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…
2019 President’s Award Recipients
From time to time, the MLA Board of Directors finds that an exceptional contribution has been made to the profession and the goals of the…
ELEVATED and Connected – PH/HA Travel Stipend Recap
The 2019 MLA Annual Meeting centered the conversations around improving support and services and growing the profession. The theme this year was ELEVATE, and that reflected…
2019 Marcia C. Noyes Award
The highest honor that MLA confers is the Marcia C. Noyes Award. Mary Joan (M.J.) Tooey, AHIP, FMLA, associate vice president for academic affairs; executive…
MLAConnect Board Report Summary
The MLA Board held its regularly scheduled meeting prior to the annual meeting this year. I presented on the progress that MLAConnect has made since…
Official Meeting Blogger: AI and searching
PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Cawley presenting during MLA’19. Permission to use photo granted by M. Cawley. The last full-day of MLA’19, I had the pleasure of…
Official Meeting Blogger: Systematic Review Services session
Monday afternoon I attended a few different sessions that focused on launching a systematic review service at a library, including “Building an Interprofessional Literature Review…
Official Meeting Blogger: Evening Happy Hours and Socials
Although I’m more of a night owl, I didn’t make it out to as many evening events as I thought I would at MLA ‘19.…
Official Meeting Blogger: Laugh-out-loud moments
Charlie Chaplin has been credited with saying, “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” I live by this quote. So, the adventure I chose…
Official Meeting Blogger: Posters
One of the highlights of my annual meeting experience is always the chance to see the poster presentations. These posters represent the initiatives of health…
Official Meeting Blogger: First-Time Attendee Perspective
The organizational structure of MLA is changing, and this is confusing to some, disconcerting to others, and hasn’t yet “reached” the rest. As a new…
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…