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	1917-2002		'''Winifred Sewell''' (1917-2002) was an American librarian.
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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Sewell was born in Newport, Washington~~; received her BA from~~ Washington State University; MLS from Columbia University. ~~She was Senior Librarian at Squibb Institute of Medical Research from 1946 to 1961.~~ She worked as ~~Medical Subject Headings Specialist at the National Library of Medicine, and was instrumental~~ in the ~~early work with MEDLARS; later, she was head of the Drug Literature Program~~ at ~~NLM, where she worked~~ until ~~1970. From 1970 to 1992~~ she ~~worked at~~ the ~~Univ. of Maryland. She was an active consultant in~~ the drug literature field until shortly before her death. She was interested in coordination of chemical and biomedical terminology (especially online retrieval systems), medical information transfer, online searching behaviors of pharmacists. Editor Unlisted Drugs; She noted that "the better our own relationship with all non-librarians and specialized fields of knowledge, the greater can be our own progress" (Current Biography ); Also interested in bibliometrics of molecular biology.		'''Winifred ("Win") Emma Sewell''' was born in 1917 in Newport, Washington. She earned a BS at Washington State University in 1938 and an MLS from Columbia University in 1940 and also studied science, especially chemistry. She worked as a librarian in the Modern languages Reading Room at Columbia until in 1942 she became the librarian for the Wellcome Research Laboratories.

	~~For more biographical details see: <nowiki>http://www~~.~~pubmedcentral~~.~~nih~~.~~gov/articlerender~~.~~fcgi?artid=153177</nowiki>~~		In 1946, Win moved to the Squibb Institute for Medical Research. She joined the [National Library of Medicine]] (NLM) in 1961 as deputy chief and subject heading specialist in the Bibliographic Services Division. Her work was instrumental in the development of MEDLARS. From 1965 to 1970, she headed NLM's Drug Literature Program.

	~~== Employment ==~~		From 1970 to 1992 she worked at the University of Maryland where she taught pharmacy students and health sciences librarianship. She was an active consultant in the drug literature field until shortly before her death. She died on October 23, 2002 in Cabin John, Maryland.

	* Squibb Institue for Medical Research		== Contributions ==
	* Columbia University		Sewell contributed to the coordination of chemical and biomedical terminology (especially online retrieval systems), medical information transfer, and the online searching behaviors of pharmacists.
	* NLM

	~~== Awards ==~~		*Editor of the journal ''Unlisted Drugs'' (1949-1959 and 1962-1964).
			*Editor of the Gale Information Guides: Health Affairs series in 1972-1980.
			*Member of the editorial boards of ''Drug Information Journal'', 1971- 1984, and ''Bulletin of the Medical Library Association'', 1974-1977.

	* ~~Fellow~~, ~~Medical~~ Library ~~Association~~		== Publications ==
	* Medical Library Association'~~s Eliot Prize~~		*''World list of pharmacy periodicals''. With T. Andrews. Washington, DC: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, 1963.
	* ~~SLA Hall~~ of ~~Fame (1998)~~		*Sewell W. comp. ''Reader in medical librarianship''. Washington, DC: NCR Microcard Editions, 1973.
	* Honorary President of the ~~American Association~~ of ~~Colleges~~ of ~~Pharmacy (1999-2000)~~		*''Using MeSH for effective searching: a programmed guide''. With Merle Harrison. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975.
	* the SLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Div.~~, named the Winifred Sewell Prize for Innovation in Information Technologies in her honor~~		*''Micromanual for casual users of National Library of Medicine databases''. With S. Teitelbaum. Bethesda, MD: Drug Intelligence Publications, 1984.
			*''Guide to drug information''. Hamilton, IL: Drug Intelligence Publications, 1976.
			*Medical Library Association Oral History Committee. ''Interview with: Winifred Sewell by Carol Hansen''. Chicago, IL: The Association, 1984.
			*Oral history recording. National Library of Medicine. Collection of oral histories on the history of the National Library of Medicine. HMD MS ACC 732. [https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/ammp/resources/__100973458]

	== Offices ==		== Offices ==
			*Special Libraries Association. President, 1960-61.
			*Drug Information Association. President.

