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NAHSL 50th Anniversary
History "Question-of-the-Month" Contest
As a means of celebrating NAHSL's
golden anniversary, a NAHSL 50th Anniversary History
"Question-of-the-Month" contest
has been developed and will run from January through September
of 2008. Every
month, a question about some aspect of NAHSL's history will be
posted to the NAHSL-L listserv. All
answers can be found within the historical documents available
on the NAHSL web site.
NAHSL members
in good standing* will have one week** to submit a correct response
to Len Levin (mailto:lenumms@gmail.com?subject=NAHSL
Question of the Month submission), Chair of the 50th Anniversary
Sub-Committee. All
correct entries will be placed into a random drawing, drawn during
the monthly meetings of the 2008 Conference Planning Committee,
for a variety of prizes. If you are not a member of the listserv, click this
link - http://www.nahsl.org/listserv.htm - to join.
Questions will be posted
on the following dates (all Monday's):
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January 7
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February 4
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March 3
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April 7
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April 28
(May question)
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June 9
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July 7
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August 4
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September 8
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*All current
NAHSL members (those who have paid 2007 or 2008 dues through
March 31, 2008 and only those that have paid 2008 dues following
March 31, 2008) will be eligible to submit an answer via e-mail
to Len Levin, Chairperson of the NAHSL 50th Anniversary Sub-Committee
(lenumms@gmail.com).
**All submissions must be received
by 11:59 PM on the Monday following the release of the question. NAHSL
members that have provided a correct answer will be placed into
a random drawing. This drawing will occur at the monthly meeting of the
2008 Conference Planning Committee and will be announced the following
Monday.
Members of the 2008 Conference Planning
Committee and the 50th Anniversary Sub-Committee will be ineligible
to participate in the contest. All
other NAHSL members in good standing are encouraged to participate
and submit an entry each month. Answers
and prizes will be announced along with the winner in conjunction
with each month's question. Winners
(and the prizes) will also be posted on the NAHSL website.
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January
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Question: |
When NAHSL began as the "New England Regional
Group" in 1958, it was the expansion of an already existing
group. What was that group named? |
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Answer: |
Connecticut Regional Group of the Medical Library
Association |
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Winner: |
Debbie Sibley, Louisiana State University (long-time
NAHSL member and NAHSL Chair, 1998-99) |
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Prize: |
$10 Barnes & Noble gift card |
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February
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Question: |
In what year did NAHSL begin to explore offering
scholarships to support education? |
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Answer: |
1979 |
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Winner: |
Cherie Haitz, Librarian, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA |
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Prize: |
$10 Amazon.com gift card |
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March
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Question: |
NAHSL has had a proud tradition of women serving in leadership roles.
Who was the first man to serve as chair of the group? In what year did his term begin?
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Answer: |
Frederick Kilgour (from Yale University) in 1963 |
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Winner: |
Susan Bloomfield, Librarian, Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford, ME |
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April
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Question: |
A "moment of drama" occurred at the second annual meeting in Providence.
What was it? |
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Answer: |
One of the microphones started smoking. Ralph Esterquist, from Harvard, put out the flames and was sent a fireman's badge as a memento of the occasion.
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Winner: |
Janet Bolduc, Inland Hospital, Waterville, Maine |
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Prize: |
One night stay at the Lowell DoubleTree Riverfront Hotel (2008 conference site - valued at $163.45) on Saturday, July 26. This evening also coincides with the renown Lowell Folk Festival. |
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May
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Question: |
In what year did the New England Group (NERGMLA) fist become NAHSL? |
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1975 |
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Winner: |
Cherie Haitz, Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA |
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Prize: |
$25 American Express Gift Card |
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June
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Question: |
The first meeting in 1958 was held in Boston. What date did the meeting begin? Where was the banquet? |
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Answer: |
December 5, 1958 at the Harvard Club. |
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Winner: |
Susan Orlando, Librarian, Forsyth Institute, Boston |
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Prize: |
Imation USB 1GB Swivel Flash Drive |
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July
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Question: |
The Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT was the site of the opening reception of two NAHSL conferences. In which years did this occur? |
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Winner: |
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Prize: |
$50 gift certificate to Cobblestones Restaurant, 91 Dutton St. in Lowell (four blocks west of the conference hotel) |
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This page last updated
January 08, 2008
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