Congratulations to the 2019 RTI Fellows!
MLA is pleased to announce the 2019 Research Training Institute (RTI) Fellows! The fellows will attend the RTI in Chicago from July 15–19, 2019. Our…
Personals: Sarah L Carnes, AHIP
Sarah L. Carnes, AHIP, Bedford Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bedford, MA, was interviewed by Michelle L. Eberle, AHIP, Massachusetts Library System (MLS), in an article…
Personals: Michael R. Kronenfeld, AHIP, FMLA
Michael R. Kronenfeld, AHIP, FMLA, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of the Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ, will retire at the end of February…
Personals: Mark Vrabel
Mark Vrabel, Library, Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), Pittsburgh, PA, was featured in “Invaluable Resources” by Ellen Carr in the February 2019 Clinical Journal of Oncology…
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…
RTI Fellows Share Experiences at NNLM MCR Webinar
Liz Kellermeyer and Alicia Lillich, 2018 Research Training Institute (RTI) fellows and members of the MidContinental Region (MCR) of the National Network of Libraries of…
Personals: Catherine M. Boss, AHIP
Retirement, here she comes! On Friday, October 26, 2018, Catherine M. Boss, AIHP, retired after 45 years in medical librarianship. Boss has been the coordinator…
RTI Fellow Shares Experience in Blog
Elizabeth Suelzer, 2018 Research Training Institute (RTI) fellow, recently participated in the RTI program in Chicago and shared her experience for the Wisconsin Health Sciences…
Personals: Claire B. Joseph, AHIP, Appointed Editor of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
Claire B. Joseph, AHIP, Harbhajan Singh, MD Medical Library, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY, is the new editor of the Journal of Consumer Health…
Personals: Carl Leak Appointed Health Sciences Librarian at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
The University Libraries at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill are pleased to announce the appointment of Carl Leak as health sciences librarian, effective September…
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…
Personals: Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP
Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP, has been named university librarian at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Alpi will lead the OHSU Library team’s strategic…
Visualizing the Research Topics of 2018 Research Training Institute Applicants
As part of the 2018 application process for the Research Training Institute (RTI), applicants submitted a list of keywords or phrases that describe the topics…
Personals: Barbara Lowther Shipman
Barbara Lowther Shipman retired as health sciences informationist in August 2018 after serving many leadership roles in the Taubman Health Sciences Library during her thirty-nine…
Honoring Our Past
A most interesting biographical article of a physician in the October 1970 Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) was written by Katherine T. Barkley,…
Honoring Our Past
An interesting “Toast to MLA” by M. Doreen E. Fraser appeared in the editorial section of the April 1970 issue of the Bulletin of the…
Personals: Karen Grigg
The University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill University Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Grigg as the health sciences librarian for collections and…
Personals: Jonquil D. Feldman, AHIP, Appointed Editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly
Jonquil D. Feldman, AHIP, will be the new editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly (MRSQ). M. Sandra Wood, FMLA, is stepping down after over thirty…
First RTI Workshop in Chicago a Great Success!
The inaugural Research Training Institute (RTI) was held July 9–13, 2018, at the Library of Health Sciences-Chicago, University of Illinois–Chicago. During the RTI, nationally recognized…