Riding the Wave of Change
by Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, and Heidi Heilemann,AHIP, MLA Board of DirectorsIn February 2015, the MLA Board of Directors had their first meeting with the…
T. Mark Hodges: International Pioneer
T. (Terrence) Mark Hodges didn’t set out to be a librarian, but like many of us, he fell into the love of organized books. While…
Sneak Peek: Your Board at Work
This week, the MLA Board did its first semi-annual evaluation of the strategic goals adopted in spring 2015. The consensus? We’ve come a long way,…
Section & SIG News
Edited by Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP Consumer and Patient Health Information Section Submitted by Catherine R. Hogan Smith, AHIP, Immediate Past Chair, Consumer and Patient…
Chapter News: Call for Chapter Annual Meeting Favorite Things
Editor’s note: As we went to press for this issue many chapters were in the middle of or looking forward to their annual meetings. We…
MLA Board Highlights: August 2015
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, MLA Executive Director The MLA Board of Directors met virtually on August 27, 2015. All meetings of the MLA Board of…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA One of the highlights of the MLA annual meeting is the Janet Doe Lecture. The first one was…
Member Spotlight: Bette Bissonnette
Fast Facts: MLA Member Since: 2003–2009, 2014–presentFirst Professional Position: Circulation librarian, Kelley Library, Salem, NHCurrent Position: Director of library services, New England School of Acupuncture,…
Let Bylaws Be Bylaws
By Ellen Brassil, Chair, MLA Bylaws Committee If you’ve ever twisted yourself into knots to comply with a work procedure that seems divorced from reality,…
Librarians Without Borders® HINARI Training Workshop Report: September 28-29, 2015
Hanoi, Vietnam (September 28-29, 2015) On September 28-29, 2015, additional workshops were conducted in Hanoi, Vietnam. The initial workshop was a…
Librarians Without Borders® HINARI Training the Trainer Workshop Report: September 23-24, 2015
Myanmar (September 23-25, 2015) This three day workshop was conducted at the University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar. It was supported…
MLA : Blogs : Building Mosaic ’16 with 549 Abstracts
The Joint Planning Committee was thrilled to receive 549 submissions for papers, posters, lightning talks, and special content sessions for Mosiac 2016. That’s the highest…
What Can MLA Sections Do for You?
MLA’s 20+ sections, built around themes of long-term concern to MLA members, are core to our mission and work. Cumulatively, these sections have almost 3,400…
IFLA Report from Jaime Friel Blanck, First Recipient of the Avraham Reis IFLA Annual Meeting Grant
Report for the Avraham Reis IFLA Annual Meeting Grant 2015 Recipient: Jaime Friel Blanck, Clinical Informationist, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD …
Welcome to Mosaic/Mosaïque, MLA, CHLA/ABSC, ICLC, 2016 in Toronto!
If you haven’t already seen the welcome to Mosaic/Mosaïque 2016 video, created by Toronto health librarians welcoming you to Toronto in May 2016, you need…
“Crap Detecting” with 2016 McGovern Speaker Ben Goldacre
Source: “Crap Detecting” with 2016 McGovern Speaker Ben Goldacre Vanessa Kitchin of the Local Assistance Committee for the 2016 Joint MLA/CHLA/ABSC/ICLC Planning Committee, provides an…
The New Shape of Annual Meeting Programs
“Mosaic: Be Part of the Big Picture,” brings together three diverse organizations: the Medical Library Association (MLA), the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothéques de…
Have you met Mosie Mosaic Mascot?
Mosie is a racoon who was born and raised in Toronto and is the official mascot of “Mosaic: Be Part of the Big Picture”. (Note…
6 (or 2600?) Reasons to Log In
If you’ve visited the new MLA website, you may have noticed that things change—a lot—once you log in. The non-logged-in “public” home page is geared…
Section & SIG News
Edited by Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP Announcement from the Association of Vision Sciences Librarians Submitted by Leslie Holland, Cochair, Association of Vision Science Librarians The…