The Data Discovery Bootcamp Challenge!
Truthfully, I was tired and not sure if I felt up to attending The Data Discovery Bootcamp Challenge! on the last morning of MLA 2016,…
eHealth 2016
Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the annual eHealth conference organized by COACH: Canada’s health informatics organization. This year, the eHealth conference…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA A symposium of 4 papers on medical literature and the library was published in the October 1963 issue…
MLA 2016 Tech Trends Roundup
If you missed the MLA Tech Trends in Toronto, here is a roundup to catch you up! Tiffany Grant – An Informatics Lab: A Collaborative…
MLA Endorses Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Librarians Special Interest Group Statement
The MLA Board of Directors has endorsed the following statement prepared by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Librarians Special Interest Group. The Medical Library…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA The Second International Congress on Medical Librarianship was held on June 16–22, 1963, in conjunction with the 62nd…
Introducing the Director of the National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. has announced that Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. will become Director of the National Library of…
NLM Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course – Spring 2016
I recently attended the 40th iteration of the National Library of Medicine’s Biomedical Informatics course at Brasstown Valley Resort in northern Georgia hosted by Augusta…
Informatics – An argument for rethinking its definition
This is a guest post from Samuel King, Assistant Professor, MCPHS University: Since the advent of informatics as a discipline, coming into its own during…
ONUP2016 in Toronto, Ontario
COACH, Canada’s health informatics association, held its annual Ontario-based conference, ONUP, in Toronto on April 4. Despite the unexpected snow fall, the conference was well…
Electronic Medical Record Challenge: Narrative in a bullet point world
I am a physician practicing primary care. I have worked with medical informatics professionals and vendors in my hospital system in Louisville, Kentucky…
MLA and AAHSL Recommend NLM FY 17 Funding
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries have recommended that the National Library of Medicine receive $395,110,000 in FY 2017. In…
MLA & AAHSL Recommend Carla Hayden Become Next Librarian of Congress
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) recommended to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration that Dr. Carla…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Thomas P. Fleming, medical librarian and professor at Columbia University, outlines his thoughts on the nature and individuality…
Personals
Dean Hendrix was named dean of libraries at the University of Texas–San Antonio (UTSA). As dean of UTSA Libraries, he will provide leadership for the…
MLA Comments to International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Today, members of MLA’s Scholarly Communications Committee responded to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) proposal for sharing clinical trial data. The ICJME proposes…
FASTR Legislation Moves Forward
On March 8th, “Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015” (FASTR) (S. 779) was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar (No. 384).…
MLA, AAHSL, and others urge Congress to support healthy funding levels in Fiscal Year 2017
MLA, AAHSL, and more than 660 organizations have written to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to allocate as high a…
MLA, AAHSL and others thank Congress for supporting FY 2016 NIH Funding
MLA and AAHSL have joined over 300 organizations and institutions in sending a thank you letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees,…
NLM Director Search Update
The following email from Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, provides an update on the search process for NLM’s next director.…