Betsy Humphreys

Betsy L. Humphreys is an American medical librarian, director of the National Library of Medicine.

Betsy Humphreys
Born (1947-04-26) April 26, 1947
Lowell, Massachusetts
Other namesBetsy L. Humphreys
Alma materSmith College, University of Maryland College Park
OccupationMedical librarian
Spouse(s)Glenn Palatini

Early life

Betsy Humphreys was born April 26, 1947 in Lowell, Massachusetts.[1]

Education and career

Betsy Humphreys earned her B.A. from Smith College in 1969.[1] She earned her M.L.S. from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1972.[1][2]

Humphreys joined the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in 1973. She served on the MEDLARS III Task Force.[2][3] Throughout her time at NLM, Humphreys worked to automate library processes and was instrumental in launching DOCLINE.[1]

A meeting of the task force of the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System at the National Library of Medicine

Humphreys negotiated the U.S. nationwide license for the clinical terminology SNOMED CT and served as founding chair for the International Health Terminology Standards Organisation.[4][5]

From 2005 to June 30, 2017, Humphreys served as the National Library of Medicine's Deputy Director.[5] Additionally, from 2015 to 2016, she served as the Acting Director, becoming the first woman and the first librarian to direct the National Library of Medicine.[4][5]

Awards and honors

She was named a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics in 1990.[6] In 2008, she was named a Fellow of the Medical Library Association.[7] Humphreys was also elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine.[5]

She has received several awards, including the Morris F. Collen Award for Excellence from the American College of Medical Informatics, the Marcia C. Noyes Award from the Medical Library Association, the Cornerstone Award from the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, and the Smith College Medal.[1][7]

A LOINC code, Maestro of scalable information infrastructure, was created in her honor.[8]

References
  1. Mitchell, Joyce; Humphreys, Betsy L.; Ellison, Donald (2010-07-01). "Presentation of the 2009 Morris F Collen Award to Betsy L Humphreys, with remarks from the recipient". Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 17 (4): 481–485. doi:10.1136/jamia.2010.005728. ISSN 1067-5027. PMC 2995660. PMID 20595319.
  2. "Betsy Humphreys: Farewell to a Leader Who Set the Standard". NLM in Focus. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  3. Reznick, Jeffrey S. (Jeffrey Stephen). US National Library of Medicine. Koyle, Kenneth M.,, National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Charleston, South Carolina. ISBN 9781467126083. OCLC 973111951.
  4. Van Hollen, Chris (2017-06-13). "Tribute to Betsy Humphreys" (PDF). Congressional Record - Senate: S3452 – via Congress.gov.
  5. "Betsy L. Humphreys, Former Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine". 2019-02-19. Archived from the original on 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  6. "Betsy L. Humphreys, MLS, FACMI | AMIA". www.amia.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  7. "MLA : Blogs : Humphreys, Betsy". www.mlanet.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  8. "86466-0". s.details.loinc.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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