MLA is pleased to announce two new MLA/National Library of Medicine (NLM) recipients of the 2008/09 American Library Association Spectrum Initiative Scholarship. Each winner will each receive $6,500 in funds, pledged jointly by MLA and NLM. MLA and NLM are committed to supporting minority students in their goals of becoming health sciences information professionals and to addressing the vital need for minority representation in health sciences libraries.
Rhonda J. Allard is the patient resource center manager, Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

Evone Jeffries is employed as a library technician at the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.