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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.
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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
NAHRS Monthly Advice Meeting
Join your nursing and allied health colleagues for conversation and discussion about our work as library and information professionals. Attendees may bring questions, concerns, or…
2025 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship
MLA welcomes both members and the public to attend the 2025 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship—an esteemed event that celebrates collaboration between the Medical Library Association…
Resource Sharing, Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery: What, Where, Why and How Webinar
Maximize the impact of resource sharing and interlibrary loan in health sciences libraries with this essential course, covering key fundamentals, best practices, and the latest…
Essential Searching Skills for Librarians on Systematic Review Teams – Instructor-led Course
Registration is now closed for the upcoming instructor-led course to be held Tuesday, July 22 & Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 10:00am to 12:30 p.m., Central…
Featured News
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.…
Congratulations to the 2025-2026 Cohort of the MLA Rising Star Program!
Submitted by: Erinn Aspinall We are excited to announce that David Petersen, AHIP, Renée Rau, Jessica Sender, AHIP, and Valerie Vera have been selected for…