Bethany McGowan Named 2022–2023 Leadership and Career Development Fellow
Congratulations to Bethany McGowan on being named to the ARL 2022–2023 Leadership and Career Development Fellows!MLAConnect: What prompted you to apply to the ARL Leadership…
Introducing the 125-Year Retrospective Task Force
The 125-Year Retrospective Task Force, established by the board of directors in 2021, supports MLA’s goal of Building a Better Future by honoring our (almost)…
Brought to you by the Hospital Library Caucus – Drag Queen Story Hour: Experiencing Diversity in Action, Experience MLA ’22
Hospital Libraries Caucus hosted the Experience MLA event, Drag Queen Story Hour: Experiencing Diversity in Action on February 10, 2022. In case you missed it,…
Audience Analysis: Meet Your Learners Where They Are
By Anna Ferri and Megan De Armond The first phase of designing a new learning intervention involves identifying a problem or goal the instruction is…
5(ish) Minutes With…Rosemarie Taylor
Rosemarie K. Taylor has just retired from her position as Manager of Library Services at Commonwealth Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where she worked for 47 years, and…
Training and Educational Needs of New Hospital Librarians
New hospital librarians are often left to their own savvy and wits to find the training and information they need to perform their job responsibilities…
A Conversation about Medical Librarians and the IRB
Editor’s note: There was a recent conversation on the HLC Listserv about hospital librarians serving the IRB. Eleanor Truex wrote up this wonderful guide, which…
From the Back Burner to Done: Time Management Tips
First published in Southern Expressions, Vol. 38, No. 1. By Terri Gotschall, Rachel Walden, Nakia Woodward, and Emily Weyant. Don’t want to write an article,…
In Memoriam: Patricia Gallagher
Patricia Gallagher, MA, MLS, AHIP, FMLA, passed away on December 1, 2021, after a ten-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was sixty-seven years old. To…
5 Minutes With… Ryan Norman
Ryan Norman is the Medical Librarian for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, and has recently joined the editing team at National Network as…
In Memoriam: Patty Davies
Patty Davies (right) with Jim Morgan (left), who was OHSU library director for many years Patty Davies, former librarian at The Oregon Health and Science…
In Memoriam: Edward Janavel Huth
Edward Janavel Huth, 98, of Bryn Mawr died November 2, 2021, with his wife of sixty-four years by his side. Ed was born in Philadelphia…
Busting Myths about Preprints
Preprints are increasingly in the public eye, in part due to their contribution to the research corpus during the COVID-19 pandemic [1]. But what exactly…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope that you were able to take some time for yourself over the holidays, either to celebrate or to spend…
In Memoriam: Ann Brooks
Ann Brooks was a distinguished librarian who held two master’s degrees in library science and business administration. Ann began her career at the Texas A&M…
In Memoriam: William Dosite Postell, Jr.
A native of New Orleans, Bill attended Spring Hill College and Tulane University, where he earned his undergraduate degree and was a member of Sigma…
In Memoriam: Janet Louise (Earnshaw) Minnerath
During her distinguished career, Janet was the founding director of the VAMIS (Virginia Medical Information System), based at Virginia Commonwealth University, and established medical libraries…
In Memoriam: Ronald D. Padot
Ronald D. Padot, 53, died peacefully at home in the Detroit area surrounded by family on November 23, 2021, after being diagnosed earlier this year…
A Conversation about Medical Librarians and the IRB
By Eleanor Shanklin Truex, BSN, RN, MLIS, Amita Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL Librarians tend to be a generous people; the librarian listservs are…
Message from the Chair – December 2021
Greetings of the Season! It’s hard to believe we are in December already and the holidays and 2022 are in sight! HLC has been very…