South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association
Fostering the Art and Science of Health Sciences Library Service
Elizabeth K. Eaton, Ph.D. Research Awards
The Elizabeth K. Eaton Research Awards recognize outstanding research projects that are presented at the SCC/MLA Annual Meeting. The awards are presented at the Annual Meeting after all poster and paper presentations have been concluded. and a monetary prize for the presenters is included, with funds provided by the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium (SCAMeL).
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The awards had been offered for several years, but in 2009 the SCC/MLA Executive Board — at the request of the SCAMeL directors — approved renaming the awards in memory of Elizabeth K. Eaton, Ph.D., whose interests in library research were instrumental in the development of the annual awards.
2024
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Examining Academic Health Sciences Library Directors in 2009 & 2024," Dr. Anna Cleveland and Jodi Philbrick |
| 2nd Place | “Exploring Health Information-Seeing Behaviors: Insight from the Armenian Community in the United States,” Hripsime Mantecon, Dr. Ana Cleveland, and Emily Vardell |
3rd Place (Tie) |
“Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder & Related Adverse Drug Reactions: Insights from Post-Marketing Surveillance,” Sweeya Spandana, Heejun Kim, and Dr. Ana Cleveland |
3rd Place (Tie) | "Evaluating ChatGPT-based Data Augmentation for Medical Concept Normalization," Haichua Chen, Dr. Ana Cleveland, and Junhua Ding |
Posters
| 1st Place | “A Content Analysis of Generative AI Policies within Health Science Journals,” Katie Pierce-Farrier |
| 2nd Place | “A Big Dream, but Are WE Competent? Health Sciences Librarian Preparation for the Movement Toward Greater Standardization & Assessment of Competency-Based Health Sciences Education," Michelle Whitehead, Hayley Yording, and Alysha Sapp |
| 3rd Place | “A Healthy Partnership: Libraries and Community Health Workers Unite,” Jordan Ford and Brandon Kennedy |
2023
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "An Examination of Indexing: The Case of Appalachia," Emily W. Blevins, Nakia J. Woodward, Kelly Loyd, Aaron S. Castle, Rachel R. Walden, and Rick L. Wallace |
| 2nd Place | “Knowledge of Systematic Review Methodology Among Health Sciences Faculty: A cross-sectional survey,” Amy Corder, Laura Haygood, Laura Wright, Samantha O'Connell, and Keith Pickett |
| 3rd Place | “Is everything free on the internet? An Analysis of LSUHS Grant Associated Publication Citations,” Julia M. Esparza, Montie’ Dobbins, Elliott Freeman, Leah Bryant, Madison Coleman, Ava Pollard, Prerana Ramesh, and Justin Smith, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport |
Posters
| 1st Place | “Needs Assessment for a Makerspace for a Campus Community,” Toni Hoberecht and Dora Mensah, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Campus |
| 2nd Place | “Information Literacy as an Avenue for AI-Generated Healthcare Simulation Case Appraisal," Hilary Jasmin, Sarah Newell, Tara Lemoine, Xavier Agee, and Carmen Kelley, University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| 3rd Place | “Teaching CSD Students EBP Access and Utilization Skills,” Lance Day and Karen Flynn, Samford University Library and Samford University College of Health Sciences |
2022
Contributed Papers
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1st Place (Tie) |
“Using a Virtual Escape Room to Assess Epidemiological and Biostatistical Concepts before STEP 1,” Julia M. Esparza, Montie' T. Dobbins, David C. Duggar, Elliott Freeman, Sarah P. Jackson, Erin Ware, Christopher D. Schmoutz, Rachel G. Barlow, Ashley A. Barras, Carol N. Crochet, Kyah Dowell, Robert J. Klazynski, Rachel K. Parks, Wybra J. Price 3rd, and Colton R. Toups, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport |
| 1st Place (Tie) |
“Technical Services Librarians and MLA,” Toni Hoberecht, Schusterman Library at University of Oklahoma- Tulsa |
| 3rd Place | “The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Faculty Towards Traditional, Open Access, and Predatory Publishing,” Julie H. Schiavo, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans |
