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MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Jocelyn A. Rankin, Ph.D., M.Ln.

Fellowship Conferred: 2002

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MLA
  • Board of Directors, 1999-2002
  • Nominating Committee, elected member, 2003, 1996
  • Research Section, Awards Committee chair, 1996-97
  • Awards Committee, Rogers Jury, chair, 1995-96
  • Research Section, chair, 1995-96
  • Research Section, Program chair, 1994-95
  • Nominating Committee chair, 1998-99
  • Problem Based Learning SIG convener, 1989-92
Chapter
  • Southern Chapter
    • Board of Directors, 1999-2002
    • Nominating Committee, elected member, 2003, 1996
    • Research Section, Awards Committee chair, 1996-97
    • Awards Committee, Rogers Jury, chair, 1995-96
    • Research Section, chair, 1995-96
    • Research Section, Program chair, 1994-95
    • Nominating Committee chair, 1998-99
    • Problem Based Learning SIG convener, 1989-92

To top of page Honors and Awards

MLA
  • Fellow, 2002
  • Ida and Georgia Eliot Prize, 1994, 2000
  • Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award, 1992
  • Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals, 1990-present
Other
  • Lazarow Lecturer, Texas Women’s College, 2002
  • Miriam Libbey Lecturer, Georgia Health Sciences Library Association, 2001
  • HHS Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service, 2001.
  • Mercer University School of Medicine, Professor Emerita, 2000
  • National Library of Medicine, Biomedical Library Review Committee, member 1994-98

To top of page Publications (5 representative)

  • Rankin JA, Burgess M. Chapter 11: Medical and health statistics. In, J.A. Boorkman, J. Huber, F.W. Roper eds. Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences. 4th ed. New York: Neal-Shuman, 2004.
  • Dee CR, Rankin JA, Burns CA. Using scientific evidence to improve hospital library services: Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association journal usage study. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Jul; 86(3):301-6. <http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=226375&pageindex=1>
  • Rankin JA, ed. Handbook on Problem-Based Learning. New York: Medical Library Association and Forbes, 1999.
  • Rankin JA. Problem-based medical education: effect on library use. Bull Med Lib Assoc 1992 Jan; 80 (1): 36-43. <http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=225613&pageindex=1>
  • Rankin JA, Williams JC, Mishelevich DJ. Information system linking a medical school with practitioners and hospitals. J Med Educ 1987; 62:336-343.

To top of page Positions

  • Chief, CDC Information Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, 2000-present
  • Professor of Library Science and Director, Medical Library and Peyton Anderson Resources Center, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, 1974-2000
  • Public Services Librarian (1969-74) & Acting Director (1972-73), John Vinton Dahlgren Memorial Library, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
  • ssistant Librarian in Public Services, Medical Library, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. 1968-69

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Edited April 7, 2005

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