Welcome All to Detroit!
Image Credit: “Detroit Skyline” by Bryan Debus via Flickr, under CC-BY-ND 2.0 license. This post was coauthored by Local Assistance Committee members Stephanie Swanberg, Meghan McGowan, Ophelia…
CAPHIS Consumer Connections Newsletter
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Services (CAPHIS) Caucus publishes the peer-reviewed and CINAHL indexed Consumer Connections Newsletter (ISSN 15357821) twice a year. In it…
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…
You’re Invited! RTI Drop-In Session December 9
Last week, MLA’s Research Training Institute Fellowship Program held an informational Open Forum to provide an overview of the program and answer questions. The November…
Academy New and Renewing Members
Achieving membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) is an important professional milestone. The Academy congratulates the following new members and those who…
Your Turn: Share How Medical Librarians Make an Impact
For several years, Michelle Kraft, AHIP, FMLA has been sharing her views on medical librarianship through her blog, The Krafty Librarian. In recognition of National…
Update from the MLA/RTI Value Studies Working Group
Since 2016, the Evidence You Can Use To Communicate Library Value page on the MLA site has highlighted studies that demonstrate the tremendous value health sciences…
A Little Off-Center: Writing Support in a Medical Library
Writing centers are a common feature on college campuses, offering students the opportunity to work with a writing consultant to simultaneously refine a particular project…
Exciting news for MLA ’23! SLA Will Be Meeting Collaborator
You may have heard about this great news at our MLA ’23 Invitation Open House or an email I recently sent- but we’ve been sharing…
Recipient of the 2022 Marcia C. Noyes Award: Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, FMLA
Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, FMLA has been an MLA member for more than 40 years. She has made lasting and significant contributions to the association and the…
JCLC Scholarship Recipients Selected
MLA is pleased to announce the winners of an MLA scholarship to attend the 4th National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) in St.…
Announcing the new Hospital Library Caucus Advocacy LibGuide
Additional authors: Kathy Zeblisky and Nancy Clark The new Hospital Library Caucus (HLC) Advocacy pages are now available for viewing and use. They reside on…
AHIP 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…
Carla J. Funk Health Sciences Fellowship Established
Former MLA Executive Director Carla J. Funk (1992-2015) has demonstrated her life-long commitment to sustaining and enhancing the health information librarian talent pipeline through a…
A View of EAHIL Conference in Rotterdam Netherlands 2022
We are pleased to share the experience of one of our MLA-ICC caucus members from her attendance at the EAHIL conference in Rotterdam, Netherlands that…
RTI Fellow Michelle Nielsen Ott Awarded 2022 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year!
Michelle Nielsen Ott, Sciences/Health Sciences Librarian at Cullom-Davis Library at Bradley University, is the 2022 recipient of the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian…
Scholarly Snippets: A Collaborative Research Series Between Six College of Osteopathic Medicine Libraries
This blog post has multiple authors in addition to Joanne Mullenbach: Katie Hoskins, Kyle D. Robinson-California Health Sciences University; Molly Montgomery-Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine; Abbey…
RTI Research Spotlight: Research Capacity of Hospital Librarians: Differences and Impact
Research is the cornerstone of academic inquiry — the twain go together like every book and its reader; literature and searching; citing and sources; information…
The MLA Board of Directors Gratefully Acknowledges Our Donors
The Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and groups, whose donations were received after September 30, 2021: Kristine Alpi, AHIP, FMLA Association of…
Academy of Health Professionals (AHIP) Points Index Updates for 2022
Right before the MLA Annual Meeting, the Credentialing Committee hosted its Annual Business Meeting on April 25th. This year the committee is happy to pass…