Ida and George Eliot Prize
The Ida and George Eliot Prize was established by Ida and George Eliot, friends of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and owners of Eliot Health Sciences Books, Long Island City, New York. In the mid-1980s Login Brothers Book Company acquired the company and continued to support the prize until 2001. The prize has been supported by the MLA awards budget since 2001. The Eliot Prize is presented annually for a work published in the preceding calendar year that has been judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship.
Criteria
- The applicant must be a member of MLA.
- The publication will be judged according to the following:
- Contribution to the Profession: Does the item further medical librarianship by presenting new or innovative ideas of great importance? Or does it contribute a new and beneficial report or answer to an existing situation or present a comprehensive state of the art report?
- Impact: Does the item show immediate or long-range potential and implications for those in the field of medical librarianship? Does it provide philosophical contributions or practical applications applicable to a variety of medical library situations?
- Arrangement of Information: Does the item include all necessary elements for expression of the idea?
- Expression of Content: Is the published work well presented and easy to read? Is the style effective and consistent?
Nominations
- The online application must be completed and all supporting documents uploaded no later than November 1.
- Applications are accepted from the membership-at-large and from members of the Ida and George Eliot Prize Jury; the jury reviews publications other than those nominated and actively searches for publications, beginning the review process well before nominations may be received.
- Applications should include a complete bibliographic citation, a copy of or web link to the work whenever possible, and any other pertinent information regarding the availability, content, and impact of the work.
- Late and incomplete applications will not be considered.
Recipient
The recipient will be notified in March and receive a cash award of $1,000 after the annual conference in June. The recipient will be asked to share a photo and video for the virtual awards ceremony. If there are no appropriate candidates, the association may elect not to make the award in a given year.
Ready to Submit a Nomination?
The online nomination must be completed and all supporting documents uploaded no later than November 15
Applications are open!
Open: September 5, 2024
Ending: November 15, 2024
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Past Recipients
- 2024
- Michele Klein-Fedyshin
- Andrea Ketchum
- 2023
- Susan Harnett
- Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic
- 2022
- Laura Menard
- Amy Blevins
- Daniel Trujillo
- Kenneth H. Lazarus
- 2021
- Bethany McGowan
- Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic
- Jamie Conklin
- Rebecca Raszewski
- Julie Planchon Wolf
- Maribeth Slebodnik
- Sandra McCarthy
- Shannon Johnson
- 2020
- Peace Ossom
- Christian Minter
- 2019
- Emily Vardell
- John Siegel
- Blake Hawkins
- Martin Morris
- Tony Nguyen
- 2018
- Whitney Townsend
- Patricia Anderson
- Emily Ginier
- Mark MacEachern
- Kate Saylor
- Barbara Shipman
- Judith Smith
- 2017
- none awarded
- 2016
- Sandy De Groote
- Mary Shultz
- Neil R. SmalheiserÂ
- 2015
- Tara Brigham
- Elizabeth Connor
- Teodora Constantinescu
- Joanne Muellenbach
- Helen-Ann Brown Epstein
- Ardis Weiss
- Laure Perrier
- Ann Farrell
- Ana Patricia Ayala
- David Lightfoot
- Timothy Kenny
- Ellen Aaronson
- Nancy Allee
- 2014
- Joanne Marshall
- JULIA SOLLENBERGER
- Sharon Easterby-Gannett
- Marilyn Kasner-Morgan
- Cheryl Thompson
- Neil Romanosky
- Sue Hunter
- Mary Klem
- Susan Cavanaugh
- Kathleen Oliver
- 2013
- none awarded
- 2012
- Margaret Bandy
- Rosalind Dudden
- 2011
- none awarded
- 2010
- Ana Cleveland
- Donald Cleveland
- 2009
- Daniel E. Banks
- Runhua Shi
- Donna Timm
- Kerri Ann Christopher
- David Duggar
- Marianne Comegys
- Jerry McLarty
- 2008
- Keith Cogdill
- 2007
- none awarded
- 2006
- Jean Shipman
- Sarah B. Watstein
- 2005
- Pamela Sherwill-Navarro
- Addajance Wallace
- 2004
- Eileen Abels
- Keith Cogdill
- Lisl Zach
- 2003
- Frieda Weise
- Thomas D. McMullen
- 2002
- none awarded
- 2001
- Michael Kronenfeld
- 2000
- Carol Burns
- Cheryl Dee
- Jocelyn A. Rankin
- 1999
- Barbara Schloman
- Judy Burnham
- Linda Slater
- Eileen M. Wakiji
- 1998
- E. Diane Johnson
- Emma Jean McKinin
- Joyce A. Mitchell
- John C. Reid
- Mary Ellen Sievert
- 1997
- Robert Braude
- Valerie Florance
- Mark E. Frisse
- Sherrilynne Fuller
- 1996
- Michele S. Klein
- Faith V. Ross
- Deborah L. Adams
- 1995
- Nina Matheson
- Valerie Florance
- 1994
- Jocelyn A. Rankin
- 1993
- Joanne Marshall
- 1992
- Mary Charles Lasater
- Frances Lynch
- 1990
- Joyce Backus
- Sara Davidson
- Roy Rada
- 1989
- National Library of Medicine
- 1988
- Ellen Detlefsen
- Thomas J. Galvin
- 1987
- David A. Kronick*
- 1986
- M. Sandra Wood
- 1985
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- 1984
- Jana Bradley
- 1983
- Louise Darling*
- 1982
- Joanne Marshall
- Victor Neufeld
- 1981
- Barbara Epstein
- Jane A. Lambremont
- Taylor R. Putney Jr.
- Judith Topper
- Jana Bradley
- Rosalind Dudden
- 1980
- Eloise Foster
- 1979
- Ursula H. Poland*
- 1978
- Sylvia Feuer
- 1977
- Winifred Sewell
- 1976
- Susan Crawford
- 1975
- Joan Titley Adams
- 1974
- John A. Timour
- William P. Koughan
- 1973
- William K. Beatty*
- 1972
- Alfred N. Brandon
- 1971
- Jane Fulcher
- 1970
- Thomas C. Meyer
- 1969
- none awarded
- 1968
- John B. Blake
- Charles Roos
- 1967
- Elizabeth Kennan
- 1966
- Genevieve Cole
- June L. Huntley
- Lora Frances
- Irwin H. Pizer
- 1965
- Paul J. Sanazaro
- 1964
- Scott Adams*
- 1963
- Frank B. Rogers
- Thelma Charen
- 1962
- Seymour L. Taine