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Submitted by Donald WelchGet Ready for High Tech Shelving HelpWould you have trouble finding the place to shelve R2-D2? How about shelving C-3PO? These definitely…
Expert Searching: The Yale MeSH Analyzer: A New Tool for Search Refinement
Submitted by Holly Grossetta Nardini and Lei Wang, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP Figure 1 When conducting…
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Submitted by Donald Welch Who Is Alexandra Elbakyan…and Why Should You Care? In an age burgeoning with renegades—or revolutionaries—another has risen and taken center stage…
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Submitted by Donald Welch HUSH and SHHH Not Just for Libraries A library has been cut; sad, but true. But it’s not one of brick…
Expert Searching: It’s complicated…
Submitted by Jeannine Gluck, AHIP, Library, Eastern Connecticut Health Network–Manchester; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP In the ideal world, operative procedures are successful, patients have…
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Submitted by Donald Welch Rebuke in Dubuque? Ever heard of the rebuke in Dubuque? Probably not…unless you are into art. The Board of Trustees of…
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 Welcomes 2016-2017 Rising Stars to a Sparkling New Program
The Rising Stars program is MLA’s member leadership development program. After running the Stars program three times in alternate years since 2010, the Rising Stars…
A Space of One’s Own: Library Space Planning in “Born Digital” Libraries
Submitted by Joanne Muellenbach, Library and Learning Resources Center, California Health Sciences University–Clovis, and Matthew Wilcox, New Haven, CT; edited by Nadine Dexter, AHIP What…
Correction
The correct reference 1 for Expert Searching: “The Outer Bull” in the September 2015 MLA News is: Duncan V, Holtslander L. Utilizing grounded theory to…
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Submitted by Donald Welch Bill Gates Reviews Books Would you like to enlarge your circle of reviewers in 2016? Someone even-minded, with lots of cents?…
Expert Searching: Biomart: A “One-Stop Shop” Data-Mining Tool
Figure 1 Submitted by Rolando Garcia-Milian, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP Biomedical researchers answer…
Leadership and Management: Are You Happy?
Submitted by Nancy Tannery, Chair, Leadership and Management Section John Helliwell, University of British Columbia economist, writes about happiness and well-being. His research has examined…
“Born Digital”: A Tale of New and Developing Health Sciences Libraries
Submitted by Nadine Dexter, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Central Florida–Orlando, and Elizabeth R. Lorbeer, AHIP, School of Medicine Library, Western Michigan University–Kalamazoo Editor’s…
Leadership and Management: How Do We Lead?
Submitted by Nancy Tannery, Chair, Leadership and Management Section Wikipedia defines leadership as the “ability…to lead” or “guide.” Many think of the term leadership in…
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Submitted by Donald Welch The Ongoing Threat of Disappearing Libraries One of the latest to sound the alarm that libraries are disappearing (if you haven’t…
Expert Searching: The Outer Bull
Submitted by Daniel Wilson, Associate Director, Collections & Library Services, and Library Liaison for the School of Nursing, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of…
Leadership and Management: Advice for Career Mobility
Submitted by Deborah L. Lauseng, Chair, Leadership and Management Section As each of us considers our career directions and what leadership opportunities to pursue, we…
Expert Searching: Patient, Intervention, Control, and Outcome (PICO): An Overrated Tool
Submitted by Wichor M. Bramer, Medical Library, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; edited by I. Diane Cooper, AHIP Many searches start with…
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Submitted by Donald Welch What Is Critical Librarianship? A plethora of conferences have already met or will occur in 2015 on critical librarianship. Also known…