[Sigmed-l] Donald A.B. Lindberg Lecture in Feb at NFAIS

[Richard Hill]

[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:
http://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 at 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
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