Why You Should Apply to Become a ‘25-’26 Rising Star
Submitted by: Annabelle Nuñez, Rising Stars 2024-2025 Program DirectorIf you aspire to a leadership role in MLA and you want to develop your leadership skills…
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Cohort of the MLA Rising Star Program!
Submitted by: Annabelle Nuñez We are excited to announce that Sunny Chung, John Mokonyama, Angela Murrell, and Kay Strahan have been selected for the prestigious…
MLA ’24 Travel Grants
MLA is pleased to announce the recipients of 2024 Annual Conference Travel Grants. Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Conference Grant Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Conference Grant provides…
Be Well MLA – Real Love: Enabling Fierce Self-Compassion
The Be Well MLA initiative promotes wellness and well-being among members of the Medical Library Association. Every month, MLA members are invited to participate in…
MLA InSight Initiative Fall Forum Future Possibilities and Opportunities
For recordings and more detailed program information, go to InSight Initiative Fall Forum 2020 Detailed Program. On October 29–30, 2020, MLA hosted a free online…
InSight Initiative Videos
Submitted by Gerald J. Perry, AHIP, FMLA, Past Chair, InSight Initiative Task Force, and John Gallagher, Chair, InSight Initiative Task Force MLA’s InSight Initiative is…
It’s Called Predatory Publishing for a Reason!
One of the outcomes of the open access publishing phenomenon has been the proliferation of what has come to be known as predatory journals. This…
Report from InSight Summit 2: How Can Librarians, Publishers, and Providers of Discovery and Management Tools Collaborate to More Effectively Communicate the Value of Information?
Submitted by Nadine Dexter, AHIP, Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library, University of Central Florida–Orlando; Deborah Harris, F1000, London, United Kingdom; Emma Cryer Heet, AHIP,…
Report from InSight Summit 2: How Information Providers and Libraries Can Collaborate in Supporting Users in Developing Information Literacy through the Research/Publishing Life Cycle
Submitted by Priya Arora, Wolters Kluwer; John Gallagher, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Tracy Gardner, Renew Publishing Consultants; Susan…
Report from the InSight Initiative Summit: Imagining the Ideal Social Networking Site for Collaboration and Sharing
Submitted by Richard Gallagher, Annual Reviews; Linné Girouard, AHIP, Library, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; Steven Heffer, Wolters Kluwer; and Rich Lampert, Doody Consulting, Philadelphia,…
Report from the InSight Initiative Summit: Leveraging Specialized Discovery Tools to Maximize User Engagement
Submitted by Caitlin Cricco, Springer Nature, New York, NY; Nadine Dexter, AHIP, Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library, University of Central Florida–Orlando; Donna Gibson, Medical…
Applications for InSight Initiative Summit 2 Sought
The InSight Initiative Task Force is pleased to announce that applications are now being sought for the second InSight Initiative Summit, “Meeting the Evolving Information…
Report from the InSight Initiative Summit: What Can Librarians and Vendors Learn from “Pirate” Sites?
Submitted by Harold S. Bright IV, AHIP, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ; Vida Damijonaitis, JAMA Network, Chicago, IL;…
Report from the InSight Initiative Summit: Thinking about Security and the Future of IP Authentication
Submitted by Gerald J. Perry, AHIP, FMLA, Libraries, University of Arizona–Tucson; Andrea Lopez, Annual Reviews; Gabriel R. Rios, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University–Indianapolis; and…
InSight Initiative Launched, Summit Planned for Early 2018
A small group of MLA leaders including past presidents has been meeting to consider fresh and exciting ways to engage with publishers and vendors serving…