Hospital Librarianship: InSight Initiative Summit 3
Submitted by Elizabeth Laera, AHIP, McMahon-Sibley Medical Library, Brookwood Baptist Health, Birmingham, AL, and Angela Spencer, AHIP, C. Alan McAfee, MD Medical Library, St. Lukes…
Hospital Librarianship: A Unified Library Service: One Year Post-Merger
What happens when two health systems come together and the libraries become one unified library service? That all depends on attitude, collaboration, and preparation. In…
Consumer Health: Consumer Health Information Specialization, Part II
Monique Mason, AHIP, Science & Technology Division, Akron-Summit County Public Library, at a recent Ohio Health Sciences Library Association meeting. Photo by Donald Pearson, AHIP…
Developments Spring 2019 v. 30 #2
Table of Contents Hello from Your Editors Message From the Chair Get to know CDS members CDS Members Presenting at MLA Recent Publications of Interest…
Hospital Librarianship: Tracking the Health Care News: Give Your Expertise a Spin across the Media
Submitted by Laurie Schwing, Domingo T. Alvear Medical Library, UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA; edited by Angela Spencer, AHIP My first attempt at creating a “media…
Consumer Health: Consumer Health Information Specialization, Part I
Between 6% and 20% of public library reference questions are health-related [1], but some librarians feel inadequately prepared to answer them [2]. In 2001, MLA…
FYI: Post-Nominals
When next contemplating the stars in the heavens or the leaves in a cup of tea, think a moment about this, too, if you can…
Hospital Librarianship: ECHO-ing Across the Adirondacks: Embedded Librarianship
Submitted by Jill M. Tarabula, AHIP, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Library, University of Vermont Health Network, Plattsburgh, NY; edited by Angela Spencer, AHIP Funded by…
Medical Library Education: Critical Appraisal: An Evolving Topic in Health Sciences
Saturating a broad swath of current literature surrounding medical library education today—at least at the academic level—are the similar principles of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and…
FYI: Bibliotherapy
Bibliotherapy. Ever heard of it? It has been “practiced” almost exactly a century, according to a posting that states simply that “the science” of bibliotherapy…
Developments Fall 2018 v. 30 #1
Table of Contents Hello from Your Editors Message From the ChairGet to know CDS membersRecent Publications of InterestKeeping CurrentCDS Related ConferencesBlast from the PastFun Facts…
Developments Newsletter Spring 2018 v. 29 # 2
(Newsletter Editors Christine Willis and Mary Shultz originally shared this issue of Developments via the section’s forum in 2018. It is now being translated into…
Developments Spring 2017 v. 28 #3
(Newsletter Editors Christine Willis and Mary Shultz originally shared this issue of Developments via the section’s forum in 2017. It is now being translated into…
CDS Newsletter Fall 2017 vol. 29 #1
Developments Fall 2017 v. 29 #1 Hello from Your Editors This Summer and Fall have been busy for both of us and we imagine other CDS…
Hospital Librarianship: Current Awareness, Professional Reading
Submitted by Brian L. Baker, Medical Library, Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, CA; edited by Angela Spencer, AHIP In May of 2018, one of the pediatric…
FYI: Oddities
Lots of items can be found in collections that could be considered offbeat, maybe even weird. Smithsonian, among others, has written about it more than…
Hospital Librarianship: Health Sciences Library Closings
Many libraries across the United States have closed, and other libraries are facing closure. A study of health sciences library closings found that from 1989–2006…
Hospital Librarianship: Education and Travel by Hospital Librarians: Results of a Survey
MLA frequently offers webinars for a charge to members. I knew from my personal experience that my hospital library does not have an education budget,…