Hi from the Membership Committee
I have been serving in my current role as Biomedical Informatics and Emerging Technologies Librarian at Penn State College of Medicine for the last 5…
Greetings from the Chair-elect
Greetings MIS members! My name is Andrea Kepsel and I am the current chair-elect of MIS. I have been a health sciences educational technology librarian…
Chapter News: Hurricane Harvey: Voices from the Storm
Editor’s note: The following article was submitted, at our request, by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) South Central Region (SCR) office. Because…
Hospital Librarianship: Introducing the Solo Librarians SIG!
Submitted by Louise McLaughlin, Health Sciences Library, Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, and Ellen M. Aaronson, AHIP, Medical Library, West Hills Hospital & Medical Center,…
A recap on the International Visiting Information Professionals (IVIP) Program Pilot
The IVIP Program Pilot was a partnership between MLA/ICS IVIP Program Task Force and the Taiwan Medical Library Association. The goal was for the Program…
Attending ICML+EAHIL in Dublin, Ireland with the MLA ICS Reis Grant
The International Congress of Medical Librarianship and the European Association of Health Information and Libraries held their joint conference in Dublin June 12th – 16th. Like…
Chapter News: Midwest Chapter Wins 2017 Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award
Submitted by Debra Werner, President, Midwest Chapter; edited by Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP, and Annette Parde-Maass, AHIP Congratulations to the Midwest Chapter for winning the…
MLA Communities: What Are Our Guiding Principles? We Need Your Input!
The MLA Communities Strategic Goal Task Force has been working on our charge (see [Link removed (Strengthening Our Communities: A Solid Foundation)] by Teresa L.…
Internet Resources: Finding Funding Opportunities
Edited by Talicia A. Tarver One emerging, and potentially novel, source of consultations for academic health sciences librarians involves helping clients find funding opportunities. While…
New JMLA Editor Named
The Board of Directors of the Medical Library Association (MLA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine G. Akers as the editor-in-chief of the…
Chapter News: South Central Chapter Annual Meeting Award Winners
Submitted by Toni Hoberecht, AHIP, Communications Chair, South Central Chapter;edited by Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP The South Central Chapter of MLA held its 2016 meeting…
Chapter News: News from the Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC/MLA)
Submitted by Nell Aronoff, UNYOC-L Coordinator, and Celeste Moore, Communications Committee, Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter; edited by Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP The 52nd…
EMTS Officer Candidates 2017
Here are the candidates for the 2017 EMTS election. Check the EMTS Forum for more election information. Chair Margaret Hoogland – [Link removed (http://www.mlanet.org/p/us/my/uid=2425)] Write…
CDS Newsletter Fall 2016 v. 28 #2
Developments Fall 2016 v. 28 #2 Message from the Editors In this issue of Developments we are delighted to bring updates from our Chair, Liz Lorbeer…
Apply for Volunteer Editor to Lead the JMLA
MLA seeks applications for a new volunteer editor of the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA), the definitive source of information about the latest…
An experience at Bracken Health Science Library – forth week
Time flies! It’s the last week of my visit in Bracken and also a short week (Monday was the Thanksgiving Holiday in Canada). This week…
An experience at Bracken Health Science Library – third week
It’s the third week I have been here. I got more time to talk with Bracken’s librarians one-on-one during this week. Sarah, a librarian…
Section & SIG News
Edited by Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP Medical Informatics Section Sponsors Upcoming Webinar on Data Management Submitted by Patricia Gogniat, Chair-Elect, Medical Informatics Section Are you…
Chapter News
Edited by Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona Members in the Published Literature Submitted by Danielle Linden, AHIP, Past-President/Nominations…
Chao-yu’s experience at Bracken Health Science Library – second week
written by Chao-yu Wu, National Taiwan University This week, I observed 3 different classes to see how librarians in Bracken teach students in literature searching.…