Ramping up for NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Implementation
Starting January 25, 2023, NIH grant applicants will be required to explain how they plan to manage and share the scientific data generated by their…
Update from the MLA/RTI Value Studies Working Group
Since 2016, the Evidence You Can Use To Communicate Library Value page on the MLA site has highlighted studies that demonstrate the tremendous value health sciences…
New Coeditor of the Information Management Hub Column for MLAConnect
Hello, all. My name is Anne Morgan, and I’m the new coeditor of the Information Management Hub column for MLAConnect. I have a Bachelor of…
Join us in the Public Services Caucus and Share your Expertise!
Greetings from the Public Services Caucus (PSC)! As chair this year, I’d like to officially invite any of our MLA colleagues with an interest in…
Update from the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL) Working Group
The Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing (ICIRN) [1] Essential Nursing Resources list has been a standard resource for nurses and librarians since its…
RTI Fellow Michelle Nielsen Ott Awarded 2022 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year!
Michelle Nielsen Ott, Sciences/Health Sciences Librarian at Cullom-Davis Library at Bradley University, is the 2022 recipient of the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian…
Scholarly Snippets: A Collaborative Research Series Between Six College of Osteopathic Medicine Libraries
This blog post has multiple authors in addition to Joanne Mullenbach: Katie Hoskins, Kyle D. Robinson-California Health Sciences University; Molly Montgomery-Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine; Abbey…
RTI Research Spotlight: Research Capacity of Hospital Librarians: Differences and Impact
Research is the cornerstone of academic inquiry — the twain go together like every book and its reader; literature and searching; citing and sources; information…
Introducing the NNLM National Center for Data Services (NCDS)
As many of you know, The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) has engaged in outreach efforts for the National Library of Medicine,…
Faculty Profile Systems: Brief review of Watermark’s Faculty Success
Faculty profile systems aid faculty and researchers in listing scholarly activities in an online curriculum vitae (CV) format, sometimes referred to as a personalized profile…
NNLM Community Discussion on Upcoming NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan Requirements
The NNLM National Center for Data Services will be holding a “Community Discussion” about the upcoming NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan Requirements on July…
Re-introducing Hypothesis as the research journal for health information professionals
For 40 years the MLA Research Caucus has been encouraging and promoting health sciences librarianship research. In 2003, Hypothesis changed its name to become the…
Getting Familiar with Altmetrics
Alternative metrics, or altmetrics for short, are a broad group of indicators that help measure the level of online engagement and attention of a scholarly…
New NSTC Report: Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has released a new report which identifies ‘desired characteristics’ for repositories that can make data from federally-funded research…
Open Letter to NLM Regarding MeSH Term Changes
As many members have read and responded to the call on various listservs, we would like to share with the wider MLA member audience about…
Library Gateways to VA: An Outreach Initiative Between Vermont and Western New Hampshire Public Libraries and the White River Junction VA
Introduction Library Gateways to the VA is an outreach project that partnered the White River Junction VA with over 255 service area public libraries in…
RTI Research Spotlight: Wikipedia Editing: Improving Information Literacy and Social Responsibility of Medical Students
Wikipedia. Love it or hate it, did you know that there is a robust community of editors editing Wikipedia’s health-related content and that it is…
RTI Fellow Awarded Grant to Study Research Attitudes of Osteopathic Medical Students
Molly Montgomery, director of library services, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, was awarded an internal research grant through the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Start-Up…
JMLA Author Interview: Stephanie M. Swanberg
Stephanie M. Swanberg is the lead author on the article “A health education outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library: lessons learned…
VA Librarian Engages Veterans Through Book Club on VA Video Connect
When the COVID-19 pandemic caused lockdowns and social distancing restrictions in 2020, the US Department of Veterans Affairs transitioned to remote operations. Lisa Huang, supervisory…