Animal and Veterinary Information Specialist Caucus
In celebration of MLA’s 125th anniversary we will be sharing caucus and chapter histories throughout the year. Previously published histories are available on MLANET.Q: What…
RTI Fellow Awarded Grant to Study Disempowering Terminology in Online Patient Education Materials for People With Type 1 Diabetes
This spring, Lisa Acuff, AHIP, in collaboration with three other information professionals, two from the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center, and one from…
Academic Librarians Caucus History
Edited by Christine Willis In celebration of MLA’s 125th anniversary we will be sharing caucus and chapter histories throughout the year. Previously published histories are…
How Can We Promote Responsible Use of Data and Fix the Replication Crisis?
Librarians, especially those who do research data management work, might be interested in an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published June 6, 2023:…
Response to “An Interview With ChatGPT”
By Dexter Hadley, MD, PhD, the founding chief of Artificial Intelligence at University of Central Florida, College of Medicine. At the University, he is building…
An Interview With ChatGPT and BARD From a Medical Librarian Perspective
By Nadine Dexter, EDD, MLS, Director, Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Science Library, University of Central Florida, and Deedra Walton, MLS, Head, Department of Electronic Resources,…
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) is pleased to share its latest brief – Hidden Crisis: Pediatric Oral Health in Rural America
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) is pleased to share its latest brief – Hidden Crisis: Pediatric Oral Health in Rural America – that brings to light some of the challenges faced by…
History of the Hawaii Pacific Chapter
The Hawaii Regional Medical Library Group, Inc. first formed in October, 1969 after five librarians petitioned the Medical Library Association to form a regional group.…
Margaret Vugrin Retirement
Margaret Vugrin, research and reference librarian for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC)–Lubbock, retired on March 31, 2023, after 38 years of service.…
Shannon Harris Joins Preston Smith Library of the Health Sciences, TTUHSC
Shannon Harris joined the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Libraries (Lubbock) as a research and reference librarian on March 16, 2023. In this role,…
Call for Volunteers – HLC Members at MLA
THE NATIONAL NETWORK WANTS YOU to write about your experience at MLA 2023. Are you attending virtually? In person? We want to hear from you! …
Dental Caucus History
The first MLA paper on a dental topic titled “Making a Dental Library Active” was presented at the 1924 MLA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL…
Women Who Inspire Us
“Celebrating Women Who Tell Stories” is the 2023 theme for National Women’s History Month. Women have played a prominent role throughout MLA’s history, furthering our…
Announcing Peer Coaches for 2023 Research Training Institute
The Research Training Institute (RTI) team is pleased to announce the new peer coaches for the 2023 RTI online program: Andy Hickner, Christi Piper, Erin…
ChatGPT is Here. What are We Waiting for?
ChatGPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) is all the buzz lately, and if you do not know what it is, you should (OpenAI, 2022). ChatGPT was…
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…
5 Minutes With…. Olivia Glotfelty-Scheuering
Thanks for taking five minutes to talk with National Network. Inquiring minds want to know! Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you…
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…
Free, FAIR, & Fabulous: Five Data Tools to Support Open and Reproducible Research
By Elizabeth Roth, MA, rothel@musc.edu, Medical University of South Carolina; Christine Nieman, MLIS, cnieman@hshsl.umaryland.edu, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Katie Pierce Farrier, MIS, katie.pierce-farrier@unthsc.edu, University of…