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…
Honoring Our Past
Do you remember Women’s Lib in the 1970s? One of the great ladies of librarianship is Gertrude L. Annan.* She gave her opinion of this…
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…
PH/HA Travel Stipend Blog Post
Kathleen Amos was this year’s winner of the PH/HA Travel Stipend. Kathleen used the travel stipend to attend this year’s MLA conference. You can read all…
Chapter News: Hurricane Harvey: Voices from the Storm
Editor’s note: The following article was submitted, at our request, by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) South Central Region (SCR) office. Because…
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…
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…
In Memoriam: Lillian Bryant
Lillian Bryant, head of veterinary libraries at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) from 1981–2001, passed away August 8, 2017, at her home in Philadelphia. She…
Board Approves New Dues for 2018
With 2018 member renewal season just around the corner, it’s an unfortunate fact that dues must increase next year. Dues revenue accounts for a crucial…
Rebirth of Atlanta: The Rising Phoenix
Long before the bronze statue of “Atlanta from the Ashes,” which depicts a woman raising up a bird from the ashes was placed in Woodruff…
Betsy L. Humphreys, FMLA, Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine Retires
2016/17 President Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, recognizing Betsy L. Humphreys, FMLA, during MLA ’17 After more than forty-four years of extraordinary service to and leadership…
Honoring Our Past
An article, “The Rorschach Test,” was published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) in 1953 [1]. This personality test was created and…
In Memoriam: Marsha Kmec
Marsha Kmec passed away suddenly on August 9, 2017, after a brief illness. Kmec was the health sciences librarian at Olive View/University of California–Los Angeles…
Hurricane Harvey: Effect on Texas and Louisiana
MLA is monitoring the ongoing effects of Hurricane Harvey on our health sciences library community in Texas and Louisiana, and support our affected colleagues. Below…
Personals: Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP
Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP, serves as the interim director, Libraries, Louisiana State University Health (LSU)–New Orleans, effective August 1, 2017. Lloyd has worked at the…
Personals: Jerry Sheehan
Jerry Sheehan has been named the new National Library of Medicine (NLM) deputy director, effective July 31, 2017. The appointment was announced by Library Director…