







































T h e  J o ur n a l  o f  the  Re se ar ch  Sec t i o n  
o f  the  Med ic a l  L i b r ar y  As s oc i a t i o n  

Winter 2015 

 
Volume 27, Issue 1 

Hypothesis 



 

Hypothesis, vol. 27, no. 1, Winter 2015    1 

HYPOTHESIS (ISSN 1093-5665) is the official journal of the Research Section of the Medical Library Association.  HYPOTHESIS is 

indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature™ (CINAHL). HYPOTHESIS is available online at http://

www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=503.  

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLES 

A Look at the Scholarly Output of the Medical Library 

Association Research Section* 

Terrie R. Wheeler, Noga Yaniv, and Ruth E. Fenske  ..... 3 

Report on the Hypothesis and Research Section 
Communication Survey 

Kristine M. Alpi and Brooke L. Billman  ........................... 8 

 

RESEARCH SECTION NEWS 

Section Chair’s Column 

Emily S. Mazure........................................................... 13  

New Award for Best JMLA Research Paper with an MLA 

Author – Inaugural 2014 Winning Authors! 

Aileen McCrillis and Kristine M. Alpi  ............................ 14 

MLA 2014 Annual Meeting Research Award Winners, 

Chicago, IL 

Diane Cooper, Sandra De Groote, and Aileen McCrillis 15 

MLA 2015 Annual Meeting Research Award Winners, 
Austin, TX 
Sandra De Groote, Jennifer Lyon, and Terry Henner .... 20 

MLA 2015 Annual Meeting Research Section Programs 
and Meetings, Austin, TX ............................................. 25 

 

 
*Peer-Reviewed 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Cover art: Sabbatia angularis, Annin & Smith, 
Illustration from American Medical Botany, by 
Jacob Bigelow, 1820. 
 
From the Images from the History of Medicine 
database by the National Library of Medicine. 
 

 

Winter 2015 

Volume 27, Issue 1 

Hypothesis 
T he  Jo ur na l  o f  t he  Re sear ch  Sec t i on  o f  

t he  Med ica l  L i brar y  A ssoc ia t io n  

http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=503
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Hypothesis, vol. 27, no. 1, Winter 2015    2 

INTERIM EDITORS 

EDITORIAL BOARD 

SECTION OFFICERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 
Kristine M. Alpi, MLS, MPH, AHIP 

kristine_alpi@ncsu.edu 

 
Leslie M. Behm, AHIP 

behm@msu.edu 

 
Brooke L. Billman, MA, AHIP 

brooke.billman@ahsl.arizona.edu 
 

 
Jonathan Eldredge, MLS, PhD, AHIP 

jeldredge@salud.unm.edu 

 
Ellen Detlefsen, DLS 

ellen@sis.pitt.edu 

Chair 

Emily S. Mazure, MSI, AHIP 

emily.mazure@duke.edu 

Chair-elect, 
Program Committee Chair 

Marie Ascher, MS, AHIP 
Marie_Asher@nymc.edu 

Immediate Past Chair, 
Nominating Committee Chair, 

Section Council Representative 
Merle Rosenzweig, AMLS 

oriley@umich.edu 

Secretary/Treasurer 
Martha F. Earl, MSLS, AHIP, CHIS 

mearl@mc.utmck.edu 

Awards Committee Chair 
Sandra De Groote, MLIS, AHIP 

sgroote@uic.edu 

Continuing Education Chair, 
Email List Manager 
Leslie Behm, AHIP 
behm@msu.edu 

Government Relations Liaison 
Elaine G. Powers, MSLS 
epowers@vcom.vt.edu 

International Research Chair,  
Research Agenda Committee Chair 
Jonathan Eldredge, MLS, PhD, AHIP 

jeldredge@salud.unm.edu 

Membership Committee Chair 
Beatriz Varman, MLIS 

beatriz.varman@library.tmc.edu 

 
Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs 
Maureen Clark, MHS, MLIS, LCPC 

mdclark@uic.edu 
 

Susan Lessick, MLS, MA, AHIP 
slessick@uci.edu 

 
Jennifer Staley, MLIS 

jennifer.staley@uhhospitals.org 
 

Strategic Planning Committee Chair 
Susan Lessick, MLS, MA, AHIP  

slessick@uci.edu 

Web Site Editor 
Brooke L. Billman, MA, AHIP 

brooke.billman@ahsl.arizona.edu 

 
Brooke L. Billman, MA, AHIP 

brooke.billman@ahsl.arizona.edu 
 

 
Emily S. Mazure, MSI, AHIP 

emily.mazure@duke.edu  

mailto:kristine_alpi@ncsu.edu
mailto:behm@msu.edu
mailto:brooke.billman@ahsl.arizona.edu
mailto:jeldredge@salud.unm.edu
mailto:ellen@sis.pitt.edu
mailto:emily.mazure@duke.edu
mailto:Marie_Asher@nymc.edu
mailto:oriley@umich.edu
mailto:mearl@mc.utmck.edu
mailto:sgroote@uic.edu
mailto:behm@msu.edu
mailto:epowers@vcom.vt.edu
mailto:jeldredge@salud.unm.edu
mailto:beatriz.varman@library.tmc.edu
mailto:mdclark@uic.edu
mailto:slessick@uci.edu
mailto:jennifer.staley@uhhospitals.org
mailto:slessick@uci.edu
mailto:brooke.billman@ahsl.arizona.edu
mailto:brooke.billman@ahsl.arizona.edu
mailto:emily.mazure@duke.edu

