Carolyn K. Bridgewater, MLIS, MSW, Reference Librarian at the John P. Isché Library, has been elected incoming secretary of the Hospital Library Interest Section of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association.

Pauline O. Fulda, MS, AHIP, Associate Director, received the first prize research award along with Hanna Kwasik for their paper, “Strengthening Professionals: A Chapter-level Formative Evaluation of the MLA Mentoring Initiative” which was presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual meeting in October in Houston, TX. Pauline and Hanna also presented a poster, “Empowering Scholarly Communication through the Open Access Movement: A Historical Perspective.” Additionally, Pauline received the YMCA Educational Services Area Tutor of the Year Award for Jefferson Parish. She has been a volunteer literacy tutor for 2 years.

Kathryn E. Kerdolff, MLIS, AHIP, Reference Librarian at the John P. Isché Library, received an honorable mention for research along with Maureen Knapp for their paper, “Library Resources for Health Information Retrieval: MeSHing Librarian Instruction into the Equation: Effectiveness Research Study” which was presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual meeting in October in Houston, TX.

Maureen Knapp, MA, Reference Librarian at the John P. Isché Library, received an honorable mention for research along with Kathryn Kerdolff for their paper, “Library Resources for Health Information Retrieval: MeSHing Librarian Instruction into the Equation: Effectiveness Research Study” which was presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual meeting in October in Houston, TX.

Hanna Kwasik, MLIS, AHIP, Serials Librarian, received the first prize research award along with Pauline Fulda for their paper, “Strengthening Professionals: A Chapter-level Formative Evaluation of the MLA Mentoring Initiative” which was presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual meeting in October in Houston, TX. Pauline and Hanna also presented a poster, “Empowering Scholarly Communication through the Open Access Movement: A Historical Perspective.”

Jennifer K. Lloyd, MLIS, AHIP, Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Librarian/Web Coordinator, was elected vice president/president elect of the Health Sciences Library Association of Louisiana.