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…
Personals: Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP
Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP, has been named university librarian at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Alpi will lead the OHSU Library team’s strategic…
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…
In Memoriam: Maxine Hanke
Photo credit: National Library of MedicineDigital Collections Maxine Hanke passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Hanke received a bachelor’s degree from the University of…
Thank You, MLA ’18 Sponsors
MLA expresses our sincere thanks and appreciation to all of these companies for their generous support of MLA ’18. For information about sponsorships for MLA…
MLA Board Highlights: May 2018
The MLA Board of Directors met on May 17 and 18, 2018, in Atlanta, GA. All meetings of the MLA Board are open to members,…
In Memoriam: Robert Bartlett, AHIP
Robert Bartlett, AHIP, died August 26, 2018. He worked as a reference librarian, an integral part of the Houston Methodist system, making sure everyone had…
Personals: Barbara Lowther Shipman
Barbara Lowther Shipman retired as health sciences informationist in August 2018 after serving many leadership roles in the Taubman Health Sciences Library during her thirty-nine…
Honoring Our Past
A most interesting biographical article of a physician in the October 1970 Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) was written by Katherine T. Barkley,…
The Board of Directors Gratefully Acknowledges Contributors
The Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges the following contributors, whose donations were received after April 1, 2018: Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, AHIP, FMLA Connie Schardt, AHIP,…
2018 PH/HA Research Awardee – Rosie Hanneke
The Public Health/Health Administration Section (PH/HA) presented the 2018 PH/HA Research Award to Rosie Hanneke, Assistant Professor and Information Services Librarian at UIC Library…
Honoring Our Past
An interesting “Toast to MLA” by M. Doreen E. Fraser appeared in the editorial section of the April 1970 issue of the Bulletin of the…
Personals: Karen Grigg
The University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill University Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Grigg as the health sciences librarian for collections and…
Personals: Jonquil D. Feldman, AHIP, Appointed Editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly
Jonquil D. Feldman, AHIP, will be the new editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly (MRSQ). M. Sandra Wood, FMLA, is stepping down after over thirty…
MLA Letter to ECRI Institute regarding National Guideline Clearinghouse
Today, Karen Schoelles, MD, SM, FACP, Director of ECRI Institute-Penn Medicine Evidence-based Practice Center and Director, Health Technology Assessment Consulting Services thanked President Beverly Murphy,…
Christine Willis Named MLA News Editor
Atlanta resident Christine Willis, AHIP, is the new editor of the MLA News, the bimonthly MLA member publication. Willis will serve a three-year term beginning…