Global Health & Health Equity: Resource Limited but Knowledge Rich: Hinari and Systematic Review Training in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe in Africa.Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.Submitted by Lilian Hoffecker, Global Health and Health Equity Column Editor, MLAConnect, with contributions from Karin Saric, Sarah Young, Erin…
MLA Honors Excellence in Health Sciences Librarianship
MLA honors its 2020 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. Awards were presented during the opening…
Information Services: Where to Find Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Post-National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Figure 1: ECRI Guidelines Trust sample search. In July of 2018, the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) (Guidelines.gov), the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–sponsored…
Press, Play, Connect
Press, Play, Connect is the official podcast of MLA. Join Sally Gore and Emily J. Hurst as they interview librarians and discuss ideas from the medical…
2020 MLA Fellows
The 2019/2020 Board of Directors has named two association members as Fellows of MLA. Fellows are chosen for their outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship…
MLA ’20 vConference New Member/First-Time Attendees Book Recommendations
This is a collection of favorite books and/or current reads that were mentioned in the New Members/First-Time Attendees meeting held on Monday, July 27, 2020,…
MLA ’20 vConference Lecturers
MLA honors all of its 2020 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. This year’s lecturers were…
Fourth Annual MLA Book Recommendations: MLA ’20 vConference
This list is a compilation of books recommended throughout the MLA ’20 vConference. Any oversight of books not mentioned is unintended. Special thanks to the…
Glad to Meet You Virtually: Reflections on the MLA Conference
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MLA Honors with an International Focus
MLA seeks to have an impact throughout the world in building international partnerships and supporting the information needs of underserved individuals. The association presents many…
MLA ’20 vConference Featured Speakers You Don’t Want to Miss!
MLA is excited to announce Esther Choo, John Brownstein, and Chris Shaffer as keynote speakers at the MLA ’20 vConference and Exhibits, the full-featured experience…
In Memoriam: Donna P. Johnson
Donna P. Johnson died of COVID-19 on June 14. She became a nationally renowned medical library leader while overseeing Allina Health’s library during an era…
Historic MLA ’20 vConference Opening Session Held July 27
The MLA ’20 vConference and Exhibits, a full-featured experience of virtual learning and networking, kicked off on Monday, July 27, with an opening session that…
In Memoriam: Richard C. Wood
Richard C. Wood passed away July 12, 2020. He was executive director at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Libraries from 1991 to…
MLA ’20 Service Project: Rahab’s Sisters
What makes Rahab’s Sisters unique is the concept of radical hospitality. Rahab’s Sisters’ core mission is creating community for women and gender nonconforming folks “marginalized…
The Board of Directors Gratefully Acknowledges Contributors
The Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges the following contributors, whose donations were received after September 30, 2019: Margaret Bandy, AHIP, FMLA Terry Ann Jankowski, AHIP,…
Information Services: Meet the New Editor
I am excited to join the MLAConnect team as the Information Services Hub editor. I currently work at Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA, as the…
Doing Our Jobs in the Time of COVID-19: Facilities and Personnel Management While Your Library Is Closed, Open, Reopening, or Somewhere In-Between
Sponsored by Elsevier’s ClinicalKey® In this time of COVID-19, clinical and academic health libraries face facilities and personnel management challenges. A panel of five librarian…
Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Today, the Medical Library Association and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries submitted comments to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) in…
Information Services: Survey of Workplace Changes for Academic Medical Library Staff
Submitted by Jennifer C. Westrick, AHIP, and Ashley Heard, and Scott Thomson, AHIP, Library, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Introduction Academic medical libraries are…