Hospital Librarianship: New Hospital Librarianship Column Editor
This month, the MLA News welcomes Angela Spencer as the new column editor for the Hospital Librarianship column. Please get to know a bit about…
Personals
Dean Hendrix was named dean of libraries at the University of Texas–San Antonio (UTSA). As dean of UTSA Libraries, he will provide leadership for the…
Research in Action: Proving the Impact of Hospital Libraries
by Susan Lessick, chair, Research Imperative Task Force, Margaret Bandy, and Michelle Kraft Hospital libraries and librarians continue to face difficult challenges. There are too…
Core Clinical Journals for the Twenty-First Century
The “Core clinical journals” (CCJ) subset is a special journal category filter in PubMed that limits one’s search to 119 English-language journals considered to be…
Hospital Librarianship: Life as a Job Share
Submitted by Angela Spencer, Medical Library, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO; edited by Nandita S. Mani, AHIP I am a hospital librarian who works…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Did You Read an E-Book on September 18? Not purposefully, just coincidentally, Michael Kozlowski wrote in the wake of International Read an…
Hospital Librarianship: One Book:One Hospital—Raising Cultural Awareness through a Multifaceted Book
Submitted by Cara Marcus, AHIP, Ingersoll Bowdoin Medical Library, and Rosemarie Shortt, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA; edited by Nandita S. Mani, AHIP…
Please Take Our Survey!
The Collection Development Section is updating the part of its website that provides resources for the entire MLA user community. Please help us figure out…
Hospital Librarianship: Providing Online Tutorials
Submitted by Amy Donahue, AHIP, Libraries, Medical College of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; edited by Nandita S. Mani, AHIP A search of YouTube channels for “medical library” yields…
Member Spotlight: Mary Nelson Peters, AHIP
Fast Facts: MLA Member Since: 1976First Professional Position: Serials librarian, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine–Fort Worth (now University of North Texas Health Science Center)Current Position:…
Hospital Librarianship: Librarians, Informationists, and Swiss Army Knives
Submitted by David E. Coleman, Arnold Library, Hawai’i Pacific Health–Honolulu; edited by Nandita S. Mani, AHIP It is generally accepted that implementation of web-based resources…
CDS Member Authored Articles, Books, Book Chapters, Reviews & Presentations
CDS Members in BOLD Articles Reviews Presentations / Posters / Upcoming Presentations Articles Goben, A., & Raszewski, R. (2015). The data life cycle applied…
Conference Report: The Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) Conference 2015
Submitted by Susan Swogger, CDS Chair MLA’s annual conference is a most excellent opportunity to learn and share with colleagues, but it is certainly…
New Members
Submitted by Nadia Lalla, Membership Committee Chair A warm welcome to our newest members and returning members of the Collection Development Section as of November…
CDS Members In The News
Nancy Olmos Awarded the 2014 Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona Paraprofessional of the Year Award Janet Doe Lectureship for 2016M.J. Tooey, AHIP,…
Help Wanted: Volunteer Opportunities In CDS
Wanted: Editor — Developments Newsletter The Collection Development Section is looking for a new Editor for the section’s newsletter, Developments. Developments is published two times…
CDS Logo Contest Results
We have a new logo! We have a new logo! Brooke Billman, MA, AHIP of the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona…
Awards: The Daniel T. Richards
Submitted by Rebecca Raszewski, Awards Committee Chair The Collection Development Section is pleased to announce that the article, Mapping the Literature of Radiation Therapy by…
Collection Development Election Results
Submitted by Susan Kendall, Nominating Committee Chair The results of the Collection Development Section elections are: Chair-Elect: Amy Purvis apurvis@galencollege.edu Amy Purvis, MLS, AHIP, is…
Message From the Chair
Letter from the Chair, Spring 2015 Dear Section Members,Happy Spring! I hope that you are all enjoying beautiful weather wherever you are, and that it…