Lucretia W. McClure (1925-October 17, 2019)[1] was an American medical librarian. McClure was a director at the Edward G. Miner library, University of Rochester Medical Center. She worked at Boston Medical Library from 1994 to 2011. McClure worked for decades within the Medical Library Association, including serving as President (1990–91).[2] She is the only person to have been interviewed twice for the MLA Oral History Project, first in 1998 and again in 2015.[3]
McClure was born in Denver,USA and was an avid user of public libraries as a child.[4] She graduated from University of Missouri at Columbia in 1945, with a bachelor's degree in journalism. After raising a family in Rochester, New York, she moved back to Colorado for a year, earning her master's in library science in 1964 from the Graduate School of Librarianship, University of Denver.[5]
Research and careeredit
Upon returning to Rochester, McClure began her first of many librarian roles, first as a cataloger in the University of Rochester Medical Center Edward G. Miner Library. She took on many more roles, including Associate Librarian Serials Librarian, Reference Librarian, and eventually Director of the library. She was also Assistant and then Associate Professor of Medical Bibliography. As her career progressed, she assisted patrons with literature searches, overseeing the process as it went from a manual one to an automated one, through things like the SUNY Biomedical Communication Network and eventually, MEDLINE.
Beyond the myriad of librarian roles, McClure was editor for the monographHealth Sciences Environment and Librarianship in Health Sciences Libraries[6] and frequently wrote academic articles across library science journals.[7]
Awards and recognitionedit
The Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award was established in 1998 by the MLA, and it honors practicing librarians and/or library educators active in the MLA and have demonstrated skills in mentoring, research, leadership, or teaching.[8] Awards given to her include the Holloway Award for Contributions to the Profession, Archivists, and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences (2003), the MLA President's Award (1995), and the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Rochester (1992). She is inducted into the Massachusetts Health Sciences Libraries Network Hall of Fame as of 2006[9] and at the 113th Medical Library Association Annual meeting, May 6, 2013 was declared Lucretia McClure Day.[10]
Referencesedit
^"Lucretia McCLure Obituary (2019) - Rochester, NY - Rochester Democrat And Chronicle". obits.democratandchronicle.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
^Joynt RJ (July 1990). "Lucretia W. McClure. Medical Library Association President 1990-1991". Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 78 (3): 320–1. PMC225418. PMID 2203500.
^"MLA : About : Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award". www.mlanet.org. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
^Ettien A. "NAHSL: MAHSLIN: Awards". nahsl.libguides.com. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
^Mitchell, Nicole (2014). "Proceedings, 113th Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Inc., Boston, MA". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 102 (1): E1–E22. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.102.1.E1. ISSN 1536-5050. PMC3878945.
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lucretia, mcclure, 1925, october, 2019, american, medical, librarian, mcclure, director, edward, miner, library, university, rochester, medical, center, worked, boston, medical, library, from, 1994, 2011, mcclure, worked, decades, within, medical, library, ass. Lucretia W McClure 1925 October 17 2019 1 was an American medical librarian McClure was a director at the Edward G Miner library University of Rochester Medical Center She worked at Boston Medical Library from 1994 to 2011 McClure worked for decades within the Medical Library Association including serving as President 1990 91 2 She is the only person to have been interviewed twice for the MLA Oral History Project first in 1998 and again in 2015 3 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Research and career 3 Awards and recognition 4 ReferencesEarly life and education editMcClure was born in Denver USA and was an avid user of public libraries as a child 4 She graduated from University of Missouri at Columbia in 1945 with a bachelor s degree in journalism After raising a family in Rochester New York she moved back to Colorado for a year earning her master s in library science in 1964 from the Graduate School of Librarianship University of Denver 5 Research and career editUpon returning to Rochester McClure began her first of many librarian roles first as a cataloger in the University of Rochester Medical Center Edward G Miner Library She took on many more roles including Associate Librarian Serials Librarian Reference Librarian and eventually Director of the library She was also Assistant and then Associate Professor of Medical Bibliography As her career progressed she assisted patrons with literature searches overseeing the process as it went from a manual one to an automated one through things like the SUNY Biomedical Communication Network and eventually MEDLINE Beyond the myriad of librarian roles McClure was editor for the monograph Health Sciences Environment and Librarianship in Health Sciences Libraries 6 and frequently wrote academic articles across library science journals 7 Awards and recognition editThe Lucretia W McClure Excellence in Education Award was established in 1998 by the MLA and it honors practicing librarians and or library educators active in the MLA and have demonstrated skills in mentoring research leadership or teaching 8 Awards given to her include the Holloway Award for Contributions to the Profession Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences 2003 the MLA President s Award 1995 and the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Rochester 1992 She is inducted into the Massachusetts Health Sciences Libraries Network Hall of Fame as of 2006 9 and at the 113th Medical Library Association Annual meeting May 6 2013 was declared Lucretia McClure Day 10 References edit Lucretia McCLure Obituary 2019 Rochester NY Rochester Democrat And Chronicle obits democratandchronicle com Retrieved 2021 04 27 Joynt RJ July 1990 Lucretia W McClure Medical Library Association President 1990 1991 Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 78 3 320 1 PMC 225418 PMID 2203500 MLA Blogs McClure Lucretia W AHIP FMLA 2015 Interview www mlanet org Retrieved 2019 10 04 Medical Library Association About MLA History of the Association 2013 02 19 Archived from the original on 2013 02 19 Retrieved 2019 10 04 MLA Blogs McClure Lucretia W AHIP FMLA 2015 Interview www mlanet org Retrieved 2019 10 04 Health sciences environment and librarianship in health sciences libraries McClure Lucretia New York Forbes Custom Publishing 1999 ISBN 9780828112918 OCLC 42920936 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link pubmeddev McClure Lucretia W Author PubMed NCBI www ncbi nlm nih gov Retrieved 2019 10 11 MLA About Lucretia W McClure Excellence in Education Award www mlanet org Retrieved 2019 10 04 Ettien A NAHSL MAHSLIN Awards nahsl libguides com Retrieved 2019 10 11 Mitchell Nicole 2014 Proceedings 113th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association Inc Boston MA Journal of the Medical Library Association 102 1 E1 E22 doi 10 3163 1536 5050 102 1 E1 ISSN 1536 5050 PMC 3878945 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lucretia W McClure amp oldid 1222492835, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
