Nina Matheson
From Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project
Name: Nina W. Matheson
Elected ACMI Fellow: 1986
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MLA Fellowship Conferred: 1994 MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments MLA Fellows and Honorary Members Appointments Jury, chair, 1993-94 President, 1983 Board of Directors, 1982-84 Nominating Committee, chair, 1982 National Program Committee, chair, 1980 Board of Directors, 1977-80 Legislation Committee, chair, 1975-77 Honors and Awards MLA Ida and George Eliot Prize, 1995 Janet Doe Lecturer, 1994 Fellow, 1994 Marcia C. Noyes Award, 1993 President's Award, 1983 Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member Other Member, Institute of Medicine, 1993 Visiting Professorship, Guy's and St. Thomas' Medical and Dental School, London, 1993 Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics, 1990 President, Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors (AAHSLD), 1987-88 University of Washington School of Librarianship Alumni Assoc. Distinguished Alumna Award, 1978 Beta Phi Mu, 1958 Phi Beta Kappa, 1956 Publications (4 representative) Matheson NW. The idea of the Library. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1995 Jan; 83(1) :1-7. Matheson NW, Florance V. The health sciences librarian as knowledge worker. Lib\ r Trends 1993; 42(1): 196-219. Lucier RE, Matheson NW, Reynolds RE, Butter KA. The knowledge workstation: an e\ lectronic environment for knowledge management. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1988 Jul;76\ (3):248-55. Matheson NW, Cooper JAD. Academic information in the academic health sciences c\ enter: roles for the library in information management. J Med Educ 1982 Oct (pa\ rt 2);57(10):1-93. Also translated into Japanese by Suga T. Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo\ Medical College Library, 1987. Positions Director Emerita and Professor of Medical Information, The Johns Hopkins Instit\ utions, The William H. Welch Medical Library, Baltimore, MD, 1994 to present Director and Professor of Medical Information, The Johns Hopkins Institutions, \ The William H. Welch Medical Library, Baltimore, MD, 1991-93 Director and Associate Professor of Medical Information, The Johns Hopkins Inst\ itutions, The William H. Welch Medical Library, Baltimore, MD, 1984-90 Special Expert Consultant (Developed IAIMS grant program), National Library of \ Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1982-84 Assistant Director, Health Information Management Studies, Association of Ameri\ can Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, 1980-82 Director, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library and Asst. Research Professor, Dept\ . Health Care Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and the\ Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 1975-80 Chief, Office of Program Planning and Evaluation, National Library of Medicine,\ Extramural Programs, Bethesda, MD, 1973-74 pecial Assistant, National Library of Medicine, Extramural Programs, Bethesda,\ MD, National Library of Medicine, Extramural Programs, Bethesda, MD, 1971-72 Librarian and Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of\ Medicine, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, 1962-71 Librarian, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, IN, 1961-62 Selection Officer, National Library of Medicine, Washington, DC, 1959-61 Special Intern, New York Public Library, New York, NY, 1958-59 MLA published statements about the fellow Medical Library Association. Summary of Oral History Committee Interview with Nina Matheson. Interview conducted on October 23, 1986 by Nancy Bruce. Chicago, Medical Library Association, 1997. [cited June 7, 2003]. <http://mlanet.org/about/history/n_matheson.html>. Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995;83(1):125. Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994 Jan; 82(1):122. Hitt S. Nina W. Matheson, President, Medical Library Association, 1983/84. President's Page. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1983 Jul; 71(3):349-50.
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Degree since: Master of Librarianship, University of Washington 1958
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Current email: mathesonbook@gmail.com
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Academic Information in the Academic Health Sciences Center, 1982 Some Principles of Good Writing and the Library Search,1972
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