Finding World Health Organization documents with the Institutional Repository for Information Sharing (IRIS)
The World Health Organization’s bookstore recently suspended its standing order service for libraries in order to transition to a new order processing system. Its website…
750+ Libraries Support the New EFTS
Great news, and thank you! 750+ libraries have expressed their interest to join the new EFTS by requesting a user agreement from MLA. MLA will…
Hospital Librarianship: Hospital Librarians as Archivists: Collecting Old Artifacts and New Customers
Submitted by Elizabeth A. Morgan, Library Services, UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA; edited by Laurie Schwing From left to right: Barbara Woods (volunteer); Marge Samsel (volunteer);…
EFTS Is Here to Stay
Poem posted to MEDLIB-L on November 22, 2019, by Fred King, AHIP Subject: Re: We need 75% of current EFTS users to keep the system…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform: Update
As you may have learned (and apologies if you have already received a similar message), MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform
MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) platform. MLA will proceed with actual development and implementation if a minimum…
Public Health Primary Sources
Posted on behalf of the blog writer, Erin Anthony. As the Public Health and Research Support Librarian for Brown University’s Rockefeller Library, I am always…
ToxNet Alternatives: Occupational Health Resources
I suspect that many PHHA members have already heard that ToxNet is going offline as of December 2019. Some of its many databases/tools will be…
Medical Library Education: Celebrating Health Sciences Libraries!
Medical library education—and all forms of librarianship really—revolve around, as well as depend upon, the universal goodwill of core stakeholders to help foster positive patron…
Update on EFTS Continuation
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, MLA Executive Director, and Janice Swiatek, Director, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut (UConn) Health Center–Farmington On July 18, 2019,…
Medical Library Education: Academic Orientations
Now that the academic year is fully underway, it is time to take a breath and to reflect upon what was wrought at the beginning…
All That Potential – Finding Potential Partners
All That Potential – Finding Potential Partners Public health is a group effort. A person’s health is the result of complex interactions between the environment,…
Update on EFTS Continuation
On May 22, 2019, Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) users received a communication from Janice Swiatek, director of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the…
Hospital Librarianship: InSight Initiative Summit 3
Submitted by Elizabeth Laera, AHIP, McMahon-Sibley Medical Library, Brookwood Baptist Health, Birmingham, AL, and Angela Spencer, AHIP, C. Alan McAfee, MD Medical Library, St. Lukes…
Assessment Strategies for Understanding and Retention
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Whether you are in a classroom, in a health care setting, or out working with the public, clear communication…
Hospital Librarianship: A Unified Library Service: One Year Post-Merger
What happens when two health systems come together and the libraries become one unified library service? That all depends on attitude, collaboration, and preparation. In…
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…
ELEVATED and Connected – PH/HA Travel Stipend Recap
The 2019 MLA Annual Meeting centered the conversations around improving support and services and growing the profession. The theme this year was ELEVATE, and that reflected…
Developments Spring 2019 v. 30 #2
Table of Contents Hello from Your Editors Message From the Chair Get to know CDS members CDS Members Presenting at MLA Recent Publications of Interest…
Open Educational Resources: What you need to know
What is OER? Open educational resources [OER] are digitized materials that are free or very low cost to students. They can be textbooks, videos, case…