Steering MLA Members to Professional Success! The Education Strategic Goal Status Update
As Kevin Baliozian promised in a July MLA News article, here is an update on the Education Strategic Goal. Since the MLA Board created a…
Librarians without Borders® Research4Life Workshop Lao People’s Republic Workshop Report: December 13-16, 2016
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (December 13-16, 2016) This ‘hybrid’ HINARI and AGORA workshop was conducted at the Datacom Training Centre. It was…
Librarians without Borders® Train the Trainers Report Jordan: December 5-8, 2016
Amman, Jordan (December 5-8, 2016) Technical Report: Capacity Building on Hinari Access for Health Programmes “Training of Trainers”: Sub-Regional Training Workshop Instructors Mr.…
International News
“World No Tobacco Day” inspires smoking cessation efforts World No Tobacco Day seeks to spread awareness of tobacco-related health risks and influence public policy to…
A recap on the International Visiting Information Professionals (IVIP) Program Pilot
The IVIP Program Pilot was a partnership between MLA/ICS IVIP Program Task Force and the Taiwan Medical Library Association. The goal was for the Program…
Attending ICML+EAHIL in Dublin, Ireland with the MLA ICS Reis Grant
The International Congress of Medical Librarianship and the European Association of Health Information and Libraries held their joint conference in Dublin June 12th – 16th. Like…
Medical Library Education: Data Science: Degree or No Degree?
Universities are quickly working to capitalize on the need for data scientists by either improving their existing programs or creating new programs. Data scientists can…
What Do Health Information Professionals Do? The Answer Is the Newly Revised MLA Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success
What do health information professionals do? The list of activities is long and varied and depends on specific job responsibilities. But what fundamental skill set…
International News
Innovative health partnership prevents library closures Funding cuts are a common and challenging reality for many libraries. To overcome the budgetary challenge, public libraries in…
International News
IFLA engages fifty countries to promote libraries’ role in sustainable development As a part of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) International…
Medical Library Education: Quality Education No Matter the Modality
Recently, the president of the University of North Texas (UNT) invited a panel of three experts in the field of online education to share their…
International News
Free website enhances medical education globally As the millennial generation enters medical school, educators are presented with new challenges. Among the challenges is the issue…
CDS Newsletter Fall 2016 v. 28 #2
Developments Fall 2016 v. 28 #2 Message from the Editors In this issue of Developments we are delighted to bring updates from our Chair, Liz Lorbeer…
MLA Education: Expanded Committee Structure
The MLA Board of Directors met November 3-4, 2016 in Chicago, IL amidst the celebration of the Cubs historic World Series win. The board focussed…
Medical Library Education: Emotional Intelligence and You: A Predictor of Career Success
Submitted by Jodi L. Philbrick, AHIP, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas–Denton My dissertation research focused on the…
Librarians without Borders® HINARI and Internet Resources Workshop Report Bhutan: September 5-8, 2016
Bhutan (September 5-6 and 7-8, 2016) Two 2-day workshops were conducted at Keysar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences, Bhutan. They were supported by the World…
Librarians Without Borders® HINARI/Health on the Internet Resources Workshop Report: June 17, 2016
HINARI/Health on the Internet Resources Workshop, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea (June 13-17, 2016) This five day workshop was conducted at the Provincial Health Authority/Mt.…
An experience at Bracken Health Science Library – forth week
Time flies! It’s the last week of my visit in Bracken and also a short week (Monday was the Thanksgiving Holiday in Canada). This week…
An experience at Bracken Health Science Library – third week
It’s the third week I have been here. I got more time to talk with Bracken’s librarians one-on-one during this week. Sarah, a librarian…
MLA HINARI/Research4Life Grants Recipients Announced
MLA and the Elsevier Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 MLA HINARI/Research4Life Grants. Funded by the Elsevier Foundation, these grants will…