	* ~~SLA Pres~~. ~~1960-61~~		== Awards ==
	* ~~DIA (Drug~~ Information Association~~) 1970~~-71		*Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. Honorary degree of doctor of science, 1979.
			*Medical Library Association. Fellow; Eliot Prize, 1977.
			*Special Libraries Association. Hall of Fame, 1998.
			*Special Libraries Association. Biomedical and Life Sciences Division named the Winifred Sewell Prize for Innovation in Information Technologies in her honor.
			*American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Honorary President, 1999-2000.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Shelley A Bader & Karyn L Pomerantz/ "Winifred (Win) Emma Sewell, 1917–2002." ''Journal of the Medical Library Association'' 91, no 2 (April 2003): 270. [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC153177/]		*Shelley A Bader & Karyn L Pomerantz/ "Winifred (Win) Emma Sewell, 1917–2002." ''Journal of the Medical Library Association'' 91, no 2 (April 2003): 270. [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC153177/]
			*''Winifred Emma Sewell''. Prabook. Obituary. [https://prabook.com/web/winifred.sewell/3778021]

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	~~'''LOCATION #1:'''~~ National Library of Medicine		*National Library of Medicine. Winifred Sewell papers. HMD MS ACC 2003-009. [https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/ammp/resources/__101297023]

	* Papers dates: 1930-2001
	* Size: 21.~~46 cu~~. ft.
	* Includes: ~~Finding aid not available and collection not yet processed as of 11~~/21/~~2013~~
	* Finding aid:
	* Source: National Library of Medicine online catalog

	~~'''LOCATION #2:''' Medical Library Association, 919 North Michigan Ave., Suite 3208, Chicago, IL 60611; also at National Library of Medicine~~.

	* Papers dates: April 1984
	* Size:
	* Includes: Oral history interview with Winifred Sewell by Carol Fenichel, 1984; details at: <nowiki>http://www.~~mlanet~~.~~org~~/~~about~~/~~history~~/~~sewell_w.html<~~/~~nowiki>~~
	* Finding aid:
	* Source: Dale, D.C. (com.), A Directory of Oral History Tapes of Librarians in the United States and Canada. American Library Association: Chicago, 1986, p. 96.

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			== Further reading ==
			*Shelley A Bader & Karyn L Pomerantz/ "Winifred (Win) Emma Sewell, 1917–2002." ''Journal of the Medical Library Association'' 91, no 2 (April 2003): 270. [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC153177/]

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== Life ==
Sewell was born in Newport, Washington; received her BA from Washington State University; MLS from Columbia University. She was Senior Librarian at Squibb Institute of Medical Research from 1946 to 1961. She worked as Medical Subject Headings Specialist at the National Library of Medicine, and was instrumental in the early work with MEDLARS; later, she was head of the Drug Literature Program at NLM, where she worked until 1970. From 1970 to 1992 she worked at the Univ. of Maryland. She was an active consultant in the drug literature field until shortly before her death. She was interested in coordination of chemical and biomedical terminology (especially online retrieval systems), medical information transfer, online searching behaviors of pharmacists. Editor Unlisted Drugs; She noted that "the better our own relationship with all non-librarians and specialized fields of knowledge, the greater can be our own progress" (Current Biography ); Also interested in bibliometrics of molecular biology.

For more biographical details see: <nowiki>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=153177</nowiki>

== Employment ==

* Squibb Institue for Medical Research
* Columbia University
* NLM

== Awards ==

* Fellow, Medical Library Association
* Medical Library Association's Eliot Prize
* SLA Hall of Fame (1998)
* Honorary President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (1999-2000)
* the SLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Div., named the Winifred Sewell Prize for Innovation in Information Technologies in her honor

== Offices ==

* SLA Pres. 1960-61
* DIA (Drug Information Association) 1970-71

== Papers ==
'''LOCATION #1:''' National Library of Medicine

* Papers dates: 1930-2001
* Size: 21.46 cu. ft.
* Includes: Finding aid not available and collection not yet processed as of 11/21/2013
* Finding aid:
* Source: National Library of Medicine online catalog

'''LOCATION #2:''' Medical Library Association, 919 North Michigan Ave., Suite 3208, Chicago, IL 60611; also at National Library of Medicine.

* Papers dates: April 1984
* Size:
* Includes: Oral history interview with Winifred Sewell by Carol Fenichel, 1984; details at: <nowiki>http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/sewell_w.html</nowiki>
* Finding aid:
* Source: Dale, D.C. (com.), A Directory of Oral History Tapes of Librarians in the United States and Canada. American Library Association: Chicago, 1986, p. 96.

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