Overview of Citation Software: Pros, Cons, and Best Uses
By Sarah JacksonCitation programs are a common feature of library instruction, helping users to manage difficult and cumbersome projects. Four programs are particularly common on…
Library Resources for Dentistry and Dental Hygiene: Updated Recommendations from the Dental Caucus
By Lorraine Porcello, MSLIS, MSIM; Natalie Clairoux, MSc, MSI; Nicole Theis-Mahon, MLIS, AHIP; Sean M. Stone, MLS; Bradrick McClam, MEd, AHIP Raskin and Hathorn published the…
Audience Analysis: Meet Your Learners Where They Are
By Anna Ferri and Megan De Armond The first phase of designing a new learning intervention involves identifying a problem or goal the instruction is…
From the Back Burner to Done: Time Management Tips
First published in Southern Expressions, Vol. 38, No. 1. By Terri Gotschall, Rachel Walden, Nakia Woodward, and Emily Weyant. Don’t want to write an article,…
Busting Myths about Preprints
Preprints are increasingly in the public eye, in part due to their contribution to the research corpus during the COVID-19 pandemic [1]. But what exactly…
What Do We Really Mean by “Open”?
The terms open access (OA), open educational resources (OER), and open science get batted around a lot, but what does “open” really mean? Open access,…
New Name, Clearer Mission: The Health Equity & Global Health Domain Hub
Hello MLA members! We are very happy to reintroduce ourselves as the Health Equity & Global Health Domain Hub. While the change may seem subtle—flipping…
Sharing Health Information with the Wary: A Consumer Health Librarian’s Tips
The first frame of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, an outline of essential information literacy concepts,…
Best Practices for Finding Research Data
In the spring of 2021, librarians from the University of California, San Francisco Library and the University of Nebraska Medical Center McGoogan Health Sciences Library…
Introducing the New Social Justice and Health Disparities Action Club
Submitted by Andy Hickner and Chelsea Misquith. The Social Justice and Health Disparities (SJ/HD) Caucus, a participating caucus of the Global Health and Health Equity…
WikiProject Medicine: A Medical Informatics Elective for Enhancing the Quality of Patient Education
In the fall of 2016, the University of Central Florida College of Medicine Medical Informatics team was invited to plan and develop an innovative course…
Connecting with the Global Health Librarian Community
In my first two months as your president, I have been honored and privileged to represent you and MLA to our health sciences library and…
Getting Started with Publishing in Academia
Writing an original research manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed journal may feel like jumping off the high dive into the deep end before you’ve…
Why Do Full-Text Links Break?
During MLA’s virtual 2021 conference, I spoke on the panel “The Great Disconnect: Challenges Getting Users to Full Text.” We had a lengthy, in-depth conversation…
Librarians Share Their Pandemic Experiences
The International Cooperation Caucus hosted an immersion session for the 2021 Annual Meeting: “Health and Libraries during COVID-19: An MLA International and Intercultural Session.” Organized…
It All Started with a Tweet. The Beginning of the Asian Diaspora Coalition of Medical Librarians
Submitted by Andrea Kang, Chelsea Misquith, and Seema Bhakta; edited by Lilian Hoffecker. Since the spring of 2020, we have been working together to…
Call for Participation in New Search Hedges Project
Call for Participation in New Search Hedges Project Submitted by Tamara M. Nelson, AHIP, Chair, Information Services Domain Hub From its inception, the vision of…
An Introduction to the Global Health & Health Equity Hub*
What is Health Equity? What is Global Health? Health equity is often thought of as everyone having equal access to healthcare resources and information, but…
Information Services: Core Cancer Library 2021 Fifth Edition
Submitted by Kendra Godwin, 2020-2021 Chair, Cancer Librarians Caucus; edited by Shannon Compton, AHIP, Hub Editor: Information Services, MLAConnect The Core Cancer Library is one…
Global Health & Health Equity: Another Look at 2020 with Obama’s Favorite Books: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Each year, former President Barack Obama shares his top books, many of which describe the sensitive balance of experiences related to diversity, equity, and inclusion…