Posters
| 1st Place | “The Best Rx is Better UX: Redesigning, Migrating, and Usability Testing a Hospital Library Website,” Brandy Klug, Brook Amen, Kellie Boyd, Collin Jones, and Juan Sanchez Duarte, Gibson D. Lewis Library, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth |
| 2nd Place | “A Space for Marketing the Library: A Scoping Review of Promotional Endeavors in Academic Health Sciences Libraries,” Stefani D. Gafford and Susan C Steelman, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library |
| 3rd Place | “Our Book Club Kit Experience – What Happened? What Went Wrong?,” Amy Weig-Pickering, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center |
2021
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "It’s Worse than You Think: Significant Search Function Unreliability in the Major Medical Databases" Amy Sisson & Lara Ouellette, Texas Medical Center Library |
| 2nd Place | "Getting Schooled on Instruction: A Needs Assessment on Teaching Competencies for Librarians" Catherine Pepper & Thomas D. Halling, Texas A&M University |
| 3rd Place | "The Intersection of Information Skills and Behaviors with the Steps of EBP in Local Professional Health Programs Curricula" Micah J. Waltz, Heather K. Moberly, Catherine Pepper, Christina Seeger, and Stephanie Fulton, Texas A&M University |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Collection Development within Academic Health Sciences Libraries: A Scoping Review" Logan Renée Whittington, Lauren Tong, Amanda Pizzollo, Susan C. Steelman of Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library |
| 2nd Place | "Building Consensus Around the Future Remote Work: One Library’s Study" Sally Bowler-Hill, University of New Mexico |
| 3rd Place | "Beyond the Binary in the Wards and Stacks: An Analysis of LGBTQIA+-Related Research in Health Sciences LIS Journals, 2011-2020" John Carter, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University |
2020
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Are Job Qualifications for Health Sciences Librarians Aligning with MLA's Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success?" Jodi Philbrick, Ana D. Cleveland, and LeAnn Boyce, University of North Texas |
| 2nd Place | "Analyzing the Effectiveness of LibGuide Layout Changes in Increasing User Engagement" Valerie Prilop, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 3rd Place | "Showing Value While Proving Your Own: Identifying An Institution's Intellectual Capital Through a Systematic Approach" Julia M. Esparza, Kathleen A. Bloomingdale, Montie L. Dobbins, David Charles Duggar, Sarah Jackson, Theresa L B Nail William Olmstadt; Louisiana State University Health Shreveport |
Posters
| 1st Place | "An Interdisciplinary and Blended Learning Approach to Teaching Evidence Synthesis" Kathleen V. Carter, Stephanie Atkins Sharpe, Juan Carlos López-Alvarenga, Michael Machiorlatti, Candace A. Robledo; The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 2nd Place | "Open Educational Resources: A TCU Faculty Survey" Alysha Sapp, Jeff Bond, and Boglarka S. Huddleson; Texas Christian University |
| 3rd Place | "Zooming to Success: Evaluating Student Grades to Make the Case for Online Instruction" Laura N. Haygood, John L. Bayhi, A.M. Serrano; University of Texas at Arlington |
2019
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "What Our Stakeholders Want: Informing Library Instruction From Program-level Outcomes" Micah Waltz, Heather K. Moberly, Stephanie Fulton, and Esther Carrigan – Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | "Elbow Room: Mapping Space Use in a Consumer Health Library" Valerie Prilop and Elizabeth Brackeen – The Learning Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 3rd Place | "Studying Studiers: An Investigation of Library Utilization and Unmet Needs During Weekends" Alyssa Migdalski and Emrys Moreau – Schusterman Library, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa |
Posters
