Tour Mansueto at MLA!
The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library has the capacity to house millions of volumes in the underground storage system. Books are retrieved though a robotic crane…
Bookstores and Libraries in Chicago
Have you ever wanted to see an underground book retrieval system at work? The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library located on the University of Chicago…
Child Care Services
To arrange for child care service, guests should contact providers directly:**American Child Care, 312.644.7300**First Class Care by Mom’s Best Friend, 847.733.2700**Sitter Studio, 312.890.8194 Please note…
Shopping in Chicago
Shopping on and just off the Magnificent Mile in Chicago is for everyone at every price point. Some of the best shopping in the world…
MLA ’19: A Family-Friendly Destination
At the Hyatt Regency: An all-gender family bathroom with a stool and changing table is located outside the Plaza Ballroom, East Tower, Lobby/Green Level. A…
MLA Community Transition Team Interviews
Community Transition Team Cochairs Keith W. Cogdill, AHIP, and Stephanie Fulton, AHIP, are pleased share the following interviews with the membership. Listen as MLA Board…
Hospital Librarianship: Tracking the Health Care News: Give Your Expertise a Spin across the Media
Submitted by Laurie Schwing, Domingo T. Alvear Medical Library, UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA; edited by Angela Spencer, AHIP My first attempt at creating a “media…
In Memoriam: Lila Pedersen
Librarians at the University of North Dakota (UND) were saddened to hear of the death of Lila (Gandolf) Pedersen who passed away on March 19,…
MLA Community Transition Team Interviews
Community Transition Team Cochairs Keith W. Cogdill, AHIP, and Stephanie Fulton, AHIP, are pleased share the following interviews with the membership. Listen to how MLA…
Vaccine hesitancy in the news
As all of us surely are aware, there is an increasing incidence of vaccine preventable infectious disease around the world – pertussis, varicella, measles,…
Congratulations to the 2019 RTI Fellows!
MLA is pleased to announce the 2019 Research Training Institute (RTI) Fellows! The fellows will attend the RTI in Chicago from July 15–19, 2019. Our…
Annual Meeting Travel Grant Recipients
MLA congratulates the 2019 recipients of the Annual Meeting Travel Grant. Twenty members, who might otherwise not have been able to attend the meeting, will…
Update on MLA Communities
In the past two weeks, MLA sections and special interest groups (SIGs) have actively reached out to their members to identify the domain hubs in…
FYI: A Helping of Libraries Helping
Much about the success of libraries and librarians not only to disseminate health care information, but also to implement solutions has been heralded here in…
2019 Awards, Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships Recipients
MLA congratulates the 2019 recipients of MLA awards, grants, scholarships, and fellowships. All recipients will be honored during MLA ’19 in Chicago. AWARDS AND HONORS…
MLA ’19 Service Project – #mlanet19
Did you know that 54% of Chicago public schools’ students do not meet or exceed reading standards? Or low-income first graders are only read to…
In Memoriam: Catherine M. Boss, AHIP
Catherine (Cathy) M. Boss, AHIP, passed away March 3, 2019. In November 2018, she was diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer, then had renal…
MLA ’19 Submissions Acceptance Rates – #mlanet19
The MLA ′19 Contributed Content Working Group thanks everyone who took the time and effort to prepare and submit abstracts for the upcoming annual meeting,…
2019 MLA Election Results
MLA is pleased to announce the results of the 2019 election. Candidates listed below will assume office at the conclusion of MLA ’19 in Chicago,…
Leadership and Management: Be Bold. Think Differently. Have Fun
If you have received an email from me, you may have noticed three sentences at the bottom of my signature: Be bold. Think differently. Have…