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…
Medical Library Education: Design Thinking
Librarians who are engaged in medical library education are often called upon to provide instruction on a host of topics in various surroundings before diverse…
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…
Period Power!
Leiter Lecturer Nadya Okamoto will discuss health information in underserved communities, health disparities, gender identity, and how she founded PERIOD. the Menstrual Movement. Nadya Okamoto…
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…
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…
Announcing Nadya Okamoto as Featured Speaker at MLA ’19 | Elevate!
MLA is pleased to announce that Nadya Okamoto will be the featured 2019 Joseph Leiter National Library of Medicine (NLM)/MLA Lecturer during MLA ’19 in…
Consumer Health: Institute for Healthcare Advancement Annual Health Literacy Conference
Submitted by Ophelia Morey, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; edited by Christine Willis, AHIP May 2018 marked the 17th year that the…
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…
Personals: Megan Fratta
The University Libraries of the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill is pleased to announce the appointment of Megan Fratta as the community outreach and global…