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Call for Nominations: LAMPHHS Publication Awards

Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) is seeking nominations for the Publication Awards. These awards will be presented at the 2026 LAMPHHS annual meeting.

Nominations can be in one of three categories:

  • Monographs published by academic or trade publishers for the LAMPHHS Best Monograph.
  • Articles published in journals, trade, or private periodicals of recognized standing for the LAMPHHS Patricia E. Gallagher Publication Award for Best Article.
  • Online resources produced predominantly by LAMPHHS members for the LAMPHHS Best Online Resource.

All nominations must meet the following criteria:

  • Published within 3 years of the award date.
  • Author(s) must be LAMPHHS member(s) in good standing for the past 12 months.
  • The nominated monograph, article, bibliography, catalog, or electronic resource is related to the history of the health care sciences or works on the management of historical collections in the health care sciences.

Nominations that meet each of the above criteria will be considered by the Publication Awards Committee. The Committee will look for the following benchmarks of excellence when evaluating qualifying nominations:

  • Quality and style of writing
  • Contribution to the field
  • Relevance to the profession

Up to one Publication Award in each category will be presented at the 2026 annual meeting. Winners do not need to be present to win.

Each nomination should clearly identify the work being nominated, the author(s) of that work, and an address at which the designated nominee(s) can be contacted. Self-nominations are encouraged, and re-nominations are allowed if the publication date falls within the current three-year period. For electronic submissions, please include all relevant URLs. For printed nominations, one copy for each member of the publication awards committee will be required. Appropriate mailing addresses should be provided to nominators (or publishers) once a nomination to review a physical format is received.

The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2026. All nominations, along with any questions, should be sent to the 2026 Publication Awards Committee chair, Jason Byrd, at jbbyrd@uab.edu.

LAMPHHS Publication Awards Committee

Gabrille Barr, Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum

Jason Byrd, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Chair

Brooke Guthrie, Duke University

Beth Kilmarx, Boston Medical Library

Jason Byrd, MA, MLIS | Associate Dean of Historical Collections

Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences | Reynolds-Finley Historical Library | UAB Archives

CFP: Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences Annual Meeting

2026 LAMPHHS Annual Meeting Call for Proposals

Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) invites you to submit a proposal for its annual meeting, to be held in Buffalo, New York, June 3 – 4, 2026.

The concept behind this year’s program is thinking beyond the boundaries of conventional health practices. Building on this idea, the Program Committee invites members to look beyond traditional ideas of healthcare and explore the often-overlooked world of alternative healing. We encourage you to review your collections with a new perspective, looking for stories, artifacts, and practices that highlight spiritualism, cultural medical traditions, faith healing, folk medicine, and other local health systems that are hidden in the records of midwives, physician assistants, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual caregivers, and family caretakers. This theme opens up conversations about how communities have found wellness in many different ways, including groups such as Christian Scientists and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and how allopathic medicine has responded to or included these alternative treatments. By exploring these connections, the conference aims to expand our understanding of what healing has meant in different times, places, and belief systems.

Session Formats: The Program Committee encourages submission of proposals that may include, but are not limited to, the following formats:

Traditional Conference Presentations: Speakers should expect to give a presentation of no more than 15 minutes followed by discussion.

Panel Discussion: 60-90 minute session with a panel of 3 to 4+ individuals informally discussing a variety of theories or perspectives on a common topic. Please confirm participation with all panelists before submitting the panel proposal.

Special Focus Session: 60-minute session designed to highlight innovative archives or museum programs, new techniques, and research projects. Audience participation is encouraged.

Workshops, Other Formats: Have a format idea that isn’t represented? Feel free to propose an alternative!

NOTE: Panels and sessions are limited to 90 minutes: 12-15 minutes for each panelist + 12-15 minutes for Q&A.

Please submit your proposal via this submission form: https://forms.gle/mUvE6EASRzPeHGvP8

The deadline for submitting session proposals is February 15, 2026.

You must be a LAMPHHS member to submit a proposal. Not a member? Join for only $25.00 at https://lamphhs.org/

If you have any questions, please email Howard Rootenberg at (howard@rootenbergbooks.com) or Brooke Fox (foxeb@musc.edu)

CFP: LAMPHHS Annual Meeting

Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) invites you to submit a proposal for its annual meeting, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 30-May 1, 2025. While there is no specific theme for this conference, we are particularly interested in presentations on the following topics:

  • Handling sensitive materials in your collections
  • Best practices with limited resources
  • Case studies on how to get it done: engaging with students, provenance research, and other day-to-day medical collection questions
  • Adapting to changes: leadership, ways we approach collections or collection topics, funding, staffing, and more

Session Formats: The Program Committee encourages submission of proposals that may include, but are not limited to, the following formats:

  • Traditional Conference Presentations: Speakers should expect to give a presentation of no more than 15 minutes followed by discussion.
  • Panel Discussion: 60-90 minute session with a panel of 3 to 4+ individuals informally discussing a variety of theories or perspectives on a common topic. Please confirm participation with all panelists before submitting the panel proposal.
  • Special Focus Session: 60-minute session designed to highlight innovative archives or museum programs, new techniques, and research projects. Audience participation is encouraged.
  • Workshops, Other Formats: Have a format idea that isn’t represented? Feel free to propose an alternative!

NOTE: Panels and sessions are limited to 90 minutes: 12-15 minutes for each panelist + 12-15 minutes for Q&A.

Please submit your proposal via this submission form: https://forms.gle/Lg7Ed477GWAAqCr77

The deadline for submitting session proposals is January 31, 2025.

You must be a LAMPHHS member to submit a proposal. Not a member? Join for only $25.00 at https://lamphhs.org/

If you have any questions regarding proposals, please email Sheridan Sayles at sayless@mskcc.org

More information will be shared as it becomes available.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact the LAMPHHS 2025 Program Committee or Local Arrangement Committee