Celebrating 16th Biennial AHILA Congress in Nigeria
With partial support from the MLA ICS Reis Grant, I attended the 16th Biennial Congress for Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA)…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Update on EFTS Continuation
On May 22, 2019, Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) users received a communication from Janice Swiatek, director of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the…
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…
Presenting at EAHIL in Basel, Switzerland with the MLA ICS Reis Grant
The European Association of Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) held a fantastic conference in Basel, Switzerland from June 17th-20th with the theme of Bridge, Act, SharE,…
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…
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…
Librarians without Borders® HINARI Sub-Regional Train the Trainers Workshop Egypt: April 22-26, 2018
The Hinari Sub-Regional Train the Trainers workshop was held in Cairo, Egypt from 22-26 April, 2018. The workshop was jointly organized by WHO Regional Office…
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…
International News
WHO launches new guidelines on managing physical health amid mental health issues The World Health Organization (WHO) has released guidelines to assist in managing physical…
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…
Learning from librarians in many languages at Állatorvostudományi Egyetem in Budapest, Hungary: a summary from Kris Alpi
By Kristine Alpi, AHIP The Librarians without Borders® Ursula Poland International Scholarship supported part of my travel to the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest,…
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…