Developments Special Issue 2023 v. 34 #2
Message from the EditorWith MLA fast approaching, we wanted to put out a special issue announcing the second collection development & resource sharing symposium, to be…
Pacific Northwest Chapter History
Edited by: Suzanne Fricke The Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNC) of MLA first formed in 1953 as the Pacific Northwest Regional Group, made up initially of…
RTI Research Spotlight: New Evaluation Rubric Helps Identify Point-of-Care Tools Based On Nurses’ Information Needs
Healthcare professionals need accurate information to best care for their patients and they need it quickly. Recent years have seen the rise of tools that…
Caucus/Chapter Histories: Public Services Caucus
Edited by Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS, MLA History Committee, and 125-Year Retrospective Task Force Today’s Public Services Caucus began around 1978 as the Bibliographic…
Reflections on the 2022 SC/MLA Annual Meeting
The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SC/MLA) was held in Montgomery, AL from October 19-22, 2022. The 2020…
Developments Spring 2023 v. 34 #1
Message from the Chair Dear Collection Development Caucus Members, Welcome to 2023! I am grateful for each of you and hope you are all…
PNCMLA 2022 Virtual Conference Recap
As with many conferences, the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (PNCMLA) decided to continue with the virtual format for its 2022 conference.…
Collection Development Best Practices Document Updated
Coauthored by Karen Gau, MLIS and Iris Kovar-Gough, MA MLIS The Medical Library Association (MLA) Collection Development Caucus is excited to announce the publication of…
CAPHIS Consumer Connections Newsletter
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Services (CAPHIS) Caucus publishes the peer-reviewed and CINAHL indexed Consumer Connections Newsletter (ISSN 15357821) twice a year. In it…
You’re Invited! RTI Drop-In Session December 9
Last week, MLA’s Research Training Institute Fellowship Program held an informational Open Forum to provide an overview of the program and answer questions. The November…
Update from the MLA/RTI Value Studies Working Group
Since 2016, the Evidence You Can Use To Communicate Library Value page on the MLA site has highlighted studies that demonstrate the tremendous value health sciences…
Announcing the new Hospital Library Caucus Advocacy LibGuide
Additional authors: Kathy Zeblisky and Nancy Clark The new Hospital Library Caucus (HLC) Advocacy pages are now available for viewing and use. They reside on…
A View of EAHIL Conference in Rotterdam Netherlands 2022
We are pleased to share the experience of one of our MLA-ICC caucus members from her attendance at the EAHIL conference in Rotterdam, Netherlands that…
RTI Fellow Michelle Nielsen Ott Awarded 2022 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year!
Michelle Nielsen Ott, Sciences/Health Sciences Librarian at Cullom-Davis Library at Bradley University, is the 2022 recipient of the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian…
RTI Research Spotlight: Research Capacity of Hospital Librarians: Differences and Impact
Research is the cornerstone of academic inquiry — the twain go together like every book and its reader; literature and searching; citing and sources; information…
Re-introducing Hypothesis as the research journal for health information professionals
For 40 years the MLA Research Caucus has been encouraging and promoting health sciences librarianship research. In 2003, Hypothesis changed its name to become the…
Developments Summer 2022 v. 33 #2
Message from the Chair As Chair of the Collection Development Caucus for the past year, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all…
AAMLA Statement in Solidarity With the Citizens of Buffalo
The African American Medical Librarians Alliance (AAMLA) is saddened that our statement released on June 2020 is still so painfully relevant today in the wake of…
RTI Research Spotlight: Wikipedia Editing: Improving Information Literacy and Social Responsibility of Medical Students
Wikipedia. Love it or hate it, did you know that there is a robust community of editors editing Wikipedia’s health-related content and that it is…
RTI Fellow Awarded Grant to Study Research Attitudes of Osteopathic Medical Students
Molly Montgomery, director of library services, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, was awarded an internal research grant through the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Start-Up…