Chapter News: SC/MLA Highlights the Magic
The Southern Chapter of MLA (SC/MLA) held its 68th Annual Meeting October 25–28, 2018. Members met at the Wyndham Hotel located adjacent to the Disney…
Chapter News: NAHSL Annual Meeting 2018
Submitted by Eugenia Opuda, Chair; Gary Atwood, Audiovisual; and Donna Belcinski, Exhibits; 2018 Planning Committee, North Atlantic Heath Sciences Libraries The 2018 North Atlantic Heath…
New at MLA ’19! Option to share personal pronouns on badges!
rainbow | by essygie Diversity and inclusivity are important to MLA. At MLA ’19, attendees will have the option of selecting personal pronouns on the…
2019 MLA Election Slate
The MLA Nominating Committee, chaired by MLA Past President Barbara A. Epstein, AHIP, FMLA, is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the 2019…
MLA News Editorial Board Changes
Fall brings many changes with the temperature dropping and routines changing as it becomes dark earlier, but we know that change is inevitable, so we…
New JMLA Data Sharing Policy
The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) announces a new data sharing policy to go into effect on October 1, 2019. Authors of Original…
The National Guidelines Clearinghouse Returns – as the ECRI Guidelines Trust
This month’s blog will discuss the revival of the National Guidelines Clearinghouse and its redevelopment into the ECRI Guidelines Trust at https://guidelines.ecri.org/. As most of you know,…
FYI: Communication Complexities
Fiducie, where has it gone? That’s trust, for those of you not conversant with French. So many of us are doused by things false, fake,…
Transforming MLA Communities and MLA’s Management Model
The MLA Board of Directors met in Chicago on November 8 and 9, 2018, and made two important decisions that will build on MLA’s success…
In Memoriam: Barbara Meadows
Barbara Meadows, Nashville, TN, died November 2, 2016. Meadows was a graduate of Belmont College in nursing and later earned her library degree. Meadows was…
Making the case to attend MLA? There are so many reasons!
You want to go to MLA’19. (Of course you do! It’s going to be awesome!) However, you need to gather evidence to convince your administration.…
FYI: Donuts and Deserts
Desserts are not deserts. Desserts are tasty; deserts are dry. Donuts are not doughnuts, at least not in longhand. Both, however, are tasty. Unless the…
Hospital Librarianship: Current Awareness, Professional Reading
Submitted by Brian L. Baker, Medical Library, Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, CA; edited by Angela Spencer, AHIP In May of 2018, one of the pediatric…
Case Law for Public Health
A person’s environment and the actions that person takes both affect their overall health. Public health legislation shapes the public health environment. Laws regulate what…
Chicago: What a City to Visit!
We hope to see you in May at MLA ’19: Elevate, taking place from May 3–8, 2019, in beautiful and bustling downtown Chicago, IL. Did…
Elevate by Attending MLA ’19 in Chicago
Photo credit: J. Crocker, 2010. Downtown from the lakefront, Chicago, IL, USA. Are you feeling stressed about keeping pace with the changes in our profession and…
MLA Board Highlights: August 2018
The MLA Board of Directors met virtually in August. All meetings of the MLA Board are open to members, with the exception of executive sessions,…
Quantification and Peer Review: Possible Impacts of New Peer Review Tracker
I recently went to a meeting with a vendor representative from Clarivate Analytics (the company that owns Web of Science, among other widely used resources).…
Announcing Nadya Okamoto as Featured Speaker at MLA ’19 | Elevate!
MLA is pleased to announce that Nadya Okamoto will be the featured 2019 Joseph Leiter National Library of Medicine (NLM)/MLA Lecturer during MLA ’19 in…