Naomi C. Broering | |
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Died | |
Academic background | |
Education | California State University, Long Beach |
Alma mater | University of California at Los Angeles |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Library sciences |
Sub-discipline | Medical libraries |
Institutions | Pacific College of Health and Science, Medical Library Association, Georgetown University School of Medicine |
Naomi C. Broering was a medical librarian,elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics,past president of the Medical Library Association,and past Dean of Libraries at the Pacific College of Health and Science.
She received a bachelor's degree in social sciences and a master's degree in history at California State University at Long Beach. Broering went on to receive a master's degree in Library and Information Science,and NIH/NLM Fellowship in medical librarianship and complete all courses toward a doctorate in history at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). [1]
Broering was director of the Dahlgren Memorial Library at Georgetown University School of Medicine from 1978 to 1996. [2] From 1996 to 1997 she served as president of the Medical Library Association, [3] [4] and is reckoned as the first MLA president of Hispanic heritage. [5] She endowed the Naomi C. Broering Hispanic Heritage Grant "on the occasion of her forty-five years as a member of MLA". [6]
She was the 21st editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. [7] By 1993,her work had contributed to developing computer systems for libraries and to medical information technology. [8]