Guidelines for Mosaic ’16 Official Bloggers and Tweeters
Mosaic ’16 will feature Official Tweeters and Bloggers to share conference activities and events with meeting attendees and those unable to attend in-person. If you are…
Informatics – An argument for rethinking its definition
This is a guest post from Samuel King, Assistant Professor, MCPHS University: Since the advent of informatics as a discipline, coming into its own during…
MLA/ICS International Visiting Health Information Professionals Program Updates and Pilot Run
Interested in learning medical librarianship from a different cultural perspective, either first-hand or through interaction with a fellow librarian from another country in your own…
Board Transparency: New and Improved
As MLA’s annual meeting and the accompanying MLA Board meeting approach, you may notice a few changes in how we’re sharing board information. These changes…
Toronto’s Gourmet Delivery (from Kathryn Tippell-Smith)
Exhausted from a full day at the conference? Too tired to go out but not in the mood for boring, old room service? Overwhelmed by…
What is the ICLC?
Mosaic / Mosaique – Be part of the big picture / Faites partie due portrait global is a joint meeting Medical Library Association (MLA), the…
ONUP2016 in Toronto, Ontario
COACH, Canada’s health informatics association, held its annual Ontario-based conference, ONUP, in Toronto on April 4. Despite the unexpected snow fall, the conference was well…
Electronic Medical Record Challenge: Narrative in a bullet point world
I am a physician practicing primary care. I have worked with medical informatics professionals and vendors in my hospital system in Louisville, Kentucky…
Are You Eligible to Visit Canada?
Some people are not allowed to come to Canada, such as individuals who have been convicted of a crime, including driving under the influence (DUI).…
MLA and AAHSL Recommend NLM FY 17 Funding
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries have recommended that the National Library of Medicine receive $395,110,000 in FY 2017. In…
MLA & AAHSL Recommend Carla Hayden Become Next Librarian of Congress
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) recommended to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration that Dr. Carla…
Technology: 3D Printing in Medical Libraries
Figure 13D print from an MRI scan of the right hemisphere of a brainUT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center Submitted by Peace…
Meeting Preview: Mosaic ’16: Be a Part of the Big Picture: Toronto Neighborhoods
Submitted by Gurpreet K. Rana, 2016 Joint Planning Committee; edited by Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP, Section and SIG News Editor, MLA News Toronto is well…
On Momentum and Threads: Education
Submitted by Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, 2015/16 MLA President-Elect One of the most difficult endeavors to sustain for a volunteer organization is momentum. By the…
Hospital Librarianship Column Note
I thank and publicly acknowledge Nandita S. Mani, AHIP, Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, who has stepped down from her role as…
Board Approves 2016 Budget and Business Plan
Click to enlarge Submitted by Chris Shaffer, AHIP, MLA Treasurer, and Ray Naegele, CPA, MLA Director of Financial and Administrative Services In November 2015, the…
MLA Board Highlights: February 2016
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, MLA Executive Director The MLA Board of Directors met virtually on February 18, 2016. All meetings of the MLA Board are…
Chapter News
Edited by Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP News from the Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter Submitted by Lorraine Porcello and Celeste Moore, Cochairs, Communications Committee,…
Section & SIG News
Edited by Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP LGBT Health Science Librarians SIG Annual Meeting Announcement Submitted by Emily Vardell and Tony Nguyen, AHIP, Co-Coveners, Lesbian, Gay,…
Member Spotlight: Richard James
Editor’s Note: This month’s column features Richard James, the new MEDLIB-L coordinator. Fast Facts: MLA Member Since: 2015 First Professional Position: Assistant archivist, Hagley Library…