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 Betsy
Humphreys Heads Library Operations
ELHILL
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Chart New Course
Honoring
Elsie Werth
Native
American Youth Visit
Dr.
Spann Retires
Public
Health Center Named for Dr. Mel Spann
NLM
Rolls Out New Booth
Dr.
Harold Schoolman Retires
Dead
Sea Scrolls
Emerging
Health Information Infrastructure
Worthy
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Partners
In Information Access Awards
Bosma
and McCutcheon Appointed Section Heads
NLM
Director Visits University of Colorado
Training
NLM Associate Fellows
"Breath
of Life" Exhibit
Dr.
Allen Dies
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Betsy Humphreys Named
NLM Associate Director for Library
Operations
Former Deputy Associate Director Succeeds Lois Ann
Colaianni
On May 25th, NLM Director Dr. Donald A. B. Lindberg announced
that Betsy L. Humphreys has been named NLM Associate Director for
Library Operations. This position oversees all public and technical
processing services at the Library, including the operation of the
reading rooms, reference and customer services, cataloging and
indexing, MEDLINE and other bibliographic online databases, the
Index Medicus, interlibrary lending, preservation, and the
historical collections. "I am especially pleased to be able to
appoint someone who has spent her entire career at the National
Library of Medicine," said Dr. Lindberg. "She has risen through the
ranks and handled in superior fashion a succession of increasingly
responsible positions." She served as Deputy Associate Director for
Library Operations since 1984, and held the concurrent position of
Assistant NLM Director for Health Services Research Information
since 1993.
Humphreys, who came to the NLM in 1973, is a Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of Smith College and has a Masters of Library Science
degree from the University of Maryland. She is a fellow of the
American College of Medical Informatics and a Distinguished Member
of the Academy of Health Information Professionals. Her first NLM
assignments were in the serials automation and processing area and
she was subsequently appointed chief of the Technical Services
Division. As Deputy Associate Director of Library Operations, she
chaired the NLM Preservation Task Force, which led to the
establishment of a Preservation and Collection Management Section
and the Library's successful campaign to increase use of acid-free
paper in the biomedical literature. Among her more recent
responsibilities have been overseeing the establishment of the
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health
Care Technology, directing the Unified Medical Language System
project, and representing NLM and NIH on Federal health data
standardization initiatives.
Library Operations, which Humphreys now heads, includes four
divisions (Bibliographic Services Division, History of Medicine
Division, Public Services Division, and Technical Services
Division), the Medical Subject Headings Section, the National
Network Office, and the National Information Center on Health
Services Research and Health Care Technology. Together, these
programs account for approximately half of NLM's staff and
intramural budget. 
Photo: Betsy Humphreys, who has spent her career at NLM,
becomes the Library's highest ranking librarian in her post as
Associate Director. Her area, Library Operations, accounts for
roughly half of NLM's staff and intramural budget. |
