Note from the Editor
This is our last MLAConnect for 2019, and I wish you all a restful end of the year. Looking forward to 2020, we are continuing…
In Memoriam: Edean Berglund
Photo credit: Great Falls Tribune via Legacy.com. Members of the Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNC) recently learned that a longtime PNC member, chapter chair, and colleague,…
In Memoriam: Lynne Darby Morris
Photo credit: HeraldSun via Legacy.com. Lynne Darby Morris, age seventy-one, of Chapel Hill, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, after…
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…
Critical Librarianship Webinar Wrap-Up
The MLA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force held two webinars over the course of the last two months. Both were well attended and well received,…
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…
Hospital Librarianship: Hospital Librarians as Archivists: Collecting Old Artifacts and New Customers
Submitted by Elizabeth A. Morgan, Library Services, UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA; edited by Laurie Schwing From left to right: Barbara Woods (volunteer); Marge Samsel (volunteer);…
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…
Interim Chairs of MLA Domain Hubs Appointed
MLA President Julia Esparza, AHIP, recently appointed seven leaders to serve as interim domain hub chairs until June 1, 2020. These interim chairs will be…
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…
MLA 2020 Election Slate of Candidates
The MLA Nominating Committee, chaired by MLA Past President Beverly Murphy, AHIP, FMLA, is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the 2020 election.…
In Memoriam: Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA
Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA, passed away October 17, 2019. Throughout her long and distinguished career, McClure served the association and the library profession as MLA’s…
Join an MLA Caucus at No Additional Cost!
The transition of MLA sections and special interest groups (SIGs) to caucuses is complete, and you can now see all of our caucuses on MLANET.…
2019 MLA/NLM Spectrum Scholarships
MLA and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) jointly support two American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholars to assist underrepresented individuals who are interested in…
A Librarian can help in a crisis
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Medical Library Education: Celebrating Health Sciences Libraries!
Medical library education—and all forms of librarianship really—revolve around, as well as depend upon, the universal goodwill of core stakeholders to help foster positive patron…
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,…
In Memoriam: Laura Brown
Submitted by Alan F. Carr, AHIP, Louise Darling Biomedical Library, University of California–Los Angeles, on behalf of Carolyn Fischel Laura Brown passed away on August…
In Memoriam: Mary M. Asbell, AHIP
Mary M. Asbell, AHIP, passed away August 28, 2019. Before her retirement from the Preston Smith Library, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC)–Lubbock, in…