Medical Library Association | Fellows and Honorary Members : MLA Awards and Honors

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Mary Milon Horres

Fellowship Conferred: 1998

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Nominating Committee, Member, 1987, 1998
Advisory Board for Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship, Member, 1989–1998
Platform for Change Implementation Task Force, Chair, 1993–1995
Medical Informatics Section, Chair, 1993–1994
National Program Committees, Member, 1981–1983; Member, 1985–1987; Chair 1985–1988
Program and Convention Committee, Member, 1985–1988
Joint MLA/Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors Legislative Task Force, Member, 1985–1989
Committee on Committees, Member, 1982–1985
Board of Directors, Member, 1982–1985
MLA/National Library of Medicine Liaison Committee, Chair, 1984
Legislation Committee, Chair, 1979–1981
MLA News, “Capital Notes,” Contributing Editor, 1979–1981
Ad Hoc Committee on White House Conference on Library and Information Services, Member, 1978–1980

Chapter

Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona, Member
Mid-Atlantic Regional Group, President, 1977–1978

Other Accomplishments and Activities

Charleston (SC) League of Women Voters, President 2010–2011, Board of Directors, Member, 2009–
Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors, Board of Directors, Member, 1994–1998
National Science Foundation, Review Panel for Digital Libraries Initiative, Member, 1998
National Library of Medicine, Biomedical Review Committee, Member, 1982–1986
NLM Long-range Planning Panel #2, Member, 1985–1986

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 1998
Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member

Other Awards

Beta Phi Mu
Phi Beta Kappa
Senior Fellows, University of California–Los Angeles/Council on Library Resources
Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona List of Notables

Grants

National Library of Medicine, Medical Library Resource Project Grant, (G)*-LM04466-01; $521,392) for MELVYL MEDLINE Project for the University of California Library System, Co-Principal Investigator, 1986–1989

Publications (5 representative)

Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journal of the Medical Library Association are available via PubMed Central.

Jenkins CG, Horres MM. Myrl Lua-Frances Ebert, October 20, 1913–May 5, 2001 [obituary]. J Med Lib Assoc. 2002 Jan;90(1) :123–24. [cited 13 Mar 2012].
Horres MM, Starr SS, Renford BL. MELVYL MEDLINE: a library services perspective. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1991 Jul;79(3):309–20. [cited 13 Mar 2012].
Horres MM, Bunting A. Interlibrary cooperation among health sciences libraries. In: Darling L, ed. Handbook of medical library practice. 4th ed. Chicago, IL: Medical Library Association; 1988.
Horres MM, Hitt S. Renovation and expansion of an academic health sciences library. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1984 Jul;72(3)301–9. [cited 13 Mar 2012].

Positions

Associate University Librarian for the Sciences, University of California–San Diego, 1989–1998
Assistant University Librarian for the Sciences, University of California–San Diego, 1986–1989
Director, Biomedical Library, University of California–San Diego, 1983–1998
Associate Director, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1977–1982
Head of Circulation Services, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1972–1977
Librarian, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1969–1972