Consumer Health: Reaching out to the “T”: A Medical Library’s Experience Providing Outreach and Consumer Health Resources to the Transgender Community
Submitted by Francisco J. Fajardo and Jorge E. Perez, Herbert Wertheim Medical Library, Florida International University–Miami; and Hector Perez-Gilbe, AHIP, Ayala Science Library, University of…
Personals: Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP
Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP, was recently promoted to deputy director at the Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Traditi had previously served…
Personals: Karen Crowell
Karen Crowell, clinical librarian at the Health Sciences Library (HSL), University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (UNC), retired at the end of January 2017. Crowell came…
Personals: Jane Blumenthal, AHIP
Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, was recently welcomed as a new member of the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents. Blumenthal is the associate university librarian…
Personals: Gale A. Dutcher, AHIP
Gale A. Dutcher, AHIP, retired from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on September 30, 2016. Most recently, she served as the NLM acting associate…
Honoring Our Past
MLA used to have a Committee on Committees. Its purpose was to review the organization and create new committees as needed and retire those no…
Expert Searching: Going Beyond the Low Hanging Fruit
Submitted by Rebecca O’Kelly Davis, Jennifer Ann Wilson Dental Library, University of Southern California–Los Angeles; edited by Melanie Norton As a teaching librarian, I am…
Personals: Emily Vardell
Emily Vardell received the Teaching Excellence Award in the adjunct category at the spring commencement ceremony for the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill on May…
Honoring Our Past
Is librarianship a profession? Professor E. Croft Long believed it was. He was a professor of physiology at Duke University Medical Center when his article…
Personals: Susan Swogger
Susan Swogger has joined the staff of the Kirksville, Missouri, Branch of the A.T. Still Memorial Library. She is the library liaison for the university’s…
Personals: Christie Call Silbajoris
Christie Call Silbajoris, AHIP, consumer health and patient education librarian at the Health Sciences Library (HSL), University of North Carolina (UNC)–Chapel Hill, retired at the…
Personals: Dixie Alford Jones
Dixie Alford Jones, AHIP, director of the Health Sciences Library at Louisiana State University (LSU) Health–Shreveport, will retire on January 31. She received her master’s…
Personals: Elizabeth Connor
Elizabeth Connor, AHIP, professor of library science and leadership studies, has been named coordinator of the new leadership scholars program at The Citadel, the Military…
Consumer Health: “I Saw It on the Internet”: A Trustworthy Resources Class for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Editor’s Note: With this column, the MLA News welcomes the new Consumer Health column editor, Christine Willis, Shepherd Center, Noble Learning Resource Center, Atlanta, GA.…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA In 1968, the members of the State University of New York (SUNY) Biomedical Communication Network became the first…
Expert Searching: Myth, Magic, and Mystery in MeSH
Submitted by Kelly Farrah, AHIP, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Ottawa, ON, Canada; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP As the end…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA One of the most recognized names in MLA is Janet Doe. Each year, a member is chosen to…
Expert Searching: A New Way to Access National Library of Medicine Training Materials
Submitted by Sarah Helson, Bibliographic Services Division, National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the new NLM Learning…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Before the advent of online databases, literature searching was a major function of the reference staff in medical…
Consumer Health: Public and Academic Libraries Partnering for Community Events about Mobile Health Resources
Submitted by Carolyn Schubert and Mark Lane, East Campus Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, and Susan Versen, Massanutten Regional Library, Harrisonburg, VA; edited by…