750+ Libraries Support the New EFTS
Great news, and thank you!750+ libraries have expressed their interest to join the new EFTS by requesting a user agreement from MLA.MLA will proceed with…
EFTS Is Here to Stay
Poem posted to MEDLIB-L on November 22, 2019, by Fred King, AHIP Subject: Re: We need 75% of current EFTS users to keep the system…
MLA and AAHSL comments on the use of the FHIR standard for capturing and sharing clinical data
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) [Link removed (16055)] on how the Health Level Seven International (HL7®) Fast Healthcare…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform: Update
As you may have learned (and apologies if you have already received a similar message), MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds…
A Special Thank You to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL)
MLA expresses grateful appreciation to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) for its continuing support of MLA’s Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform
MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) platform. MLA will proceed with actual development and implementation if a minimum…
RTI Changes
Submitted by the RTI Leadership Team For the past three years, the MLA Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians (RTI) has been funded by…
RTI Fellow Shares Experience in South Central Connection
John Bourgeois, AHIP, 2019 Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians (RTI) Fellow, recently shared the experiences of several South Central Chapter/MLA members at the…
Update on EFTS Continuation
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, MLA Executive Director, and Janice Swiatek, Director, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut (UConn) Health Center–Farmington On July 18, 2019,…
Update on EFTS Continuation
On May 22, 2019, Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) users received a communication from Janice Swiatek, director of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the…
Section News: 2019 Research Section Research Awards
Congratulations to the winning research papers and posters from MLA ’19! The MLA Research Section is pleased to announce the winners for best research papers…
TAKE ACTION TO OPPOSE THE CASE ACT OF 2019
Members of the health sciences library community are encouraged to contact your Senators and urge them to oppose the CASE Act, The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of…
Scholarly Communications Slide Decks
The Medical Library Association’s Scholarly Communications Committee has gathered [Link removed (slide decks)] on the following scholarly communications topics prepared by health sciences librarians during the…
Developments Spring 2019 v. 30 #2
Table of Contents Hello from Your Editors Message From the Chair Get to know CDS members CDS Members Presenting at MLA Recent Publications of Interest…
Congratulations to the 2019 RTI Fellows!
MLA is pleased to announce the 2019 Research Training Institute (RTI) Fellows! The fellows will attend the RTI in Chicago from July 15–19, 2019. Our…
Medical Library Education: Design Thinking
Librarians who are engaged in medical library education are often called upon to provide instruction on a host of topics in various surroundings before diverse…
MLA Comments on Healthy People 2030 Objectives
Today, MLA submitted comments that support the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2030 Objectives. Healthy People focuses on critical public health promotion…
MLA Addresses Draft NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on proposed revisions to its draft data management and sharing policy…
FYI: Bibliotherapy
Bibliotherapy. Ever heard of it? It has been “practiced” almost exactly a century, according to a posting that states simply that “the science” of bibliotherapy…
Developments Fall 2018 v. 30 #1
Table of Contents Hello from Your Editors Message From the ChairGet to know CDS membersRecent Publications of InterestKeeping CurrentCDS Related ConferencesBlast from the PastFun Facts…