| 1st Place | "The Ascendance of Health Sciences Librarians’ Interprofessional Partnerships: A Scoping Review of the Literature" Susan Steelman, Lindsay Blake, Sheila Thomas, and Alice Jaggers – UAMS Library, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| 2nd Place | "Increasing User Engagement with Online Recommended Resources in a Consumer Health Library" Valerie Prilop – The Learning Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 3rd Place | No award given |
People's Choice Awards
"More Than Anecdotal: Finding Trends in Collected Data"
Ashley Brock – Edwin G. Schwarz Health Sciences Library, Cook Children’s Medical Center
2018
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place |
"Categorizing Zero-Results Searches Using OPAC Transaction Logs" |
| 2nd Place |
"Beyond CPU: Development of a Pilot Survey to Gauge Library Impact and Involvement in Scholarly Activities" |
| 3rd Place |
"Mission Possible: Using Focus Groups to Evaluate a Statewide Outreach Collaboration" |
Posters
| 1st Place |
"Tailored Librarian Rounding: Impact on Literature Search Volumes" |
| 2nd Place |
"Resource Use Trends by Medical Students at an Academic Medical Center in the 3rd and 4th Clerkship Years" |
| 3rd Place |
"Exploring Our Roots: Historic Air Force Base School of Aviation Medicine Paves Way for Osteopathic Medicine" |
2017
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Big Data Limitations: The Sky is the Limit for Overcoming Big Data Barriers" Porcia Vaughn, Amelia Hall, and Ashley Teufel, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2nd Place | "A Modified Scoping Review of Burnout in Library Personnel" William Olmstadt, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport |
| 3rd Place | "Limitless Literature Searches: Finding Answers in Questions" Katie Prentice, Toni Hoberecht, and April Schweikhard, Schusterman Library, University of Oklahoma at Tulsa |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Systematic Reviews: Roles for Librarians" Angela Spencer, St. Luke's Hospital, and Jonathan Eldredge, University of New Mexico |
| 2nd Place | "Who (re)Moved my Digital Library? A Case Study of Library Integration and its Impact" Philip Walker, Rachel L. Walden, Camille Ivey, Heather LaFerriere, and Christopher Ryland, Vanderbilt University |
| 3rd Place | "What Do Faculty Consider Most Relevant? Identifying Core Public Health Journals in Public Health" Laura Wright and Elaine Hicks, Tulane University Matas Library |
People's Choice Awards
"Planning and Completing a Book Drive for Malawi"
Karen R. McElfresh, Laura J. Hall, Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, University of New Mexico, and Patricia Repar, University of New Mexico Arts-in-Medicine
"For the Faculty: Resource Management Explained"
Joanne Romano, Texas Medical Center Library
2016
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Community Knowledge Assessment of HPV Vaccination in Males" Julia M. Esparza, Grace Dodd, Derrick Murcia, Jessica Sims, Afaf Abdulbaki, Lois Anderson, Gunjan Kahlon, Meher Sindhoora Mavuram, Eric Thomas; LSU Health |
| 2nd Place (tie) | "Library: Couch Surfing: Assessment and Planning through a Space Utilization Study" Katie Prentice, Erica K. Argyropoulos; University of Oklahoma, Tulsa "Catching the Tidal Wave of Facebook Data" Alyssa Peterson, Katie Prentice; University of Oklahoma, Tulsa |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Basic Usability Testing for a Medical Library Website" T. Louise M. Kidder; University of Texas Medical Branch |
| 2nd Place | "A Preliminary Investigation into the Use of Library Instruction Links on Resource Library Websites" Toni Hoberecht, Rhonda Holt, Salome Pinto; University of Oklahoma, Tulsa |
| 3rd Place | "Spheres of Influence: Subject Areas of Librarian Co-Authored Biomedical Systematic Reviews" Susan C. Steelman, Sheila Thomas; University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences |
Honorable Mentions
"It's A Doggy Dog World! Therapy Dogs for Student Stress Relief and Study Breaks"
Linda A. London; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa
"Louis Pasteur, Witches, X-Rays, and Lunar Housing: Examining the History of Medicine Collections"
Robert Marlin; University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
