• Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLAEditor’s note: As the National Library of Medicine (NLM) prepares to welcome its newly appointed director, Patricia Flatley Brennan,…

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  • Sneak Peek on MLA Award for Research Advancement

    By Margaret Bandy and Michelle Kraft, Research Imperative Task Force (RITF) Does your organization support your involvement in research activities? The MLA Board has approved…

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  • New Institute Will Provide In-Depth Research Training for Librarians

    In Toronto the MLA Board of Directors approved the concept of a Research Training Institute for health sciences librarians who want to improve their research…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Do you love your photocopier? Please enjoy the “Notes of a Librarian on Contemplating Her Xerox Machine” [1].…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA An editorial by Gertrud L. Annan in 1968 was entitled, “A Rose Is a Rose.” She pointed out…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Why did the MLA Board of Directors change the name of the association’s journal publication? Discussion about the…

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  • T. Mark Hodges: International Pioneer

    T. (Terrence) Mark Hodges didn’t set out to be a librarian, but like many of us, he fell into the love of organized books. While…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA One of the highlights of the MLA annual meeting is the Janet Doe Lecture. The first one was…

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  • What Did You Do for National Medical Librarians Month?

    “When you need to be right, ask your medical librarian.” That was the theme of this year’s National Medical Librarians Month, a month designed for…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA One of the papers presented at the MLA annual meeting in 1967 caused lots of comment and discussion.…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Have you ever wondered what worried librarians fifty years ago? The issues facing library professionals were described by…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA In 1961, MLA announced the establishment of a central office with Helen Brown Schmidt as executive secretary. In…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Nineteen forty-three was a year of celebration. It was the quatercentenary of the publication of Vesalius’s Fabrica and…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA MEDLARS was a magical word in the 1960s. The idea that a machine could produce a bibliography with…

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  • MLA Historical Marker to Be Installed in Philadelphia

    Submitted by June H. Fulton, FMLA, and Daniel Kipnis, Philadelphia Regional Chapter of MLA During 2015, its 117th anniversary year, MLA will celebrate a novel…

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  • Honoring Our Past

    Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA In 1946, Dorathea W. Friedrich wrote an article on “The Effect of the War upon Medical Libraries and…

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