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Ellen Gay Detlefsen, Associate Professor

Library & Information Science Program

Lead Faculty Member, Health Sciences Librarianship Program
School of Information Sciences

Training Program Faculty, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Clinical + Translational Science Institute

613  Information Sciences Building
135 N. Bellefield Avenue
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh PA 15260 – USA

phone: 412-624-9444 - FAX: 412-648-7001
e-mail: ellen@sis.pitt.edu OR detleg@upmc.edu

Education

  • Smith College, Northampton MA - AB, 1968 American Studies
  • Columbia University, New York NY - MS, 1969 Library Service
  • Columbia University, New York NY - MA, 1973 American History
  • Columbia University, New York NY - DLS, 1975 [doctorate] Library Science
  • Columbia University, New York NY - MPhil, 1978 American History

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • WISE Faculty of the Year Award for Excellence in Online Education, 2014
  • WISE Faculty of the Year Award for Excellence in Online Education, 2011
  • WISE Faculty of the Year Award for Excellence in Online Education, 2008
  • WISE Faculty of the Year Award for Excellence in Online Education, 2007
    • [WISE = Web-based Information Science Education consortium]
  • Medical Library Association Research Section: 2nd Place Award for Poster, 2009
  • Health Librarianship Program ranked #1 in the US, U.S. News & World Report's Guide to Graduate Study, 1999, 2006, and 2009.
  • Lucretia McClure Excellence in Education Award, Medical Library Association, 2002
  • Project Director, Highmark Minority Health Link, 1998-2004
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Education Institute on Library and Information Sources and Services for Seniors and their Caregivers, 1996-97
  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Library of Medicine Planning Grant for the Education and Training of Health Sciences Librarians, 1995-96
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Education Institute Grant on Life Sciences Reference and Research, 1995-96
  • Provost's Research Fund Awards, University of Pittsburgh, 1985/1989
  • Ida & George Eliot Prize, Medical Library Association (for the "published work judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship"), 1988 & shared in 2006
  • Apple for the Teacher Award (for excellence in undergraduate teaching), University of Pittsburgh, 1985
  • ALISE Research Prize Competition, 1st Prize, Association for Library & Information Science Education, 1985
  • Presidential and Muzzey Fellowships and Title II-B: Higher Education Act Fellow, Columbia University, 1971-73
  • MS With Honors, Columbia University, 1969
  • Beta Phi Mu (Library Science Honorary), 1969
  • BA magna cum laude, Smith College, 1968
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