Answering the Call: Academic Health Sciences Libraries and COVID-19
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MLA and AAHSL comment on public access
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) commented on the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Request for Information:…
Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Professional Partnerships in the Time of COVID-19: Masks and More
Day: Tuesday, April 7 Time: 10:00 a.m., pacific time; 11:00 a.m., mountain time; noon, central time; 1:00 p.m., eastern time MLA members Lori E. Harris…
Domain Hub Liaisons
Below is an up-to-date list of liaisons appointed to MLA domain hubs. Liaisons serve supportive and informational roles in domain hubs and are not voting…
How Does a Library Respond to a Global Health Crisis?
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How Medical Librarians Are Handling the Coronavirus Crisis
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NLM Receives Stimulus Funding to Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to the Coronavirus
The $2 trillion economic stimulus bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136), in response to the COVID-19 outbreak provides an…
Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative
To support the ongoing public health emergency response efforts, national science and technology advisors from a dozen countries formed a Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative,…
Join the Covid-19 Conversation: How to Be with Others When You Are Alone
MLA is launching a series of free, live, online conversations, Coping and Caring in the Time of COVID. These weekly conversations for MLA members and…
2020 Awards, Grants, and Scholarships Recipients
MLA congratulates the 2020 recipients of MLA awards, grants, and scholarships. All recipients will be honored during MLA ’20. AWARDS AND HONORS Virginia L. and…
2020 President’s Awards
The President’s Award is given to MLA members who have been selected by the association’s officers and Board of Directors for notable or important contributions…
A Librarian Can…Integrate Work and Life
Editor’s Note: Republished with permission from Martha E. Meacham’s blog A Librarian Can…, March 20, 2020, post. These are strange times. My entire staff and…
Statement of Support to Libraries and Library Workers
The MLA Board of Directors supports the safety and well-being of library workers and the health sciences communities we serve. We join the Canadian Health…
MLA Member Curated List of COVID-19 Resources
MLA members have started a curated list of COVID-19 resources for medical librarians and other health information professionals. The site will be updated as frequently…
Editor’s Note
Like many of you, I am working from home for the foreseeable future. It is a different set up. One main difference for me is…
Individual and Organizational Health Literacy: A Key to the Future of Health
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MLA and AAHSL comments to NLM addressing ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have responded to the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Request for Comments…
MLA Team Serving You Remotely During COVID-19
COVID-19 and the related social distancing recommendations are affecting all of us at home and at work. During this temporary emergency, all MLA team members…
MLA Board Reschedules MLA ’20 to August 15–19, 2020, in Portland
Updated to include finalized dates We have heard from many of you about the potential effect of COVID-19 on your attendance at MLA ’20, including…
MLA and AAHSL comments on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have responded to the Request for Comments from the White House Office…