Follow-Up to MLA ’17: Dare Dream Do: Focus on Diversity in Medical Librarianship
Editor’s note: Recent issues of the MLA News have featured recaps of some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream Dare Do,…
Follow-Up to MLA ’17: Dare Dream Do: Content and Sessions on New and Emerging Technologies
Editor’s note: Recent issues of the MLA News have featured recaps of some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream Dare Do,…
Technology: Get to Know HyperDocs!
What are HyperDocs? HyperDocs are digital lessons that you can use to create engaging inquiry-based learning. They are used to replace the worksheet method of…
Reflections from MLA ’17
Editor’s note: Over the next few issues of the MLA News, we will recap some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream…
Hospital Librarianship: A Workplace Solution and Rewarding Collaboration
Edited by Angela Spencer The Saint Marys* staff library supports the health care information needs of staff and affiliated students at Mayo Clinic Hospital–Saint Marys…
FYI: “Let Your Fingers Do the Walking…”
A finger-tip camera to assist the visually impaired While “giving the finger” to a patron would, hopefully, prompt an image of a prosthetic—created by stereolithography—being…
MLA and AALL recommend Federal Depository Library Program Reforms
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) have submitted recommendations for change that will update the Federal Depository Library Program…
Coming to Atlanta for the 2018 Annual Meeting?
The Local Assistance Committee (LAC) for MLA 2018 invites you to join us in Atlanta, Georgia for MLA’s Annual Meeting. Atlanta is an energetic, diverse…
MLA Research Training Institute Launched, Next Step in MLA’s Goal to Advance Research
The Research Imperative Task Force is thrilled to announce the launch of the new MLA Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians (RTI). The first…
Follow-up to MLA ’17: Dream Dare Do Focus on “Clinical Rounding”
Editor’s note: Over the next few issues of the MLA News, we will recap some of the content and sessions presented at MLA ’17: Dream…
MLA Board Highlights: August 2017
The MLA Board of Directors met virtually on August 31, 2017. All meetings of the MLA Board of Directors are open to members, with the…
AAHSL and NLM Announce 2018 Leadership Fellows
Submitted by Carol G. Jenkins, AHIP, FMLA, Director, Leadership Program, Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and…
In Memoriam: Patricia M. Perrizo Redman
Patricia M. Perrizo Redman, of Pinckney, Michigan, passed away on September 3, 2017. She was born on January 2, 1942, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.…
New MLA Award for Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship
Librarian research and evidence-based practice can flourish if organizations where librarians work support librarian involvement in research activities. The new MLA Research Advancement in Health…
NLM FY 2018 Funding Update
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2018 bill, S. 1771, provides the National Library of Medicine (NLM) with $420,898,000. During the spring Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task…
Musings from Your Editor…
I write these words on the morning of the day that will be forever known to us all in the United States as “9/11.” A…
Participate in MLA ’18
Make the most of your MLA ’18 experience by participating now. MLA ’18 will be held May 18–23, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. You can be…
Technology: Gamification in Medical and Dental Student Orientation
Submitted by Gregg A. Stevens, AHIP, and Jamie Saragossi, Health Sciences Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; edited by Tony Nguyen, AHIP Editor’s note:…
Social Media: Archiving Twitter Hashtag Content: Symplur and Beyond
Edited by Lara Killian About Twitter Once upon a time, I was at a coffee with one of our library directors, who said, “I just…
Ida and George Eliot Prize: Call for Applications
Submitted by Mary Schultz, Chair, Ida and George Eliot Prize Jury How do medical librarians make a difference? What are the standards for our profession…and…