MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Barbara Coe Johnson, 1923–2001

Fellowship Conferred: 1987

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Past President, 1976–1977
President, 1975–1976
President-elect, 1974–1975
Board of Directors, Member, 1968–1971
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association Editorial Board

Chapter

Midwest Chapter, President, 1960–1961

Honors and Awards

MLA

100 Most Notables, 1988
Fellow, 1987

Other

Handbook of Medical Library Practice, 3rd edition, Consultant
Wayne State University Library Science Program, Consultant

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.

Johnson BC. Metropolitan Detroit's network: a step-by-step discard program. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1968 Jul;56(3):275–80. [cited 17 Mar 2011].
Johnson BC. The new fraternity. JAMA 1963 Sep 21;185(12):984.
Johnson BC. The integrated hospital library. Spec Libr. 1960;51(8):440–3.
Johnson BC. Medical book publishing. Libr Trends. 1958;7(1):210–9.
Johnson BC, McFarland RL. Suggestions to a psychiatric investigator on the use of bibliographic resources. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1955; 43(3):347–55 [cited 17 Mar 2011].

Positions

Director of Libraries, Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1956–1986
Librarian, Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, 1951–1956

MLA published statements about the fellow

Colaianni LA. Barbara Coe Johnson, 1923–2001 [obituary]. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 Oct;90(4):477–8 [cited 17 Mar 2011] .
Pings VM. President’s page. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1975 Jul;63(3):340–2 [cited 17 Mar 2011].

Compiled by Carole Gilbert, AHIP, FMLA
Edited March 17, 2011