Personals: Emily Vardell
This May, Emily Vardell successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Health Insurance Literacy: How People Understand and Make Health Insurance Purchase Decisions,” and graduated with her…
Volunteer for an MLA Committee! We Need You! We Really Do!
As we transition from one season to another, I am energized and excited about my transition, and I want you to be a part of…
Editor’s Note: Closing Thoughts
Thank you for the opportunity to serve as editor of the MLA News for the past two and a half years. Special thanks to the…
Honoring Our Past
When you graduate from a school of librarianship, you feel ready to jump into a job. When you actually begin the job, you sometimes feel…
Follow-Up to MLA ’17: Dare Dream Do: Focus on Diversity in Medical Librarianship
Editor’s note: Recent issues of the MLA News have featured recaps of some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream Dare Do,…
Follow-Up to MLA ’17: Dare Dream Do: Content and Sessions on New and Emerging Technologies
Editor’s note: Recent issues of the MLA News have featured recaps of some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream Dare Do,…
Reflections from MLA ’17
Editor’s note: Over the next few issues of the MLA News, we will recap some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream…
Coming to Atlanta for the 2018 Annual Meeting?
The Local Assistance Committee (LAC) for MLA 2018 invites you to join us in Atlanta, Georgia for MLA’s Annual Meeting. Atlanta is an energetic, diverse…
MLA Research Training Institute Launched, Next Step in MLA’s Goal to Advance Research
The Research Imperative Task Force is thrilled to announce the launch of the new MLA Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians (RTI). The first…
Follow-up to MLA ’17: Dream Dare Do Focus on “Clinical Rounding”
Editor’s note: Over the next few issues of the MLA News, we will recap some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream…
MLA Board Highlights: August 2017
The MLA Board of Directors met virtually on August 31, 2017. All meetings of the MLA Board of Directors are open to members, with the…
AAHSL and NLM Announce 2018 Leadership Fellows
Submitted by Carol G. Jenkins, AHIP, FMLA, Director, Leadership Program, Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and…
Honoring Our Past
Do you remember Women’s Lib in the 1970s? One of the great ladies of librarianship is Gertrude L. Annan.* She gave her opinion of this…
In Memoriam: Patricia M. Perrizo Redman
Patricia M. Perrizo Redman, of Pinckney, Michigan, passed away on September 3, 2017. She was born on January 2, 1942, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.…
New MLA Award for Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship
Librarian research and evidence-based practice can flourish if organizations where librarians work support librarian involvement in research activities. The new MLA Research Advancement in Health…
Musings from Your Editor…
I write these words on the morning of the day that will be forever known to us all in the United States as “9/11.” A…
Participate in MLA ’18
Make the most of your MLA ’18 experience by participating now. MLA ’18 will be held May 18–23, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. You can be…
Expert Searching: Why Don’t Simple Searches [Always] Work?
Edited by Melanie Norton Many researchers and doctors search a database as if it were a medical Google. Using a simple search that relies on…
Ida and George Eliot Prize: Call for Applications
Submitted by Mary Schultz, Chair, Ida and George Eliot Prize Jury How do medical librarians make a difference? What are the standards for our profession…and…
In Memoriam: Lillian Bryant
Lillian Bryant, head of veterinary libraries at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) from 1981–2001, passed away August 8, 2017, at her home in Philadelphia. She…