MLA and SLA Dialogue About Possible Collaboration
We want you to know about this forthcoming conversation that your MLA president, president-elect, past president, and treasurer will be having with the Executive Board…
Advising on the Future of the Special Library Association
On October 5, Tara Murray Grove, president of the Special Library Association (SLA), invited me to join her for a town hall discussion on SLA’s…
Academy New and Renewing Members
Achieving membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals is an important professional milestone. The academy congratulates the following new members and those who have…
Coming Together with Common Interests: The Formation of the Animal and Veterinary Information Specialists (AVIS) Caucus
By Melissa Funaro, Karen Barton, AHIP, and Suzanne Fricke, AHIP The Veterinary Medical Libraries Section (VMLS)—first established as the Veterinary Medical Libraries Group—held its first…
Product Spotlight: Visualizing Clinical Decision-Making in Medical Education and Training (Sponsored)
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AAHSL and NLM Announce 2021/2022 Leadership Fellows and Mentors
The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) are pleased to announce the members of the 2021/2022 class of the…
Academy New and Renewing Members
Achieving membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals is an important professional milestone. The academy congratulates the following new members and those who have…
Announcing New JMLA Editorial Board Members
The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) is pleased to announce our new editorial board members for 2021–2024. These individuals are ready to use…
Product Spotlight: New Book Titles Live on PsychiatryOnline! (Sponsored)
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Beverly Murphy, AHIP, FMLA, Receives the 2021 Marcia C. Noyes Award
The highest honor that MLA confers is the Marcia C. Noyes Award. Beverly Murphy, AHIP, FMLA, assistant director, communications and web content, hospital nursing liaison,…
In Memoriam: Mary E. Youngkin
Mary E. Youngkin passed away on July 11, 2021, at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. A dear friend and colleague, she is survived…
Leadership in Libraries: Promoting Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive Environments
This is the first installment in a four-part series called “Leadership in Libraries: Promoting Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive Environments,” by Briana Christensen, MLIS, librarian at…
MLA Board Highlights: May 2021
The MLA Board of Directors met virtually on May 11–13, 2021. The next MLA Board meeting will be held virtually on August 30, 2021. For further information, please contact Kevin Baliozian. Keep up-to-date…
2021 Research Caucus Research Awards
Congratulations to the winning research papers and posters from the MLA’21 vConference! The MLA Research Section is pleased to announce the winners for best research papers…
Introducing Life-Long Learning Skills in Patient Presentation in a Problem-Based Curriculum: The Case for Library Integration
Submitted by: Christopher P. Duffy, MLIS, AHIP, Margaret Dreker, MPA, MLS, Ofelia Martinez, MD, MPH, Tovah Tripp, MD, Joshua Josephs, MD, PhD, Miriam Hoffman, MD;…
MLA ’21 Books (& More) Recommended Reading List
This is a crowdsourced list using Twitter and IFTTT with the hashtags #mlanet21 and #bookrecs (special thanks to Sola Whitehead, Adela Justice, and Emily Hurst).…
Academy New and Renewing Members
Achieving membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals is an important professional milestone. The academy congratulates the following new members and those who have…
Product Spotlight: Improving Patient Outcomes by Transforming Clinical Decision Support (Sponsored)
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EFTS Unbilled Transactions Announcement
This is an update regarding the processing of unbilled transactions for EFTS lending libraries. Unbilled transactions are transactions imported from DOCLINE that a lending library…
EFTS Custom Pricing Groups Now Launched
This is an announcement regarding the launch of EFTS Custom Pricing Groups for lending libraries. A primary objective of the EFTS Powered by MLA platform…