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Regular Membership

Whether you're new to medical libraries or a seasoned professional, MLA's Regular Membership will help you shine! In addition to networking, professional development, and advocacy core benefits, MLA offers you the following:

To top of page The Journal of the Medical Library Association, your professional journal

Featuring research and comment on library management, new technology, the changing roles of information professionals, ethics, and economic issues, as well as expert book and software reviews.

To top of page Significant discounts on useful publications

Save 25% to 50% on MLA booklets, such as Copyright Law and the Health Sciences Librarian, MLA's Salary Survey, and DocKits. Also save 10% or more on any MLA monograph through MLA's copublishers.

To top of page Employment services

Monitor the latest job offerings in medical librarianship worldwide with job opportunities on MLANET and via RSS feed and annual meeting placement services.

To top of page Recognition of your professional accomplishments

Learn more in your specialty and be recognized for your expertise with MLA's variety of grants, scholarships, awards, and honors. You can also receive a substantial discount on your membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals, the credentialing program for medical librarians.

To top of page Rights and privileges as an active, voting member

You may become immediately involved in all of the association's programs, but if you can't, we still listen! Register your voice through MLA's annual ballot elections or on association business at the annual meeting. Your vote counts! And, as a regular member, you're also eligible to hold office at the national, section, and chapter level and to chair important association committees.

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  • Regular Membership is available for dues of $195.
  • If you earn a salary of $35,000 or less or are currently not employed, your reduced dues are $120.
  • If you're a first-time member, have let your MLA membership lapse for 5 years or more, or are a student member that's now a professional health sciences librarian…test drive MLA's professional benefits and services with an Introductory Membership. For one year, your dues will be just $130. During that first year, you also receive free membership in any one MLA section.
  • If you retire and wish to maintain your MLA affiliation, and have held MLA membership for 10 consecutive years, Emeritus dues are $75. Request emeritus status from MLA headquarters.

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