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Cheryl Rowan, Editor, MLA NewsI wanted to briefly introduce myself as I begin my term as the new editor for the MLA News. My name…
Chapter News
Reaching Out in New Directions: Changing the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group Approach to Outreach Submitted by Julia A. Hause, AHIP, Nevada Cochair,…
Is MLA an International Organization?
MLA Librarians without Borders holds workshops on the use of free and low-cost resources around the world. Is MLA an international organization? Should we…
The Section/SIG Dance-athon
A huge thank you to everyone who attended the section/SIG open forum at MLA ’15. We know there were two other open forums running simultaneously,…
Using *Your* Words: Professional Competencies
MLA President Michelle Kraft gets in on the action Over 100 people attended the open forum, “Revitalizing the Professional Competencies for Lifelong Learning” in…
MLA’s Plan for Change According to Star Wars
“You can’t stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.” A great quote about change from probably one of the worst…
EMTS Membership Report 2015
Posted by Amy Blevins As of Dec. 31, 2014 EMTS had 194 members. Renewal numbers for this year so far are at 148 but many…
EMTS Treasurer’s and CE Committee Reports 2015
Posted by Amy Blevins Treasurer’s Report Current balance in the treasury is $14037.76 MLA 2014 balance was $13716.38 Review upcoming/expected expenditures for the meeting 2…
Little Changes with Big Impact
By the way, we migrated MLA headquarters email to Google Apps in April, as part of MLA’s Goal 4, “rationalize and transform MLA information and communication systems.”…
Won’t You Join the (Section) Dance?
Kicking off a new vision for sections and SIGs Change—there are so many quotes about it. One that I recently came across may be…
Update on MLA’s Technology: What to Expect
Imagine if your friends’ Facebook pages were structured so differently that you had to figure out how to navigate each of them separately. And you…
Weigh In: The Most Valuable Things MLA Does
As MLA digs into goal #1, “Rationalize MLA programs and services, and streamline and clarify organizational structure,” we want to hear what you think. In your opinion,…
Three Ways to Help Build MLA’s Educational Future
In January, the MLA Board established a task force to revise the “Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success” policy to keep up with the…
MLA’s Technology: Extreme Makeover
MLA Executive Director Kevin Baliozian signs a contract with Socious. In her last post, Kate Corcoran talked about the “Rube Goldbergesque infrastructure” of MLA information…
Librarians Without Borders® Johns Hopkins University Workshop Report: March 24, 2015
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (March 24, 2015) In March, a one day HINARI workshop was conducted at Johns Hopkins University, a U.S. based University,…
Less Complexity, More Value
Look familiar? This map of MLA’s Rube Goldbergesque information system infrastructure shows how our systems have been creatively jury-rigged over time, and expanded and patched…
You Can’t Be Everything to Everyone
You know those long, wide-ranging conversations where you start out talking about, say, your weekend and end up talking about North Korea or Kim Kardashian’s…
Action Is the Secret Sauce
Most strategic plans collapse in the execution phase. Effective plans have a clear process for action, which includes the following steps: Identify the critical few…
MLA’s Culture Revolution
Did I mention the heaps of diagrams and scribbled notes at the board’s February strategic planning retreat? Here’s the first one we looked at, posted…
Words I Can Do Without
Yoda said it best: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” At the time, the evil empire had just struck back, and the future…