Message from the Chair – HLC Statement, “Partner with Hospital Librarians to Improve Patient Care” is Live
The HLC response to the CHLA document on the importance of hospital libraries and librarians is now LIVE on MLAnet! The statement is titled “Partner…
Our own “Krafty Librarian” has returned!
In her own words, Michelle Kraft (aka Krafty Librarian) is re-launching her blog “to focus on the impact that medical librarians have in patient care,…
Brought to you by the Hospital Library Caucus – Drag Queen Story Hour: Experiencing Diversity in Action, Experience MLA ’22
Hospital Libraries Caucus hosted the Experience MLA event, Drag Queen Story Hour: Experiencing Diversity in Action on February 10, 2022. In case you missed it,…
5(ish) Minutes With…Rosemarie Taylor
Rosemarie K. Taylor has just retired from her position as Manager of Library Services at Commonwealth Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where she worked for 47 years, and…
A Conversation about Medical Librarians and the IRB
Editor’s note: There was a recent conversation on the HLC Listserv about hospital librarians serving the IRB. Eleanor Truex wrote up this wonderful guide, which…
5 Minutes With… Ryan Norman
Ryan Norman is the Medical Librarian for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, and has recently joined the editing team at National Network as…
The 2021 MLGSCA Virtual Spring Symposium: Uplifting Community Voices
The 2021 MLGSCA Virtual Spring Symposium: Uplifting Community Voices was a free, one-day educational event sponsored by NNLM PSR and the Medical Library Group of Southern…
2021 NAHSL Virtual Meeting: Starting from Scratch, Taking Charge of Change
North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries (NAHSL) leadership made the decision to stay virtual in 2021, based on a successful virtual 2020 meeting and the continued…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope that you were able to take some time for yourself over the holidays, either to celebrate or to spend…
Message from the Chair – December 2021
Greetings of the Season! It’s hard to believe we are in December already and the holidays and 2022 are in sight! HLC has been very…
SC/MLA 71st Annual Meeting Recap
The Southern Chapter of MLA (SC/MLA) held its seventy-first annual meeting October 4–7, 2021. For a variety of reasons, we held our annual meeting in…
Message from the Editors – November 2021
We haven’t even gotten our first real snow here in Minneapolis yet, so I couldn’t quite bear to call this the “winter” message from the…
National Medical Librarians Month!
October is National Medical Librarians Month, a time to celebrate and advocate for our medical libraries. Each year, MLA publishes graphics to use for promotions…
Guest Columnist: Seema Bhakta
Hospital Librarianship: What’s The New Normal? As a hospital librarian, I was optimistic that 2020 would be the end of COVID-19. 2021 has turned me…
Hospital Librarians and Environmental Justice
Editor’s Note: This week we have a wonderful post from Carrie Grinstead, of Providence St. Joseph Health, on the role that health sciences librarians can…
Get to know Kris Alpi and the EAHIL conference!
Editor’s note: We are so excited to feature Kris Alpi, MLA President, today on the blog! In this post, Kris tells us a bit about…
Message from the Editors – Fall 2021
Well, it isn’t quite fall yet, but for those of us who work with learners, it is about that time for fall semester to start.…
It’s summer! What are you up to?
Hello everyone! It’s summer, and while that doesn’t always make a huge difference in workload for many of us, it’s a rather special summer in…
Guest Columnist: Seema Bhakta
As librarians, many of us have heard about Little Free Library (LFL). In 2009, Todd Bol built a model of a one room schoolhouse, put…
Spring 2021 Business Meeting Recap
The 2021 Hospital Library Caucus Annual Business Meeting took place last month. If you weren’t able to make it, check out the slides here! Meeting…