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MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Nancy Whitten Zinn

Fellowship Conferred: 1998

To top of page MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA
  • Murray Gottlieb Prize Jury, Member, 1992–1993
  • Doctoral Fellowship Jury, Member, 1987–1989
  • Committee on Oral History, Member, 1977–1983; Chair, 1980–1983
  • Chapter Council, Member, 1980–1982
    • Ad Hoc Committee on Compliance, Chair, 1981–1982
  • MLA Oral History Project, National Library of Medicine, Principal Investigator, 1980–1983
  • Ad Hoc Handbook Consultants Panel, Member, 1977–1981
  • Honors and Awards Committee, Subcommittee on the Murray Gottlieb Prize, Member, 1975–1979; Chair, 1978–1979
  • Curriculum Committee, Member, 1975–1976
  • Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Goals and Structure of the Medical Library Association, Member, 1970–1974
  • Membership Committee, Chair
  • History of the Health Sciences Section, Chair, 1970–1972
    • Directory Committee, Chair, 1973–1974
    • MLA Nominating Committee, Candidate, 1973–1974, 1982–1983
Chapter
  • Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group
    • Chapter Archivist
    • Chaper Council Representative, 1980–1982
    • President, 1970–1971

To top of page Honors and Awards

MLA
  • Fellow, 1998
  • Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences, 1994
  • Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member, 1991
Other Awards
  • Archivists and Librarians in the History of Health Sciences (ALHHS), Lisabeth M. Holoway Award, 1997
  • Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group, Award for Professional Excellence, 1997
  • Academy of Certified Archivists, 1991–1994
Other Accomplishments and Activities
  • Interviewer, MLA Oral History Project; interviews include Estelle Brodman, Bertha Hallam, Ann E. Kerker, John LoSasso, Frank Rogers, Donald Washburn, and Helen Yast
  • Institute for Historical Study, Berkeley, CA, Membership Chair; Board of Directors, Member, 1994–1998, 2001–2011
  • American Association for the History of Medicine, Member, 1966– ; Council, Member, 1990–1993
  • Society of American Archivists, Member, 1974–1993; Sci-Tech Health Care Round Table, Chair, 1991–1993
  • Archivists & Librarians in the History of Health Sciences (ALHHS), Member, 1976–
    • Local Arrangements Committee, Member, 1991–1992
    • Publications Committee, Member, 1986–1990; Chair, 1987–1990
    • President, 1977–1979
  • Society of California Archivists, Member, 1974–1993
    • Council, Member, 1977–1979, 1993–1995
  • American Library Association, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Member, 1981–1993
    • Local Arrangements Committee, Member, 1992
  • Bay Area History of Medicine Club, Member, 1966–1993
    • Secretary, 1988–1997
    • Executive Council, 1986–1997

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.

  • Zinn NW. NCNMLG: 50 years of challenge, change and continuity 1947–1997. Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group; 1997.
  • Zinn NW. Documenting AIDS: the role of the university and other agencies. In: Harden VA, Risse G.  AIDS and the historian. Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services; 1991.
  • Zinn NW. Special collections, archives, manuscripts and oral history. In: Handbook of medical library practice. 4th ed. volume 3. Chicago, IL: Medical Library Association; 1988.
  • Zinn NW. Cholera and the books: a selection from the collections of Reinhard S. Speck, M.D. Special Collections, The Library, University of California–San Francisco; 1987.
  • Bishop D, Roberts J, Zinn NW. Bibliographic control of medical illustrations—a case study in the development of a library subsystem: I. project planning. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1983 Jul;71(3):263–8. II. project implementation. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1983 Jul;71(3):269–73. [cited 15 Sep 2012]

To top of page Positions

  • Librarian Emeritus, Library and Center for Knowledge Management, University of California–San Francisco,  1993–
  • University Archivist, Library, University of California–San Francisco, 1974–1993  
  • Head, Special Collections, Library, University of California–San Francisco, 1966–1993
  • Head, Circulation and Reference, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1963–1965
  • Library Trainee, Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philaelphia, PA, 1960–1961
  • Junior Reference Librarian, New Haven Free Public Library, Philaelphia, PA, 1979–1960

To top of page MLA published statements about the fellow

To top of page Education

  • PhD candidate, History of Health Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, 1983–1993
  • Internship in Medical Librarianship, Emory University, 1962–1963 (USPHS awardee)
  • MSLS, Drexel University, 1962 (Beta Phi Mu)
  • MA, History, Bryn Mawr College, 1959
  • BA, History, University of Delaware, 1957 (with Honors & Phi Kappa Phi)

Contributed by Nancy Whitten Zinn; 2012

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