[Forwarded announcement. Dick Hill
NFAIS NAMES DR. DONALD A. B. LINDBERG AS 2007 MILES CONRAD
AWARDEE
It has been announced that Dr. Donald A. B. Lindberg,
Director of the
National Library of Medicine (NLM) will be presented with
the prestigious
Miles Conrad Award during the 49th NFAIS Annual Conference
scheduled for
February 25 - 27, 2007 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in
Philadelphia, PA. Dr.
Lindberg will give his Miles Conrad Lecture on Monday,
February 26th. The
objective of the Award, established in 1965 in commemoration
of NFAIS
founder, G. Miles Conrad, is to recognize and honor those
members of the
information community who have made significant
contributions to the field
of information science and to NFAIS itself.
Dr. Lindberg has made notable contributions to information
and computer
activities in medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence,
and educational
programs in addition to a career in pathology. Before his
appointment as
NLM Director, he was Professor of Information Science and
Professor of
Pathology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He joins a
list of Miles
Conrad Lecturers who are representative of the leaders and
creative thinkers
of the information world. This will be the 40th lecture in
a series that
has continued unbroken since it began in 1968 (see complete
list at
www.nfais.org/aboutMiles_Conrad_List.htm).
For more information on the NFAIS Conference, Creating
Change: Growth
Opportunities in the Wake of Disruption, go to:
h
ttp://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=38 or
contact Jill O'Neill,
NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning, at
215-893-1561 or
jilloneill nfais.org.
Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a membership organization of more
than 50 of the
world’s leading producers of databases, information
services, and
information technology in the sciences, engineering, social
sciences,
business, and the arts and humanities. For more information
on NFAIS go to:
www.nfais.org
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Richard B. Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Fax: (301) 495-0810
Voice: (301) 495-0900
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