Fall 2020 Business Meeting Recap
Last week in the quarterly message from the HLC Chair, Elizabeth Laera shared a brief recap of the Fall 2020 HLC Business Meeting. There is a recording…
RTI Research Spotlight: Librarian-Led Research Shows New Curriculum Model Increases Student Learning in Evidence-Based Medicine
If you work at an academic health sciences library like I do, I am sure you have sometimes wondered about the impact of your teaching.…
Message from the Editors – Fall 2020
It’s safe to say that 2020 will go down as a year that has brought great challenges to us all, personally and professionally. Though our…
NIH calls for swift sharing of COVID-19 results
NIH Director Francis Collins, MD has issued this statement calling on clinical researchers to swiftly share COVID-19 results through ClinicalTrials.gov. “To ensure such information is accessible as…
Message from the Chair – Fall 2020
As I write this, there is so much to be concerned about. The status of the 2020 election. The climbing COVID-19 numbers. Wildfires to our…
Welcome to the new National Network blog!
We’ve been talking about it, dropping hints, and soliciting content, but the big day is finally here! On behalf of the HLC Board, we are…
Information Services: Trusted Resources for Biomedical Images
Submitted by Kelsey Cowles, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; edited by Shannon Compton, AHIP, Hub Editor: Information Services, MLAConnect The importance…
Clinical Support: Medical Librarians as Public Information Leaders in a Pandemic: Part 2 of 3
Submitted by Louise McLaughlin, Woman’s Health Sciences Library, Baton Rouge, LA; interviewed by Laurie Schwing, Hub Editor: Clinical Support, MLAConnect Recently, the hospital libraries email…
MLA and AAHSL comment on NLM 2017-2027 Strategic Plan
A workgroup of more than 25 MLA and AAHSL volunteers have written comments addressing the progress of NLM’s strategic plan. The associations’ comments support the NLM…
Clinical Support: Medical Librarians as Public Information Leaders in a Pandemic: Part 1 of 3
Submitted by Naomi Bishop, AHIP, Arizona Health Sciences Library, University of Arizona–Phoenix; interviewed by Laurie Schwing, Hub Editor: Clinical Support, MLAConnect Recently, questions were posed to…
MLA/AAHSL Call for Transparency & Impartiality in the Dissemination of Health Information
Today, MLA President Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP and AAHSL President Sandra Franklin, AHIP, FMLA urged the House Select Subcommittee on the CORONAVIRUS CRISIS reject all attempts to…
Caucus News: 2020 Research Caucus Research Awards
Congratulations to the winning research papers and posters from MLA ’20 and the biannual Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) Best Research Paper! The…
Caucus News: Hospital Library Caucus Awards Its Members
It is a long-standing tradition for the Hospital Library Caucus (HLC) to recognize members with its own caucus awards. The Awards Ceremony honoring members added…
Information Services: Where to Find Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Post-National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Figure 1: ECRI Guidelines Trust sample search. In July of 2018, the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) (Guidelines.gov), the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–sponsored…
RTI Research Spotlight: Research Highlights the Importance of Including Users with Disabilities When Providing Web Page Accessibility Information
While teaching a library instruction session, I mentioned the library’s accessibility information web page but was stumped when a student asked some basic clarifying questions…
Clinical Support: The World Isn’t Wide Enough!
Some time ago, the Hospital Library Caucus (HLC) convened a task force to examine the possibility of MLA collaboration with other professional organizations. Although there…
RTI Research Spotlight: Librarian-Led Research Provides Clues for How Librarians Can Improve Medical Students’ Use of Information Tools
In fall 2016, I submitted a poster abstract to MLA ’17. My goal was simple: I wanted to see what point-of-care (POC) products health sciences…
RTI Research Spotlight: RTI Contributed to Additional Study on Effects of COVID-19 on Medical Libraries
Training from the MLA Research Training Institute (RTI) has come in handy again! I am a fellow in the 2019 cohort, and my project is…
RTI News: IMLS Awards Second Grant to MLA to Deepen the Research Capacity of Health Sciences Librarians
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded MLA a $227,862 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant over a 3-year period to…
RTI Research Spotlight: Recent Review Finds Few Information Literacy Studies of Doctoral Students
Doctoral studies offer a unique phase in the development and legitimization of researchers, and it is essential to understand the distinct practices of this population…