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Susanne Marguerite Humphrey (c. 1944–January 8, 2019) was an American medical librarian who worked at the National Library of Medicine.[1][2]

Career

Humphrey worked at the National Library of Medicine for 43 years before retiring in 2009.[3] Humphrey wrote the textbook, Databases a Primer for Retrieving Information by Computer in the mid-1980s.[1] At the National Library of Medicine, Humphrey led a project to automatically index journal articles according to Medical Subject Headings, and her research led to the development of public, web-based tools for automated indexing.[1]

Personal life

Humphrey's husband was Andrew Clifton Humphrey Sr. She died in January 2019 aged 74.[2][3]

Awards and honors

Humphrey earned the 1988 Best JASIS Paper award with co-author Nancy E. Miller for their paper "Knowledge-Based Indexing of the Medical Literature: The Indexing Aid Project".[4] In 1994, Humphrey was elected a AAAS Fellow.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Susanne Humphrey Announces Her Retirement". www.asis.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ^ a b "SUSANNE MARGUERITE HUMPHREY". Legacy.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Humphrey, Jr., Andrew Clifton (2019-01-31). "In Memoriam: Susanne M. Humphrey, AHIP". Medical Library Association. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. ^ "Best JASIST Paper Award". www.asis.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  5. ^ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
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