Jan Weaver, Medical Librarian at Deakin University, has been announced the 2008 Information Professional of the Year by the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Australia and New Zealand Chapter. Employed by Deakin University Library in July 2007as its first Medical Librarian, Jan's role was to establish and develop a medical and health sciences library collection and learning space at the university's Geelong Campus in support of the new School of Medicine (the first students arrived in February 2008!). "Her ability to gather the right resources while forging strong relationships with other partner health services, clinical schools, and medical library and information services is exemplary and something that the profession can celebrate," said Liz Blankson-Hemans, Director of Information Professional Development at Thomson Scientific. The full press release can be read here. Congratulations, Jan!
Last year's winner was Stephen Due, another Australian medical librarian.
The annual Information Professional Award award is sponsored by Thomson Reuters.
