SLIS master’s student Melody Ramsey has won the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) 2010 Rittenhouse Award for 2010 for her paper entitled, “NIH public access policy: Implications for collections management.”The prestigious award honors the best unpublished paper or web‐based project in health sciences librarianship or medical informatics submitted by a student in an ALA‐accredited library school or an intern.  

“I remember encouraging her to submit class paper her work for publication because I thought it was good enough to get recognition,” said adjunct faculty member Mary Prentice. “She decided to submit it to MLA’s Rittenhouse Award committee and what a terrific choice she made.”

Melody will receive conference registration for the 2010 MLA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., a $500.00 cash award, and a certificate. 

Learn more about the Rittenhouse Award.