MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Vernon M. Pings, 1923–2008

Fellowship Conferred: 1988

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Consulting Editor, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 1974–1975
Committee on Goals and Structure, 1969–1972
Committee on Surveys and Statistics, 1965–1968

Chapter

Executive Council, Midwest Regional Group, 1964–1965

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 1988

Other

Michigan Library Consortium, Trustee’s Certificate of Appreciation, 1983
Michigan Library Association, Kaiser Memorial Award, 1980

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.

Pings VM. New medical library buildings II: Wayne State University School of Medicine Library. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1971 Apr;59(2):322–9 [cited 16 Mar 2011].
Pings VM. Regional medical libraries: a concept and a necessity. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1971 Apr;59(2):242–6 [cited 16 Mar 2011].
Orr RH, Pings VM, Pizer IH, Olson EE. Development of methodologic tools for planning and managing library services: project goals and approach. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1968 Jul;56(3):235–40 [cited 16 Mar 2011].
Pings VM. Nursing libraries in historical perspective. Am J Nursing. 1965 Nov;65(11):115–20.
Orr RH, Abdian G, Bourne CP, Coyl EB, Leeds AA, Pings VM. The biomedical information complex viewed as a system. Fed Proc 1964 Sep–Oct;23:1133–45.

Positions

Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1984–1986
University Librarian, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1971–1984
Lecturer, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, 1966–1971
Director, Wayne State University Medical Library, Detroit, MI, 1961–1971
Lecturer, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 1962
Associate Professor, School of Librarianship, University of Denver, Denver, CO, 1960
Assistant Librarian and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1959–1960
Director of Libraries, Ohio Northern University, 1958–1959
Assistant engineering librarian, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1955–1958

MLA published statements about the fellow

Detlefsen E, Mika JJ. Vernon Matthew Pings, FMLA, 1923–2008 [obituary] . J Med Libr Assoc. 2009 Jul;97(3):163–4 [cited 16 Mar 2011].
McKenzie D. MLA Oral History Committee interview with Vernon Pings. Summary of the interview conducted April 1, 2001. Chicago, IL: Medical Library Association; 2001. [cited 16 Mar 2011].

Compiled by James Shedlock, AHIP, FMLA
Edited March 16, 2011