2015
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Reaching the Rainbow: The Ability of Librarians to Serve LGBT Information Needs" John Siegel, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| 2nd Place | "proxyFu: Utilizing EZProxy Authentication and LibGuides as a Tool for Promoting Library Resources and Services" Jason Bengtson, Joanne Romano, and Beatriz Varman, The Texas Medical Center Library |
| 3rd Place | "Are We Meeting the Information Needs of Internal Medicine Residents and Faculty? The Follow Up Study" David Duggar and Julia Esparza, LSU Health Shreveport Health Sciences Library |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Library Outreach Pilot: Promoting Library Services to Children’s Hospital Visitors and Evaluating Effectiveness Beyond the Pilot" Erica Owusu, Amigos Library Services |
| 2nd Place (tie) | "Increasing Access to Journal Literature through Free Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery: A Case study with Worldcat Discovery" Jake Nash, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center "Bridging the Rivers of Discovery: Evaluating Information Professionals’ Experiences and Satisfaction with Implementing a Discovery System" Marilyn Teolis, Saint Thomas -Midtown Hospital, Nashville, TN; Mary Virginia Taylor, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Library, Shreveport, LA; and Jan Haley, Saint Thomas -West Hospital, Nashville, TN |
| 3rd Place | "Transition from Print to e-Book Use to Support a Medical School Curriculum: Results of an Academic e-Book Usage Survey" Dohn Martin and Melissa Kash-Holley, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Medical Library |
2014
Because of the 2014 Quint MLA Chapter Meeting, no awards were presented.
2013
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Creating a Customizable Bibliometric Methodology to Define an Interdisciplinary Serials List Outside a Subject Area" Heather K. Moberly, Texas A&M University; Jessica R. Page, The Ohio State University; Gregory K. Youngen, Indiana State University; Barbara J. Hamel, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| 2nd Place | "The Band‐Aid Project: Developing An Outreach Service Targeting School Nurses" April Schweikhard, MLIS, University of Oklahoma‐Tulsa, Schusterman Library |
| 3rd Place | "Blazing New Trails: Creating a Core List of Veterinary Monographs" Heather K Moberly, Texas A&M University; Jessica R Page, The Ohio State University; Esther E Carrigan, Texas A&M University |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Circulation Policies in Academic Medical Libraries: A Comparative Study of Allocation Strategies, Demographic Analysis, Service Offerings, and Implications for Practice" Michele Whitehead, MLS, MA; Laura Gutierrez, MLS; Melody Miller, MLS; University of North Texas Health Science Center, Lewis Library |
| 2nd Place | "HealthLINE: Capturing the Pulse of Its Members" Lisa Huang, Collin College, McKinney, TX |
| 3rd Place | "Impact of the 'Librarian on Location' Embedded Service on Liaison Activities" Erin O’Toole, Biological Sciences, University of North Texas |
2012
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "School Nurses: An Information Needs Assessment Pilot Project" April Schweikhard, OU-Tulsa Schustermann Library |
| 2nd Place | "Entry-Level Academic Health Sciences Librarians: A Discovery of Professional and Personal Competencies" Jodi L. Philbrick and Ana D. Cleveland, University of North Texas |
| 3rd Place | "Information Prescriptions: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis" Michelynn McKnight, Louisiana State University |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Maintaining Subscriptions beyond the Core Literature: That'll Be the Day" Heather K. Moberly, Oklahoma State University; Jessica R. Page, Ohio State University; Gregory K. Youngen, Indiana State University; Barbara Hamel, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2nd Place | "Expanding Library iPad Instruction: Developing and Analyzing a Mobile Technology Curriculum for First Year Medical Students" Michele Whitehead, University of North Texas Health Science Center |
