In Memoriam: Grace Anderson
Grace Anderson, eighty-one, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died May 26, 2017. She was born October 21, 1935, in Monroe, Iowa, and was raised by her…
In Memoriam: Malinda Fetkovich
Malinda Fetkovich, passed away at the age of eighty-six on July 9, 2017, in Trafford, Pennsylvania. She was born on June 30, 1931, in Latrobe,…
Thank You, MLA ’17 Sponsors
MLA expresses our sincere appreciation to all of these companies for their generous support of MLA ’17. GOLD LEVEL SILVER LEVEL …
2017 Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowship Recipients Honored
The President’s Awards Dinner was held on Tuesday, May 30, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, as part of MLA ’17. MLA…
Consumer Health: Comics in the Medical Library
Edited by Christine Willis “Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.” Art Spiegelman There is perhaps no better quote to illustrate the value of comics…
Eight Lessons Learned While Developing a Health Information Class for Family Caregivers
Approximately 43.5 million adults in the United States provided unpaid care to an adult or child in 2015 [1]. How can librarians reach this enormous…
MLA Honors Excellence in Health Sciences Librarianship
MLA honors all of its 2017 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. The President’s Awards Dinner…
Chapter News: Midwest Chapter Wins 2017 Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award
Submitted by Debra Werner, President, Midwest Chapter; edited by Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP, and Annette Parde-Maass, AHIP Congratulations to the Midwest Chapter for winning the…
What Do Health Information Professionals Do? The Answer Is the Newly Revised MLA Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success
What do health information professionals do? The list of activities is long and varied and depends on specific job responsibilities. But what fundamental skill set…
Library Named After Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA
Submitted by Barbara A. Epstein, AHIP, FMLA, President, MLA, and Fred W. Roper, AHIP, FMLA, Columbia, SC Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA, is the retired…
New MLA Initiatives
The MLA Board of Directors, at its recent meeting during MLA ’17 in Seattle, approved two new initiatives: a new strategic goal to evaluate and…
Editor’s Post: The MLA News Team Is Hard at Work but Needs YOUR Help
After all the planning and preparation for an annual meeting, it is sometimes a bit of a letdown to return home and get back to…
Jean P. Shipman, AHIP, FMLA, Receives the 2017 Marcia C. Noyes Award
The highest honor that MLA confers is the Marcia C. Noyes Award. Jean P. Shipman, AHIP, FMLA, executive director, Knowledge Management and Spencer S. Eccles…
Post Conference Blues, or: What to Do With the Information You Learn at MLA
With thanks to super-tweeter Emily Hurst, I’ll be attempting to tackle the question that your supervisor probably asks every time you turn in your conference…
Capturing the Excitement: Before You Leave – When You Get Home
One thing I hear and see in social media from MLA participants is that even though people are excited by all the ideas and energy,…
Takeaways from Seattle
I have been coming to MLA for 3 reasons — see longtime buddies, make new buddies and pick up a pearl or two of wisdom.…
Learning through Networking
One of my favorite ways to learn is through networking and MLA ’17 has offered lot’s of opportunities to do just that. At each event I’ve…
Business Meeting and President’s speech
MLA members have seen many changes this past year. From the movement of publications from a primarily print to a digital format to the creation…
Hospital Libraries Section to Plan Strategically
Delicious fruit, cheese and crackers substituted for ice cream at the HLS Business Meeting. The Scroll of Exemplary Service started in 2002 now extends to…
Looking Inside Ourselves
Mindful practice has been around for many years but has really come to the forefront of medicine in recent years as the compassionate connection between…