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MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

John A. Timour, 1926–2004

Fellowship Conferred: 1988

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Board of Directors, Member, 1978–1981
CE 13, Instructor, 1973–1977
Nominating Committee, Elected Member, 1973

Chapter

Philadelphia Regional Chapter, Chair, 1975–1976
Philadelphia Regional Chapter, Vice-Chair, 1974–1975

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 1988
Philadelphia Regional Chapter, Honorary Life Membership, 1988
Philadelphia Regional Chapter, Chapter Achievement Award, 1988
Nominee for MLA President, 1981
Ida and George Eliot Prize, 1974

Other

Who’s Who in America, 1994
Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Chapter, Achievement Award, 1988
American Medical Writers Association, Delaware Valley Chapter, President, 1986–1987
Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Chapter, President, 1979–1980
Special Libraries Association, Biological Sciences Division, Chair, 1976–1977
Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Libraries, Honorary Life Member, 1974
American Library Association, Research Committee, Chairman, 1971–1973
Special Libraries Association, Connecticut Valley Chapter, Director-at-Large, 1971–1972
CVC (Connecticut Valley Chapter) Bulletin, Editor, 1970–1972
Beta Phi Mu

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.

Timour JA. Academic health sciences libraries, then and now. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1984 Apr;72(2):211–3.
Cohen B, Timour JA. A clinical program for in-service nurses: a preliminary report. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1980 Jul;68(3):293–4.
Timour JA. Use of selected abstracting and indexing journals in biomedical resource libraries. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1979 Jul;67(3):330–3.
Koughan WP, Timour JA. Are hospital libraries meeting physicians’ information needs? Spec Lib. 1973 May/Jun;64(5/6):222–7.
Timour JA. Selected lists of journals for the small medical library: a comparative analysis. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1971 Jan;59(1):87–93.

Positions

University Librarian, Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1975–1987
Adjunct Professor of Library Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 1976–1978
Director, Mid-Eastern Regional Medical Library Service, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1973–1975
Library Services Director, Connecticut Regional Medical Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1969–1973
Lecturer (Library Science), South Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT, 1970–1971
Training Officer and MEDLARS Liaison Officer, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1966–1969

MLA published statements about the fellow

Fulton JH. John Arnold Timour, 1926–2004 [obituary]. J Med Lib Assoc. 2005 Apr;93(2):299–300.
Presentation of Awards. Proceedings, 88th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc., New Orleans, LA, May 20–26, 1988. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1989 Jan;77(1):117.

Education

BA, English literature and mathematics, Miami University of Ohio, 1951
MA, Personnel Management, George Washington University, 1960
MLS, Library Science, University of Maryland, 1969

Compiled by June Fulton, 2011

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