Sign Up for Career Support at MLA ’24
Looking for career support? You’ll find it at MLA ’24. Sign up today!Reviewees: [Link removed (Sign up)] to, improve and enhance your resume, CV or cover letter,…
MLA ’24 Continuing Education: Meet Susan Kendall
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 week…
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…
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:…
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…
Announcing Faculty and Peer Coaches for 2024 Research Training Institute (RTI)
The Research Training Institute (RTI) team is pleased to announce the faculty and peer coaches for the 2024 RTI Online program. The Faculty Caitlin Bakker,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
RTI Research Spotlight: Optimal Strategies for IPE Literature Searching
This work began from a known literature searching issue. Interprofessional education (IPE) is a growing area of research and one where terms have changed over…
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 Research Study Participants: Survey on the Experiences of Librarians and Information Professionals Who Participate in Systematic and Scoping Reviews
Stacy Torian and Stephen Maher of New York University Libraries are conducting a research project aimed at examining the experiences of health sciences librarians and…
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,…