The Future Leadership Committee is pleased to announce the members of the 2011-2012 NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program class. As we mark the beginning of the tenth year of the program, the candidate pool for fellows remains strong. Selection is recognition of a substantial record of accomplishment and demonstrable potential for a director position.

The committee thanks the AAHSL directors who were willing to be in a preliminary pool for a potential match with a fellow. Five new mentors were paired. Without the mentors, the program could not be successful.

The 2011-2012 class will meet for the first time November 4 in Denver. We invite you to meet the fellows during the AAMC/AAHSL meetings and to congratulate them on their selection.

The 2010-2011 class concludes its program year this week with the Capstone and graduation in Washington, September 14-16.

The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program to prepare emerging leaders for director positions in academic health sciences libraries is jointly funded by NLM and AAHSL. Eighteen fellows have assumed director positions to date, including two from the current 2010-2011 cohort. Information about the program is available here.

2011-Matheson Lecture

2010-2011 AAHSL President Pat Thibodeau congratulates the 2011 Matheson Lecturer Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D., Director University of Colorado Biofrontiers Institute, Nobel Laureate (1989), and Former President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

November 7, 2011, Denver, Colorado.

2011-Cornerstone Award Winner

Gary Byrd, Ph.D.

Director Health Science Library, University at Buffalo (SUNY)