The Academy of Health Information Professionals recognizes members as credentialed medical librarians in agreement with guidelines of the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Dalrymple has been a distinguished member since 1990.
Credentials are valid for a five-year period.
Credentials are earned through participation in continuing education courses, individual achievements and association activities related to professional development with the Medical Library Association guidelines. The Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science is the only library and information science education program in northern Illinois that is accredited by the American Library Association. For more than 50 years, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science has been educating students to be public, school and corporate librarians, and is now increasingly preparing students for careers in the information industry.