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

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Fred W. Roper

Fellowship Conferred: 1997

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Governance Task Force, Chair, 1995–1997
President, President Elect, Immediate Past President, 1993–1997
Task Force to Review the Academy of Health Information Professionals, Member, 1995–1997
Knowledge and Skills Task Force, Chair, 1989–1992
Board of Directors, Member, 1987–1990
Nominating Committee, Member, 1974; Member, 1984; Chair,1997
Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Development, Chair, 1982–1984
Editorial Committee for the MLA News, Chair, 1974–1976
Continuing Education Committee, Member, 1971–1974; Chair 1973–1974

Other Accomplishments and Activities

University of North Carolina, Board of Visitors, Member, 2011–
School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Board of Visitors, Chair, 2010
Special Libraries Association, Board of Directors, Member
Association for Libraries and Information Science Education, Board of Directors, Member
American Library Association, ALA Council, Member
American Library Association, Committee on Accreditation, Member

Honors and Awards

MLA

Janet Doe Lectureship, 2005
President’s Award, 2000
Fellow, 1997
Marcia C Noyes Award, 1998
Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member

Other Awards

John Cotton Dana Award, Special Libraries Association, 1999
Fellow, Special Libraries Association, 1989
Hall of Fame, Special Libraries Association

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.

Roper FW. The Medical Library Association’s professional development program: a look back at the way ahead. J Med Lib Assoc. 2006 Jan;94(1):8–18. [cited 12 Mar 2012].
Roper FW, Boorkman JA. Introduction to reference sources in the health sciences. 1st ed. Metuchen, NJ: Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press; 1994.
Roper FW, Mayfield MK. Surveying knowledge and skills in the health sciences: results and implications. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1993 Oct;81:396–407. [cited 25 Jan 2012].
Roper FW. Special programs in medical library education, 1957–71: part II: analysis of the programs. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1973 Oct;61:387–95. [cited 25 Jan 2012].
Roper FW. A computer-based serials control system for a large biomedical library. Am Doc. 1968 Apr; 19(2):151–7.

Positions

Dean and Professor, College of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, 1986–2003
Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1977–1986
Assistant Professor, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1971–1976
Teaching Fellow, Graduate Library School, Indiana University, 1969–1970
Head, Public Services Division, Library, Chicago State College, 1967–1968
Visiting Lecturer, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1966–1967, and summers 1962, 1965–1969
Research Associate, Institute for Library Research, University of California–Los Angeles, 1966
Biomedical Machine Methods Librarian, Biomedical Library, University of California–Los Angeles, 1963–1965

MLA published statements about the fellow

McGowan JJ. Swimming with the sharks: perspectives on professional risk taking. J Med Lib Assoc. 2007 Jan;95(1):104–13. [cited 26 Jan 2012].
Squires SJ, ed. Presentation of the President’s Award. Proceedings, One Hundredth Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 5–11, 2000. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 2001 Jan;89(1):97–125. [cited 26 Jan 2012].
Marcia C. Noyes Award introduction. Proceedings, Ninety-eighth Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 23 –27, 1998. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1999 Jan;87(1):111–39.
McKenzie D. Transcript of oral interview with Fred W. Roper: 9 Nov 1998. Edited by Sue Hollander. (Print copies of the oral history can be found through the Regional Medical Libraries. An oral history summary and photo are available at http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/roper_f.html. [cited 26 Jan 2012].)
Squires SJ, Ledbetter L, eds. Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Seattle, Washington May 24-28, 1997. Bull Med Lib Assoc 1998 Jan;86(1):130–1. [cited 13 Jun 2006].
Palmer RA. Fred W. Roper, Medical Library Association President,1994–1995. Bull Med Lib Assoc 1994 Jul;82(3):332–4. [cited 26 Jan 2012].

Education

PhD, Indiana University, 1971
Internship in Medical Librarianship, Biomedical Library, University of California–Los Angeles, 1962–1963
MS, Library Science, University of North Carolina, 1962
AB, English, University of North Carolina, 1960

Contributed by Fred Roper; 2012