What is a Health Information Professional?
Using materials and tools that range from traditional print journals to electronic databases and the latest mobile devices, health sciences librarians use innovative strategies to access and deliver critical information for patient care, research, and publication.

About the Profession
Learn about the wide range of expert services health information professionals provide in their institutions.

Is this a Career For You?
Become an essential member of the health care team and impact health research, patient care, and publishing.
About MLA: Who We Are, What We Do
MLA supports medical and health sciences librarians and other information professionals with community engagement, funding, continuing education in health information management, research, and evidence-based practice, and more.

Ways We Serve Health Information Professionals
Upcoming Events
Hospital Library Caucus (HLC) Bi-Monthly Open Membership Meeting
Mastering the Art of Impactful Presentations: A Skills-Focused Webinar
Invitation to MLA ’26
MLA Board of Directors Meeting
Featured News
We’d Love to Learn from You—Teach with MLA!
Submitted by: Kathryn Houk MLA is searching for passionate educators like you to help us grow the skills of medical librarians and health information professionals.…
Welcoming Nicki Mehall: MLA’s Education Manager
Submitted by: Debra Cavanaugh, Staff Please join us in officially welcoming Nicki Mehall to the Medical Library Association (MLA) team! She came on board in…
Get Ready for Hospital Library Caucus Open Member Meetings!
Submitted by: Carlos Fernandez Calling all hospital librarians! Starting this August, we will host our first bi-monthly open member meetings for the Hospital Library Caucus.…