2019 Scholarships
MLA awarded two scholarships to deserving students at MLA ’19, in Chicago, IL.MLA ScholarshipThe MLA Scholarship is granted to a student who is enrolled in…
2019 Annual Meeting Travel Grant Recipients
MLA awarded grants to help practicing health sciences information professionals attend MLA ’19, in Chicago, IL. The Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Meeting Grant recognizes Ysabel…
Official Meeting Blogger: John P. McGovern Award Lecture
The Plenary Sessions were a great way to start the day and take everything in before I attended sessions and met with vendors. There were…
Official Meeting Blogger: New Librarian
MLA ’19 was my very first medical library conference. I started my position in September, so I was excited for the opportunity to meet and…
Official Meeting Blogger: Health Literacy Posters at MLA ’19
Given the almost 200 posters at MLA ‘19, I knew I needed to narrow my focus to get the most out of the sessions. I…
Today Is “Move” Day for MLA’s Chicago Headquarters, Just A Few Blocks Away
Twenty years ago, when MLA moved into its 65 East Wacker Drive headquarters, print was the norm, the new server room was impressive, and the…
MLA Honors Excellence in Health Sciences Librarianship
MLA honors its 2019 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. Awards were presented during MLA ’19…
The MLA ’19 Open Forum Discussion of the MLA Communities Transition
Submitted by Stephanie Fulton, AHIP, and Keith Cogdill, AHIP, Cochairs, Communities Transition Team Due to technical challenges, not all questions from attendees at the May…
Official Meeting Blogger: Social Butterfly
This was my first MLA ’19 and I looked forward to networking and making new friends. I knew attending as many events as I could…
Official Meeting Blogger: Early Morning Perspective
While most of the non-MLA activities, tours, museums, and designer stores in Chicago do not open until 10am, there are still plenty of things to…
Official Meeting Blogger: Take Search, Screening, and Analysis to the Next Level
Looking to innovate your systematic review process? Check out these resources from MLA’19 posters and lightning talks: Rayyan is a free citation screening tool. The…
Official Meeting Blogger: Posters
The theme of this year’s MLA Conference was to “elevate,” and the posters presented delivered. Many of the posters discussed how they improved, changed, reimagined,…
Official Meeting Blogger: Immersion Session on Implicit Bias in Consumer Health Information
I attended the “Elevating by Evaluating: Recognizing and Avoiding Implicit Bias in Consumer Health Information” immersion session on May 6th. This session, moderated by Terri…
Official Meeting Blogger: MLA’19 First-Time Attendees Breakfast
For a profession known for attracting introverts, we could not stop talking. Conversation was rampant at our tables and then through several rounds of three-minute…
Official Meeting Blogger: Impostor Phenomenon and the Health Sciences Librarian
Of the varying topics covered within Lightning Talks 3, the Impostor Phenomenon (Coping Strategies for Impostor Phenomenon among Health Sciences Librarians, by Debra Warner, Michelle…
Official Meeting Blogger: Sections
One of the hottest topics discussed at the Section meetings was the transition of the SIGs and Sections to caucuses. Members were curious about what…
MLA ’19 Lecturers
MLA honors all of its 2019 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. Awards were presented during…
An Evolving Resource: CAPHIS’s Most Trusted Health Websites
If you are a member of MLA’s Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS), the phrase “top 100” probably means something very different to you…
MLA Honors Written Works, Research, and Communities during MLA ’19
MLA honors all of its 2019 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. Awards were presented during…
2019 MLA Fellows
The Board of Directors named five association members as Fellows of MLA. Fellows are chosen for their outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship and to…