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MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Mary Jane Koontz Zachert

Fellowship Conferred: 1985

To top of page MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA
  • Continuing Education Committee, Chair, 1981–1983
  • Search Committee for MLA Director of Education, Member, 1982; 1977–1978
  • Study Group on MLA's Role in the Educational Process for Health Science Librarians, Member, 1980–1981
  • Janet Doe Lectureship Subcommittee, Chair, 1981–1983
  • Local Arrangements Committee, Annual Meeting, Member, 1978
  • Nominating Committee, Member, 1977
  • Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a New Certification Code, Cochair, 1971–1972
  • American Library Association Ad Hoc Committee on Curriculum, Representative1972
  • Committee on Curriculum, Chair, 1968–1970
  • CE 26 Teaching Skills for Library Educators, Developer
Chapter
  • Southern Chapter, Chapter Council Alternate Representative, 1982–1983

To top of page Honors and Awards

MLA
Other
  • University of South Carolina, School of Librarianship, Martha Jane Zachert Scholarship
  • South East Library Association, Honorary Member, 1988
  • Special Libraries Association, South Carolina Chapter, Martha Jane Zachert Scholarship established 1987
  • Special Libraries Association, Hall of Fame, 1985
  • Special Libraries Association, Special Citation, 1977
  • Beta Phi Mu, Founder of South Carolina Beta Omega Chapter; Chapter President 1974–1975

To top of page Other Accomplishments and Activities

  • Mentor and teacher to many medical librarians
  • British Library, Visiting Fellow, 1980
  • Journal of Library Administration, Consultant Editor, 1979–1986
  • Southern Regional Medical Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Consultant, 1976–1977
  • National Library Medicine, Consultant, 1977
  • Journal of Library History, Associate Editor, 1966–1971, 1973–1976; Managing Editor, 1971–1973
  • Special Libraries Association, Florida Chapter, President
  • American Printing History Association, member

To top of page Publications (5 representative)

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

To top of page Positions

  • Professor, College of Librarianship, University South Carolina–Columbia, 1973–1974, 1978–1984
  • Professor, Library School, Florida State University–Tallahassee, 1973–1978
  • Associate Professor, School of Library Science, Florida State University–Tallahassee, 1963–1978
  • Instructor, Georgia State College, 1962–1963
  • Instructor, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Summers 1955–1959, 1956–1957, 1959–1960
  • Head Librarian, H. Custer Naylor Library, and Professor, History of Pharmacy, Southern College of Pharmacy, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, 1952–1963
  • School librarian, DeKalb (Georgia) County Schools, 1950–1952
  • Head Librarian, Wood Research Institute, Atlanta, 1947
  • Assistant, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1941–1946

To top of page MLA published statements about the fellow

To top of page Education

  • DLS, Library Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1968 [Thesis: "Objectives and Patterns in Undergraduate Library Science Education"]
  • MLS, Library Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1953
  • AB, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, 1941

Contributed by Diane McKenzie, 2012

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