Deb Ward recently received congratulations for her work as she stepped down from her role as Vice President for Information Resources in the Family Physicians Inquiries Network Consortium. (www.fpin.org) As of April 2, 2008, her role will change to that of FPIN Librarian Community Advisor. Deb received letters and notes from several chairs of family medicine departments across the nation praising her for her role in establishing the consortium in 2000, and in particular, creating and building the FPIN Librarian Community of the consortium.

We are pleased to note Deb’s many accomplishments in building FPIN, a national network of family practice physicians and librarians committed to gathering and summarizing research to address the most important questions encountered by doctors in their daily practice. Deb’s level of professionalism and leadership among our librarians is an example of the achievement we strive for as the state flag-ship institution.

Most of Deb’s FPIN work was done in addition her already heavy work load, which meant that she worked far more than a typical work week. Deb is hoping to have more personal time as a result of stepping down from her Vice President role in FPIN. Please join me in congratulating her on her accomplishments.

Jim Cogswell