Meet the MLA ’24 Presenter of Inclusive Library Leadership: Empathy, Care, and Compassion as Leadership Strengths
In the weeks leading up to MLA ‘24 in Portland, we’ll profile the experts leading each of the symposium sessions by sharing their answers to…
MLA ’24 Designer Wins Silver MUSE Award
While the National Program Committee (NPC) for each MLA conference selects speakers, contributed content, and theme, it’s the design experts in MCI that contribute their…
2024 MLA Election Results
The 2023-24 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the results of the 2024 election. This year’s slate was very strong, and MLA saw a sound…
In Memoriam: Ernesta Greenidge
Ernesta Greenidge, former head of the Medical Sciences Library, the University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies passed away…
Meet the MLA ’24 Presenters of Data Partners: Fostering Librarian-Researcher Partnerships
In the weeks leading up to MLA ‘24 in Portland, we’ll profile the experts leading each of the symposium sessions by sharing their answers to…
Meet the MLA ’24 Presenters of Collective Collecting and the Challenge of Preservation
In the weeks leading up to MLA ‘24 in Portland, we’ll profile the experts leading each of the symposium sessions by sharing their answers to…
Columbia River Gorge and Portland Waterfalls
I have driven the Columbia Gorge innumerable times and never get tired of it. It is always a place I take visitors, with its many…
Board Approves Committee Charges and Launches the AI Imperative Strategic Goal
The Board of Directors approved several motions at its March 13, 2024 meeting. MLA Committees The Board revised the charge of the History Committee to:…
Meet the MLA ’24 Instructors of CE100 – Essential Searching Skills for Librarians on Systematic Review Teams
In the weeks leading up to MLA ’24 in Portland, we’ll profile the conference Continuing Education instructors and their courses. We continue the series this…
2024 MLA President’s Awards
Each year, the President’s Award is given to MLA members or groups who have engaged in service to the mission and vision of the organization…
In Memoriam: Jane Bridges, AHIP
Jane Bridges died March 7, 2024, after a brief illness, at home with her husband on Tybee Island, Georgia. Jane was educated in the Florence,…
In Memoriam: Joseph J. Harzbecker, AHIP
Joseph J. Harzbecker died March 5, 2024, at Mass General Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Joe began his life at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Brighton,…
Meet the MLA ’24 Presenters of Getting to Open: Everything You Need to Know about Crafting Open Access Agreements
In the weeks leading up to MLA ’24 in Portland, we’ll profile the experts leading each of the symposium sessions by sharing their answers to…
Portland: City of Books
Portland is well-known as a city for book lovers, boasting the world’s largest independent bookstore, Powell’s City of Books (just 1.5 miles from the conference…
Call for Volunteers: MLA ’24 Hospitality Booth
The MLA 2024 Local Arrangements Committee is looking for volunteers to staff the hospitality booth during the annual conference in Portland, Oregon from May 18-21,…
Portland Eats: Pine Street Market and More
Are you and a group of your “frolleagues” going to head out for dinner while you’re in Portland for the MLA annual conference? Start giving…
Black History Month in Portland, Oregon
Black History Month 2024 is being celebrated across the country, and Portland is no different. This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans…
MLA ’24 Continuing Education: Meet Paige Scudder, the Instructor of Master Data Cleaning and Wrangling with OpenRefine and Python
In the weeks leading up to MLA ’24 in Portland, we’ll profile the conference Continuing Education instructors and their courses. We begin the series with Paige…
Call for MLA ’24 Moderators
The Contributed Content Working Group (CCWG) is seeking moderators for paper and lightning talk sessions during MLA ’24. Moderating a session is a great way…
2024 MLA Election Slate of Candidates
The 2023/2024 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the 2024 MLA election. 2023/2024 Nominating Committee Shannon D. Jones, AHIP, FMLA,…