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…
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…
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…
Innovation & Research Practice: Insomnia Coach App Review
The Insomnia Coach app is available for veterans, service members, anyone who has insomnia, or anyone who would like to improve their sleep. The app…
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…
Consumer Health: Making It Local: Virtual Conversations Extend Community Outreach
Missy Creed, consumer health librarian at the Ohio State University Library for Health Information (LHI), has responded to the current challenge of being “out in…
Education: Library Disaster Plans
Although a wealth of information on the construction of disaster plans tailored to various library types is readily available on the Internet and is even…
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…
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…
Personals: Terrie R. Wheeler Featured on NEJM Library Hub
Terrie R. Wheeler, director of the Samuel J. Wood Library and C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center of Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, is featured…
Personals: Sarah L. Carnes, AHIP, Featured in Publications
Sarah L. Carnes, AHIP, clinical librarian and acting emergency manager of the Bedford Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Bedford, MA, was recently featured in…
Professionalism & Leadership: Thinking about Thinking
Have you ever thought about how much thinking we do each day, or how we go about making a decision? Have you thought about how…
Personals: Susan Gerding Bader, AHIP, Retirement
On July 31, after seventeen years, Susan Gerding Bader, AHIP, is retiring as the director of the Learning Resource Center at the Baylor University Louise…
Education: Orientations
Social distancing guidelines coupled with mandatory library closures at many campuses across the nation has forced librarians to find new methods of packaging library services…
Personals: Virginia Commonwealth University Transitions
On July 1, 2020, leadership of the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries–Richmond, transitioned with the retirement of John E.…
Letter to the Editor: As Librarian Furloughs and Lay-Offs Mount, Provider Practice and Patients May Suffer
The article by Virginia Marie Trow on May 14, 2020, “Clinical Support: As Losses Mount, US Hospitals Furlough Librarians with Other Hospital Staff,” describes the…
Consumer Health: Virtual Health Education during COVID-19
Due to COVID-19 and the stay at home order in the state of Florida beginning in March of this year, I realized there had to…
Visit the Pacific Northwest through MLA Oral Histories
Although MLA ’20 has transitioned from the in-person meeting in Portland, OR, to the virtual vConference, the Oral History Committee is putting the spotlight on interviews…
JJ Pionke Named Library Journal 2020 Mover & Shaker
MLAConnect: Congratulations on being named one of the 2020 Library Journal Movers & Shakers! This is well-deserved recognition for all of the work you do…