Medical Library Association | Fellows and Honorary Members : Nancy Washington Clemmons

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Nancy Washington Clemmons

Fellowship Conferred: 2007

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Board of Directors, May 2003-May 2006
Journal of the Medical Library Association, Senior Associate Editor, 2000-2005
Lucretia McClure Excellence in Education Award Jury, Chair, 2000-01
MLA Nominating Committee, 2000
Chapter Council, Communications Committee, Chair, 1993-1994
Awards Committee, Chair, 1993-1994
Chapter Council, Planning Committee for Chapter Sharing Roundtables,
Chair, 1992-1993;
Membership Committee, Chair, 1988-1989
Public Services Section, Chair, 1988-1989
Reference Services Section, Nominating Committee, Chair, 1985

Chapter

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association 1980-
Listowner, SCEXEC (Executive Board discussion list), 1997-2005
Cookbook Committee, 2002-2004
History Committee, Chair 2002-2004
Strategic Planning Committee, Chair 1999-2000
Nominating Committee, Chair 1998-99
Southern Chapter Chair 1997-1998
Chair-elect and Program Committee, Chai,r 1996-1997
Chapter Council Representative, 1994-1997
Program Committee, 1994-1995
1993 Conference Committee, chair, 1992-1993
Chapter Council Alternate Representative, 1991-1994
Communications Committee, 1990-1991
Reporter for SOUTHERN EXPRESSIONS, 1986-1991
Secretary-Treasurer, 1988-1989
CE Committee 1984-1985, Chair, 1985

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 2007
Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals 1989-

Other

Southern Chapter/MLA Honorary Member, October 2006
Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Alabama, School of Library and Information
Studies, 2001
Who�s Who in America, 2000 - 2006
Who�s Who in the South and Southwest, 1999
Beta Phi Mu, International Library Science Honor Society, 1975-

Publications (5 representative)

Clemmons NW, Clemmons SL. Five years later�. Med Ref Serv Q 2005 Spring; 24(1):1-18.
Clemmons NW. Lucretia�s View: An Interview with Lucretia W. McClure about medical reference through the years. Med Ref Serv Q 2001, Spring; 20(1): 1-10.
Clemmons NW. Metamorphosis of medical librarianship: A special column for the year 2000: Experienced reference librarians: the long view. Med Ref Serv Q 2000, Fall; 19 (3):49-62.
Clemmons NW. Metamorphosis of medical librarianship: A special column for the year 2000: Where is medical reference librarianship going?� Med Ref Serv Q 2000, Spring; 19(1):47-51.
Clemmons NW, Schwartz DG. Management of reference services. In: Reference and Information Services in Health Sciences Libraries, edited by M. Sandra Wood. (Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship, v.1). Metuchen, NJ: Medical Library Association/Scarecrow Press, 1994: 179-243.

Positions

Professor Emerita, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, July 2006 - present
Deputy Director, Professor, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, November 1999-July 2006
Deputy Director, Associate Professor, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, November 1995-October 1999
Acting Director, Associate Professor, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, July 1992-October 1995
Head of Information and Instructional Services, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, October 1989-June 1992
Head of Reference Services, Assistant Professor, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, January 1983-September 1989
Vision Science Librarian, Assistant Professor, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, January 1982-December 1982
Reference Librarian, Assistant Professor, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL,October 1981-December 1981
Reference Librarian, Instructor, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, June 1977-October 1981
Government Documents Librarian, Senior Librarian, Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, LA, June 1976-June 1977
Graduate/Science Librarian, Samford University Library, Birmingham, AL, June 1973-May 1976
Science Library, Work-study, University of Alabama, University, AL, September 1972-May 1973
Science Teacher, Seventh Grade, Opp Middle School, Opp, AL, September 1969-January1971

MLA published statements about the fellow

Proceedings of the 107th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 January; 96(1): e10-e11. [cited April 7, 2008] http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=159590

Edited: April 7, 2008