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All articles submitted to the MLA News should contain timely information. As a general guideline, unit meeting recaps, survey results, awards, etc., should be submitted as soon as possible after they have occurred (i.e., within six months or by November/December copy deadline for current-year annual-meeting-related content).
All articles submitted to the MLA News should not exceed 700 words (one printed page); no more than 5 references are allowed.
All articles are subject to editing and abridgment.
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Articles must submitted via email should be single-spaced and include "MLA News copy" in the subject line.
Letters to the editor are encouraged and will be published as space permits. Though letters may take issue with anything published in the MLA News, all letters must be respectful in tone and avoid confrontational or inflammatory language.
Products, services, and events published in the MLA News do not constitute MLA's endorsement or approval and authors must not communicate an endorsement or approval.
Submission deadlines are six weeks prior to publication.

All MLA News material, including events and personals, should be sent to the editor unless it concerns the subject areas of the editors listed below. Submission does not guarantee publication. For mailing address and phone number of editors, refer to the MLA Online Directory (members-only access).

Editor

Laurie L. Thompson, AHIP, FMLA, Library, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas, tel. 214.648.2626

Column Editors

Blogs to Follow

Kelly Gonzalez, AHIP, UTSW Medical Center Library, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas

Calendar

Meredith Ilyse Solomon, National Networks of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region, Lamar Soutter Health Sciences Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School–Worcester

Chapter News

Julia Hause, AHIP, Jay Sexter Library, Touro University Nevada–Henderson

Consumer Health

Jana C. Liebermann, Policy Information Center, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Expert Searching

Diane G. Cooper, AHIP, National Institutes of Health Library, Bethesda, MD

Hospital Librarianship

Nandita S. Mani, AHIP, Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

International News

Katie D. McLean, Health Sciences Library, Capital Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

Leadership and Management

Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond

Medical Library Education

Jodi L. Philbrick, College of Information, University of North Texas–Denton

Sections/SIGs

Christine Marton, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Technology

Nancy Glassman, AHIP, D. Samuel Gottesman Library, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Dina J. McKelvy, AHIP, Library, Maine Medical Center–Portland

Turning Points

Carol Ann Attwood, AHIP, Patient and Health Education Library, Mayo Clinic in Arizona–Scottsdale

James Shedlock, AHIP, FMLA, retired

Deadlines

Articles submitted directly to the editor are due on the dates indicated below. Earlier deadlines may apply for articles being submitted to the column and department editors listed above. Please contact the appropriate editor for further information.

Issue	Submission Deadline
January	November 25
February	December 25
March	January 25
April	February 25
May	March 25
June/July	April 25
August	June 25
September	July 25
October	August 25
November/December	September 25