Proposals Invited for Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: A Database Tips Lightning Round!
Submitted by: Kate SaylorThe User Experience (UX) Caucus of the Medical Library Association invites MLA members (no need to be a UX Caucus member) to…
Product Spotlight: Third Iron
Medical researchers look for information everywhere and from anywhere. Sites like Google and PubMed are common starting places. Searches start from personal devices or networked…
MLA 2024 Research Winners Webinar
Submitted by: Lindsay Blake Come and listen to short presentations from all six Portland MLA 2024 paper and poster research winners! October 31, 2024, 2:00…
Join Us for a Free Webinar Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer: Understanding the Potential Value and Risks of AI-Powered Clinical Content
As more and more content providers and curators incorporate AI tools into their solutions, health sciences and medical librarians must understand the risks and benefits…
SLACK Journals Select: The Key to Content Your Way
This is a sponsored post. SLACK Journals Select is the latest iteration in content creation from SLACK Journals, a publisher providing specialty journals with impact…
Michelle Cawley Will Be Next Health Sciences Library Leader at UNC-Chapel Hill
Author: Jacob Thompson The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s University Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Cawley as associate University…
Marie Elias Named Interim Library Director
Marie I. Elias, MLS, AHIP, Associate Librarian of the Health Sciences Library at Montefiore Medical Center since 2007, has been named Interim Library Director, effective…
Ruth Riley Retirement
Ruth Riley, Assistant Dean for Executive Affairs and Director of Library Services, has announced her retirement effective June 3, 2024. Ruth has served as the…
Legacy, Knowledge, Advocacy, and Grace: Mary M. Langman Retires as Director of Information Issues and Policy
Submitted by Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA, Founding Director, MLA Research Training Institute, Distinguished Librarian Emerita, University of California, Irvine. Mary M. Langman will retire as…
AI Tools for Summarizing Research Articles: Transforming Information Access
By Gary S. Atwood, gatwood@uvm.edu, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-4100, systematic review librarian & library associate professor, Dana Health Sciences Library The exponential growth of academic research articles in…
Product Spotlight: Exciting changes are happening with the R2 Digital Library (Sponsored by Rittenhouse)
The R2 Digital Library from Rittenhouse has provided a comprehensive collection of health sciences resources, such as eBooks, images, and videos, since 2005. We offer…
ChatGPT and Our Response as Health Educators
Aultman College’s Health Sciences Library staff recently presented on ChatGPT and how it is changing what we need to know about information reporting and knowledge…
Connecting Clinicians Searching the Open Web with Library Resources (Sponsored by Third Iron)
You’re invited to a free webinar sponsored by Third Iron, LLC LibKey Nomad: Connecting Clinicians Searching the Open Web with Library Resources Tuesday, October 10,…
Doing More While Avoiding Burnout: Helping Medical Librarians Balance Emerging Demands (Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer)
Free Webinar | October 4, 2023 | Noon-1:00 p.m., central time Medical librarians contribute significantly to improved patient outcomes and overall healthcare quality. They play…
In the Library with a Paintbrush
By Justin Robertson, Lisa Ennis, and Gail Kouame Medical libraries tend to have fairly clear-cut missions, providing service to a highly specialized and distinct set…
SLACK Journals Select: The Key to Content Your Way
SLACK Journals Select is the latest iteration in content creation from SLACK Journals, a publisher providing specialty journals with impact since 1962. With this program,…
Building a Data Dashboard to Track Education Outreach Efforts
Background Region 3 (RML) of the Network of National Library of Medicine (NNLM) serves Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. The RML offers outreach,…
Librarians + Wikipedia = Trusted Health Information
Authors: Margie Sheppard, BSN, MLS, Community Engagement Coordinator, Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 3, A. R. Dykes Library of Health Science. University…
Student Engagement AND Assessment in the Virtual Library Classroom? Google Forms to the Rescue!
By Lily Martin, MLIS, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Samantha Walsh, MLS, MA, Hunter College…
Growing a Seed Library
By Brandon Patterson, Jennifer Macali, Gabrielle James, and Donna Baluchi Walk into the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah and you’ll be…