UIC Library Faculty Profile: Sandra De Groote, Professor & Scholarly Communication Librarian: Awards & Grants

NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellow - Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and Association of Academic health Sciences Libraries.   2016/2017

2016 Ida and George Eliot Prize (awarded by the Medical Library Association).  For article “Examining the Impact of the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy on the Citation Rates of Journal Articles. PLoS One. Oct 8;10(10):e0139951. Shared with co-authors: De Groote SL, Shultz M, Smalheiser NR.

2014 Best JMLA Research Paper Award  (awarded by the Medical Library Association Research Section for best 2012/2013 research article in JMLA).  For article "Measures of health sciences journal use: a comparison of vendor, link-resolver, and local citation statistics". J Med Libr Assoc. 2013 Apr;101(2):110-9.  Shared with co-authors: De Groote SL, Blecic DD, Martin K.

2014 Daniel T. Richards Prize (awarded by the Medical Library Association Collection Development Section).  For article "Measures of health sciences journal use: a comparison of vendor, link-resolver, and local citation statistics". J Med Libr Assoc. 2013 Apr;101(2):110-9.  Shared with co-authors De Groote SL, Blecic DD, Martin K.

Medical Informatics Marine Biological Laboratory / National Library of Medicine Course Fellow – Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.  Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.  Certificate, Spring Course, 2004

Medical Library Association Research (MLA) Honorable Mention - for paper presented at 2003 MLA Conference in SanDiego on “Online journals’ impact on the citation patterns of medical faculty.” (co-shared with M Shultz & Marceline Doranski) – awarded and sponsored by the MLA Research Section 

MLA Research Honorable Mention - for paper presented at 2002 MLA Conference in Dallas on “MEDLINE selective dissemination of information (SDI) services: how do they compare?” (co-shared with M Shultz) - awarded and sponsored by the MLA Research Section

MLA Research Honorable Mention - for paper presented at 2001 MLA Conference in Orlando on “Use and Impact of Online Journals” (co-shared with J.L. Dorsch) - awarded and sponsored by the MLA Research Section

Greater Midwest Region (GMR) Award, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) – UIC EBM Course to Web-based Online Version. Developed web-based tutorials for Evidence Based Medicine specifically related to appraising the evidence.  (Co Investigator) (February 2010 to January 2011)

Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning’s (CETL)  Curriculum and Improvement Grant – Internal UIC Grant.  Developed web-based tutorials aimed at health sciences graduate students to foster scholarly communications knowledge and information technology skills: a web-based tutorial for health Sciences Graduate Students. (Primary Investigator) (March 2009 to June 2010)

Greater Midwest Region (GMR) Award, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) – Public Health Subcontract funded by the National Library of Medicine. Award used to improve the skills of public health nurses in finding and evaluating evidence and enhance their access to information to support evidence-based practice.  (Primary Investigator)  (September 2006 – November 2007)

Greater Midwest Region (GMR) Award, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) - Technology Awareness Award funded by the National Library of Medicine. Trained Public Health Professionals in the use of Information Technology including PDAs, online searching, and creating personal databases.  (Primary Investigator)