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Medical Library Association and Special Library Association

2023 Hybrid Meeting Research Awards

Lindsay Blake, MLIS, AHIPa

aClinical Services Coordinator, UAMS Library, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-8611 ,

leblake@uams.edu

The MLA Research Caucus is pleased to announce the winners for best research papers
and posters presented at the MLA/SLA 2023 Hybrid Meeting held in Detroit,
Michigan. Congratulations to all of the award winners! Thank you to all the judges
who volunteered their expertise to help select these deserving awardees both in the
prejudging phase and during the meeting. To learn more about the awards and the
selection process, visit the Research Caucus website.

MLA/SLA 2023 Annual Meeting Contributed Paper Awards

1st Place - Osteopathic Medical Student Attitudes Towards Research:
Consumers or Creators?
Authors: Molly Montgomery, Director of Library Services, Idaho College of
Osteopathic Medicine Library; Austin Cuttone, Marisa Helm, Mindy Hoang, Nahleh
Koochack, Morton Joshua, and Nicholas Rincon, Medical Students, Idaho College of
Osteopathic Medicine.

2nd Place - “You Need to See It”: Attitudes and Preferences of Health
Sciences Librarians Regarding Assessment of Evidence-Based Medicine via
an Objective Structured Clinical Examination.
Authors: Caitlin Plovnick, Lead, Education and Curriculum Integration and Joey
Nicholson, Chair and Director, New York University Health Sciences Library, NYU
Langone Health.

2nd Place - A Scoping Review on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
for Health and Medical Library Workers.
Authors: Jane Morgan-Daniel, Community Engagement and Health Literacy Librarian,
University of Florida Health Sciences Center; Amy Taylor, Medical Librarian, Houston
Methodist Education Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital; Xan Goodman, Health
Sciences Librarian, University of Nevada Las Vegas University Libraries; and Chloe
Hough, Reference Librarian, Tampa Bay Regional Campus Library, Nova Southeastern
University.

MLA/SLA 2023 Annual Meeting Contributed Poster Awards

1st Place - Classifying Data Management Plan Guidance Using DMPTool.

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Authors: Lucy Carr Jones, Research Data and Scholarly Communications Librarian,
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia and Lauren Phegley,
Research Data Engineer, Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania.

2nd Place - Open but Hidden: Open Access Gaps in National Science
Foundation Funded Publications as Posted Online in the NSF Public Access
Repository.
Authors: Kimberly R. Powell, Research Impact Informationist, Woodruff Health
Sciences Center Library; Jenny Townes, Open Access Librarian, Robert W. Woodruff
Library, Emory University; and Fred Rascoe, Georgia Tech Library, Georgia Institute
of Technology.

Honorable Mention - Existence of a Library and Degreed Librarian at
ANCC Magnet Recognized Hospitals.
Author: Louisa Verma, Information Professional, Portland Cement Association.

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