Committee: chair 1992; Professional Recognition and Awards: chair 1991–1992; program chair, chair, immediate past chair 1988–1991; Bylaws Committee: chair 1990–1991; Ad Hoc Committee on Archival Materials: member 1990–1991; Governmental Relations Committee: member 1989–1991; Publications Committee: member 1988–1989.

Other Professional Activities
American Library Association: member 1991–; Association of College and Research Libraries: member 1991–; Library Administration and Management Association: member 1991–. Maryland Association of Health Sciences Librarians: member 1985–; Newsletter: coeditor 1988–1992; program chair, chair, immediate past chair 1986–1989. College of Library and Information Science, University of Maryland-College Park: adjunct faculty 1992, 1994 and 1996. Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Library Development and Services: Library Services Construction Act (LSCA) Advisory Committee: member 1991–1995; Task Force for Health Information in Public Libraries: member 1990–1992. White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services: delegate 1991. Maryland Governor's Conference on Libraries and Information Services: delegate 1990.

Professional Honors
Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity 2001. MLA Estelle Brodman Academic Medical Librarian of the Year 1997. MLA Academy of Health Information Professionals: distinguished member 1996–. Mid-Atlantic Chapter/Medical Library Association: Librarian of the Year 1996; Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award 1991.

Education
B.S., education (school librarian) with minor in English/communication arts, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (formerly Clarion State College), Clarion, PA, 1976; M.L.S. (with a specialization in Information Science), University of Pittsburgh, 1982.

Publications
Tooey MJ. Handheld technologies in a clinical setting: state of the technology and resources. AACN Clin Issues 2003 Aug;14(3):342–9. Tooey MJ. Review of The Medical Library Association Guide to Managing Health Care Libraries. Bull Med Libr Assoc 2001 Jul;89(3):318–20. Weise FO, Tooey MJ. Planning for health sciences library facilities. In: Forsman R, ed. Administration and management in health sciences libraries. v.8. Metuchan, NJ: Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press, 2000: 133–72. (Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship.) Tooey MJ. Review of Guardians of Medical Knowledge: The Genesis of the Medical Library Association. J Hosp Libr 2001;1(2):104–5. Weise FO, Tooey MJ. The Health Sciences and Human Services Library: this is one sweet library! Bull Med Libr Assoc 1999 Apr;87(2):170–7.