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