| 3rd Place | "The Role of Tasks in the Internet Health Information Searching of Chinese Graduate Students" Della Pan and Ana D. Cleveland. University of North Texas |
Honorable Mentions
"Christmas Disease, Mozart Ear, and the Stroganoff Method: The Humanity and Hassle of Medical Eponyms"
Daniel E. Burgard, University of North Texas Health Science Center
"Rave Renovations: The Domino Effect of Raising an Active Learning Center"
Susan C. Steelman, Mary Ryan, Janice Hart, and Daphne Hyatt, University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences
2011
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Making the CASE for EBM: The Development and Evaluation of the Critical Appraisal for Summaries of Evidence (CASE) Worksheet" Margaret J. Foster and Suzanne Shurtz, TAMU Medical Sciences Library |
| 2nd Place | "Providing Info on the Geaux: Mobile Resources and Academic Health Sciences Libraries" Jodi L. Philbrick and Ana D. Cleveland, UNT Department of Library and Information Sciences |
| 3rd Place | "Accessing and Assessing the FACTTS: An EBM and Critical Appraisal Course for Medical Students" Kim Pullen, Head, Liaison Program; David C. Duggar, John Cyrus, Deidra Woodson, Donna Timm, LSU Shreveport Department of Medical Library; Jerry W. McLarty, LSU Health Shreveport; Mark P. Baggett, University of Tennessee Libraries; Daniel E. Banks, Brooke Army Medical Center |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Incoming Dental Student Expectations of an Electronic Textbook Program" Elizabeth A. Strother, Darlene P. Brunet, M. Larry Bates, and John R. Gallo, LSUHSC New Orleans, School of Dentistry |
| 2nd Place | "iPad Usage in Medical Libraries: A Survey" Suzanne Shurtz, Derek Halling, and Becky McKay, TAMU Medical Sciences Library |
| 3rd Place | "More Than Numbers: Adding Dimension to Library Metrics" Laurissa Gann, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center Research Medical Library |
Honorable Mentions
"Oh, the Places You'll Geaux! A Case Study in Managing Collaborative Opportunities"
Heather K. Moberly, OSU; Esther Carrigan, and T. Derek Halling, TAMU Medical Sciences Library
"Geauxing to the Dogs, Sometimes the Portal Bites Back: The Agony and Ecstasy of Building the Agnic Animal Health Portal"
Heather K. Moberly, OSU
2010
Contributed Papers
| 1st Place | "Effect of a Clinical Medical Librarian as Part of an Internal Medicine Team" Julia Esparza, Daniel Banks, Marianne Comegys, Jerry McLarty, and Runhua Shi, Medical Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport |
| 2nd Place | "Connecting with Hospital Nurses through MINE: Reflections on a New Method of Instruction" David C. Duggar, Julia Esparza, Kimberly Pullen, John Cyrus, Montie Dobbins, and Mararia Adams, Medical Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport |
| 3rd Place | "Information Literacy: Significance in a Graduate Medical Education Population" Sarah Knox Morley, Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, University of New Mexico |
Posters
| 1st Place | "Link-Checking the E-Journal Portal: Trust, but Verify" Alexis Ackel and Clayton Crenshaw, Gibson D. Lewis Library, University of North Texas Health Science Center |
| 2nd Place | "Are We There Yet? An Analysis of Web 3.0 Technologies and Academic Health Sciences Libraries in the South Central Region" Sharon Lee, Ana D. Cleveland and Jodi Philbrick, Health Informatics Program, College of Information, University of North Texas |
| 3rd Place | "The Evidence-Based Scholarly Communications Conference: Capitalizing on the Unique Role of Information Professionals in Translational Research" Philip J. Kroth, Holly Phillips and Jonathan D. Eldredge, Health Sciences Library and Information Center, University of New Mexico |
Honorable Mentions
"Looming Ethical Dilemmas: Emerging Mobile Technologies and Prospective Roles for Medical Librarians"
John Cyrus and Mark Baggett, Medical Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport
"Weird Science: Anatomy of an Internship"
Brenda Gunter, Health Informatics Program, College of Information, University of North Texas and Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library (internship)