Welcome
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