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…
JMLA Editor-in-Chief Transitions to New Role
Please thank Katherine Akers for her service to MLA as she steps down from the role of JMLA editor-in-chief and transitions to a new career outside medical…
New Research Shows Involvement of a Librarian Is Associated with More Reproducible Searches and Improved Methodological Reporting in Dental Medicine Systematic Reviews
By Jamie Bloss, Jana Schellinger, and Kerry Sewell The production of systematic reviews (SRs) has steadily increased since the 1990s, but the increase in the number…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
JMLA’s Equity Initiative: An Update
In 2020, the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) launched an initiative aimed at providing more equitable opportunities for authors, reviewers, and editorial team…
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What comes to mind when you read or hear the words “data visualization (DV)?” Some might imagine a sort of data “placebo” that works on…
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…
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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…
An Apology from JMLA
The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) recently launched a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative aimed at publishing more articles that recognize and address…
MLA InSight Initiative Fall Forum Future Possibilities and Opportunities
For recordings and more detailed program information, go to InSight Initiative Fall Forum 2020 Detailed Program. On October 29–30, 2020, MLA hosted a free online…
Innovation & Research Practice: Predatory Journals: Be on the Lookout! What I Learned at a Continuing Education Session
Submitted by Mary C. Rickelman, AHIP, R. A. Williams Library, AdventHealth University, Orlando, FL; edited by Lisa Huang, Hub Editor: Innovation & Research Practice, MLAConnect…