Official Meeting Blogger: First-Time Attendee
From my view in the newbie section, MLA’19 was all about the connections. Here are some do’s I learned for connecting at the conference. DO participate…
Official Meeting Blogger: Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks are a taster tray of tips and insights on a wide assortment of topics. Savor these morsels from Lightning Talks Session 3 at MLA’19. Try a…
2019 International Grants
During MLA ’19 in Chicago, MLA awarded the 2019 grants that support North American and international librarians and international projects. The purpose of the Cunningham…
Chapter News: Highlights from the 2019 NCNMLG/MLGSCA Joint Meeting: We Are Not Neutral!
Submitted by Courtney Hoffner, Bethany Myers, AHIP, Antonia Osuna-Garcia, and Wynn Tranfield, Science Libraries, University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) The Northern California and Nevada Medical…
Adventures of a New MLA Member
Hello there! My name is Jillian Silverberg, and I have been asked to serve as a guest columnist for MLAConnect. Over the course of the…
MLA ’19 Books (& More) Recommended Reading List
This is a list of books, articles, and other materials mentioned on Twitter during MLA ’19 in Chicago. While I have tried to be as…
2019 Scholarships
MLA awarded two scholarships to deserving students at MLA ’19, in Chicago, IL. MLA Scholarship The MLA Scholarship is granted to a student who is…
Hospital Librarianship: A Unified Library Service: One Year Post-Merger
What happens when two health systems come together and the libraries become one unified library service? That all depends on attitude, collaboration, and preparation. In…
2019 Annual Meeting Travel Grant Recipients
MLA awarded grants to help practicing health sciences information professionals attend MLA ’19, in Chicago, IL. The Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Meeting Grant recognizes Ysabel…
Official Meeting Blogger: John P. McGovern Award Lecture
The Plenary Sessions were a great way to start the day and take everything in before I attended sessions and met with vendors. There were…
Official Meeting Blogger: New Librarian
MLA ’19 was my very first medical library conference. I started my position in September, so I was excited for the opportunity to meet and…
Official Meeting Blogger: Health Literacy Posters at MLA ’19
Given the almost 200 posters at MLA ‘19, I knew I needed to narrow my focus to get the most out of the sessions. I…
Today Is “Move” Day for MLA’s Chicago Headquarters, Just A Few Blocks Away
Twenty years ago, when MLA moved into its 65 East Wacker Drive headquarters, print was the norm, the new server room was impressive, and the…
MLA Honors Excellence in Health Sciences Librarianship
MLA honors its 2019 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. Awards were presented during MLA ’19…
The MLA ’19 Open Forum Discussion of the MLA Communities Transition
Submitted by Stephanie Fulton, AHIP, and Keith Cogdill, AHIP, Cochairs, Communities Transition Team Due to technical challenges, not all questions from attendees at the May…
Official Meeting Blogger: Social Butterfly
This was my first MLA ’19 and I looked forward to networking and making new friends. I knew attending as many events as I could…
Official Meeting Blogger: Early Morning Perspective
While most of the non-MLA activities, tours, museums, and designer stores in Chicago do not open until 10am, there are still plenty of things to…
Official Meeting Blogger: Take Search, Screening, and Analysis to the Next Level
Looking to innovate your systematic review process? Check out these resources from MLA’19 posters and lightning talks: Rayyan is a free citation screening tool. The…
Official Meeting Blogger: Posters
The theme of this year’s MLA Conference was to “elevate,” and the posters presented delivered. Many of the posters discussed how they improved, changed, reimagined,…
Official Meeting Blogger: Immersion Session on Implicit Bias in Consumer Health Information
I attended the “Elevating by Evaluating: Recognizing and Avoiding Implicit Bias in Consumer Health Information” immersion session on May 6th. This session, moderated by Terri…