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.
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Assistant Director for Research and Data Education
Indianapolis, IN
January 15, 2025
This position oversees our research team (Scholarly Communications Librarian, Data Services Librarian, and Research Metrics Librarian) which supports and tracks research efforts across IUSM (Indiana University School of Medicine) such as assisting with grant proposals, electronic lab notebooks, scholarly communication, artificial intelligence initiatives, and data management plan requirements. This position also coordinates with Research Affairs to support research initiatives within IUSM.   This is a tenure-track faculty …
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Our association takes pride in honoring members who have made significant contributions to health sciences librarianship and advanced the goals of the Medical Library Association.…