The MLA ’19 Open Forum Discussion of the MLA Communities Transition
Submitted by Stephanie Fulton, AHIP, and Keith Cogdill, AHIP, Cochairs, Communities Transition TeamDue to technical challenges, not all questions from attendees at the May 6…
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…
Official Meeting Blogger: MLA’19 First-Time Attendees Breakfast
For a profession known for attracting introverts, we could not stop talking. Conversation was rampant at our tables and then through several rounds of three-minute…
Official Meeting Blogger: Impostor Phenomenon and the Health Sciences Librarian
Of the varying topics covered within Lightning Talks 3, the Impostor Phenomenon (Coping Strategies for Impostor Phenomenon among Health Sciences Librarians, by Debra Warner, Michelle…
Official Meeting Blogger: Sections
One of the hottest topics discussed at the Section meetings was the transition of the SIGs and Sections to caucuses. Members were curious about what…
MLA ’19 Lecturers
MLA honors all of its 2019 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. Awards were presented during…
Consumer Health: Consumer Health Information Specialization, Part II
Monique Mason, AHIP, Science & Technology Division, Akron-Summit County Public Library, at a recent Ohio Health Sciences Library Association meeting. Photo by Donald Pearson, AHIP…
An Evolving Resource: CAPHIS’s Most Trusted Health Websites
If you are a member of MLA’s Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS), the phrase “top 100” probably means something very different to you…
MLA Honors Written Works, Research, and Communities during MLA ’19
MLA honors all of its 2019 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. Awards were presented during…
2019 MLA Fellows
The Board of Directors named five association members as Fellows of MLA. Fellows are chosen for their outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship and to…
2019 President’s Award Recipients
From time to time, the MLA Board of Directors finds that an exceptional contribution has been made to the profession and the goals of the…
2019 Marcia C. Noyes Award
The highest honor that MLA confers is the Marcia C. Noyes Award. Mary Joan (M.J.) Tooey, AHIP, FMLA, associate vice president for academic affairs; executive…
MLAConnect Board Report Summary
The MLA Board held its regularly scheduled meeting prior to the annual meeting this year. I presented on the progress that MLAConnect has made since…
Official Meeting Blogger: AI and searching
PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Cawley presenting during MLA’19. Permission to use photo granted by M. Cawley. The last full-day of MLA’19, I had the pleasure of…
Official Meeting Blogger: Systematic Review Services session
Monday afternoon I attended a few different sessions that focused on launching a systematic review service at a library, including “Building an Interprofessional Literature Review…
Official Meeting Blogger: Evening Happy Hours and Socials
Although I’m more of a night owl, I didn’t make it out to as many evening events as I thought I would at MLA ‘19.…