Australian Medical Librarian, Jan Weaver, Wins Information Professional Award Sponsored by Thomson Reuters
Award Honors Information
Industry Achievement in Australia and New Zealand
Philadelphia, PA (June 17, 2008)
Thomson Reuters, the
world’s leading source of intelligent information
for business and professionals, has announced that
Jan Weaver, Medical Librarian at Deakin University,
was named the 2008 Information Professional of
the Year by the Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Australia and New Zealand Chapter. The announcement
was made during the SLA conference on June 16 in
Seattle, WA.
The annual award, sponsored by Thomson Reuters,
is given to an information professional who has displayed
great achievement in their career. The award will
be presented to Weaver at a special SLA event hosted
by the Australia and New Zealand Chapter in September,
where she will also receive a cash prize of AUD$2,000.
“We are pleased to honor Jan as the 2008
Information Professional of the Year. With tremendous
effort and skill, she was able to quickly set up
new medical library facilities in time for the opening
of a high profile medical school,” said Sonya
Donoghue, Past President of the SLA Australia and
New Zealand Chapter. “Her ability to gather
the right resources while forging strong relationships
with other partner health services, clinical schools,
and medical library and information services is exemplary
and something that the profession can celebrate.”
Weaver was employed by Deakin University Library
in July 2007 as its first Medical Librarian. Her
role was to establish and develop a medical and health
sciences library collection and learning space at
the university’s Geelong Campus in support
of the new School of Medicine. With her extensive
background in information services, Weaver was able
to successfully build world-class library collections
and services to support the medical students.
“I am impressed with the outstanding work
Jan has accomplished in such a short time frame and
am proud to recognize her achievements with this
award,” said Liz Blankson-Hemans, Director,
Information Professional Development. “ Her
ability to quickly establish a specialist library
collection exemplifies her commitment to ensuring
the right resources are available within the Deakin
University community.”
The award is open to information professionals,
such as public, corporate and government librarians,
independent information consultants, knowledge managers
and others, working and living in Australia or New
Zealand. A panel of SLA Australia and New Zealand
board members and Thomson Reuters management determine
the winner.
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