Friends of the National Library of Medicine: Michael E. DeBakey Award Nominations Accepted Now

The Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award for Outstanding Service to Rural or Underserved Communities was established in the early 1990s to recognize the contributions to medical education and librarianship by Michael E. DeBakey and to honor a practicing health sciences librarian who serves in a rural or underserved community.

The recipient of the Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award is publicly recognized at the Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) Awards Dinner on May 5, 2009. The dinner is in memory of FNLM past chairman “Mr. Health” Paul G. Rogers and will celebrate leadership in public health and medicine.

Nominations for the 2009 award are currently being accepted. Forms and materials are available on the Friends of the National Library of Medicine website, or view the announcement directly using this link.

Deadline for submission is March 9, 2009 extended to March 30, 2009.

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