Chapter News: UNYOC 2020: A Meeting to Remember
Submitted by Jennifer McKinnell and Denise Smith, Conference Planning Cochairs, Upstate New York and Ontario ChapterLike many other MLA chapters, the Upstate New York and…
Visit the Pacific Northwest through MLA Oral Histories
Although MLA ’20 has transitioned from the in-person meeting in Portland, OR, to the virtual vConference, the Oral History Committee is putting the spotlight on interviews…
Significant Changes to EFTS and DOCLINE after June 30, 2020
The University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) is transferring the operations of the Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) to MLA in a timeline agreed to…
Chapter News: Moving Your Chapter Meeting Online: Lessons Learned from MCMLA
Submitted by Heather L. Brown, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center–Omaha, and Gwen S. Wilson, AHIP, Department of Family & Community Medicine,…
EFTS Update: February 27, 2020
Your MLAÂ Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) team has been hard at work to implement the new EFTS. Latest news 610 libraries have completed their EFTS…
Chapter News: SC/MLA Chapter Meeting
The Southern Chapter of MLA (SC/MLA) held its 69th Annual Meeting October 10–12, 2019. Members and guests made their way to the Hyatt Regency Savannah…
EFTS User Agreements Now Available
On Friday January 17, 812 libraries received the MLA Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) user agreement for their review. Here are some fun facts: 300…
Chapter News: NY-NJ Chapter Meeting
The New York-New Jersey (NY-NJ) Chapter, with an invitation to the Philadelphia Regional Chapter, met in New Brunswick, NJ, on November 6, 2019. Seventy-five members…
Chapter News: PNC Post Conference Summary
Submitted by Molly Montgomery and Kristin Whitman, Cochairs, Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA (PNC/MLA) Conference The 56th annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of…
Chapter News: 2019 MCMLA Meeting Recap
Submitted by Euemduan C. Osmera and Jeanne Burke, Cochairs, 2019 Midcontinental Chapter Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE; edited by Katie Mulik Dayani, AHIP, Member, MCMLA Publications…
750+ Libraries Support the New EFTS
Great news, and thank you! 750+ libraries have expressed their interest to join the new EFTS by requesting a user agreement from MLA. MLA will…
Chapter News: Midwest Chapter/MLA 2019 Conference: Post Conference Wrap-Up
Registration: Mary Ann Reilley, Melinda Orebaugh, and Deb Knippel (foreground); Janna C. Lawrence, AHIP (background). The 2019 Midwest Chapter/MLA, Wisconsin Health Science Library Association, and…
EFTS Is Here to Stay
Poem posted to MEDLIB-L on November 22, 2019, by Fred King, AHIP Subject: Re: We need 75% of current EFTS users to keep the system…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform: Update
As you may have learned (and apologies if you have already received a similar message), MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform
MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) platform. MLA will proceed with actual development and implementation if a minimum…
Update on EFTS Continuation
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, MLA Executive Director, and Janice Swiatek, Director, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut (UConn) Health Center–Farmington On July 18, 2019,…
Update on EFTS Continuation
On May 22, 2019, Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) users received a communication from Janice Swiatek, director of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the…
Chapter News: Highlights from the 2019 NCNMLG/MLGSCA Joint Meeting: We Are Not Neutral!
Submitted by Courtney Hoffner, Bethany Myers, AHIP, Antonia Osuna-Garcia, and Wynn Tranfield, Science Libraries, University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) The Northern California and Nevada Medical…
A Career Spanning Five Decades and Half a Continent: J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA
J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA, may be best known for his twenty years at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where he served as director of…
History: Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, AHIP, FMLA
Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, AHIP, FMLA, chose librarianship over mathematics, which led to a long and distinguished career, ultimately in medical librarianship. Cruzat had earned her…