Personals: Karen Bontekoe Recognized as Employee of the Month
Karen Bontekoe, Kaweah Delta Health Sciences Library, Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Visalia, CA, was honored as the district’s Employee of the Month in December…
There Is Still Time! Applications due January 17 for the 2020 RTI
There is still time to apply to the Research Training Institute (RTI)! The deadline to apply is January 17. Visit the RTI website to learn…
RTI Announces New 2020 Faculty
MLA is pleased to announce the Research Training Institute (RTI) faculty members for the 2020 RTI at the University of Illinois–Chicago, beginning July 2020. Katherine…
Caucus News: Enhancing Patient Experience through Patient-Centered Library Services
Editor’s Note: Republished and edited with permission from the September 2019 Consumer Connections, volume 35, issue 3, pages 3–4. The Bedford Veterans Administration (VA) provides…
Caucus News: Book Review
Editor’s Note: Republished and edited with permission from the September 2019 Consumer Connections, volume 35, issue 3, page 6. Elaine Birchall and Suzanne Cronkwright. Conquer…
Have a Discussion about Plan S
Members of the International Cooperation Caucus may have heard of Plan S, but have your faculty and students? It’s a major change in scholarly communication,…
RTI Research Spotlight: Librarian-Led Research Shows the Need to Reference Retraction Status in Articles
In an article recently published in JAMA Network Open, researchers found that there is need for greater diligence in ensuring that retracted articles are properly…
Rachel F. Fenske Reflects on Receiving the 2019 Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award
From left to right: Patricia Brennan, Rachel F. Fenske, Carla J. Funk. Each year, the Friends of the National Library of Medicine honor recipients of…
Celebrating 16th Biennial AHILA Congress in Nigeria
With partial support from the MLA ICS Reis Grant, I attended the 16th Biennial Congress for Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA)…
Consumer Health: Emotional Health in the Library: Part I: Trauma-Informed Libraries
Meghan Harper, professor at Kent State University, presented a class on “Trauma-Informed Libraries.” Emotional and psychological health issues can be overlooked in service professions, both…
A Special Thank You to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL)
MLA expresses grateful appreciation to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) for its continuing support of MLA’s Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians…
Personals: UAMS Library Announces New Library Director, Lisa Smith
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Library is pleased to announce that Lisa Smith has accepted the position of library director for the…
RTI Changes
Submitted by the RTI Leadership Team For the past three years, the MLA Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians (RTI) has been funded by…
Personals: Jessica A. Garsed: Jeopardy! Champion
Jessica Garsed is the librarian for the Veterans Affairs Maine Health Care System–Togus. Garsed was a three-time (night) Jeopardy! champion in October. Garsed plans to…
Personals: Lindsay E. Blake, AHIP, Receives the NNLM SCR 2019 Emerging Leader Award
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region (NNLM SCR), is proud to announce that Lindsay E. Blake, AHIP, UAMS Library, University of…
RTI Fellow Shares Experience in South Central Connection
John Bourgeois, AHIP, 2019 Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians (RTI) Fellow, recently shared the experiences of several South Central Chapter/MLA members at the…
Personals: Joyce Backus to Retire
Joyce Backus began her career at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as graduate student thirty-six years ago and, after careful consideration, decided to retire…
Honoring Our Past
Reading about the passing of Donald A. B. Lindberg, former director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is a reminder of the commitment to…
Personals: New Position for Sarah Towner Wright at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Sarah Towner Wright is School of Medicine librarian and clinical team lead at the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina (UNC)–Chapel Hill.…
Congratulations to Rachel Fenske – Recipient of the 2019 Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award!
Congratulations to Rachel Fenske, Information Services and Outreach Librarian, Assistant Librarian, Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama. She is the recipient of the 2019 Michael…