5 Minutes With… Nancy A. Clark
5 Minutes With… Nancy A. ClarkNancy A. Clark works as the Director, Library Network Office, Veterans Health Administration. She is this year’s recipient of the Lois Ann Colaianni…
5 Minutes With… Jodi L. Philbrick
5 Minutes With… Jodi L. Philbrick, MSLS, PhD, AHIP Jodi L. Philbrick, MSLS, PhD, AHIP is a Senior Lecturer at the University of North Texas-…
Guest Columnist: Seema Bhakta
Hospital libraries attract various members of our community whether they be clinical staff or patients. However, due to the pandemic and the need for social…
Message from the Chair – Spring 2021
Last month MLA offered its first ever “Experience MLA” month, filled with a variety of events and learning opportunities from caucuses, committees, and domain hubs.…
An Introduction to the Global Health & Health Equity Hub*
What is Health Equity? What is Global Health? Health equity is often thought of as everyone having equal access to healthcare resources and information, but…
Message from the Editors- Spring 2021
It doesn’t seem possible, but it’s already March! Last November, we transitioned National Network to a blog format. We hoped that this new format would…
Joint Commission for Medical/Hospital Librarians Updates, January 2020-January 2021: COVID-19
There are times I think I simply cannot read one more word about this coronavirus or COVID-19… but it will not fade to obscurity just…
Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine: One Librarian’s Experience
I expected to be one of the last to receive the COVID vaccine according to our algorithm. However, one of the RNs recognized my impact…
Education: Unplugged Outreach
According to information found on the Trends page at the American Library Association’s website, the Internet age has birthed the notion of becoming temporarily “unplugged”…
MLA Reads Book Club: Insights on leading a virtual book discussion group
Editors’ Note: For today’s National Network blog post, we have a guest essay from the MLA Reads team. MLA Reads is a virtual book club…
Clinical Support: Searching for Guidelines: Extreme Basics
Submitted by Isabel Ramos-Wing, Medical Library, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA; edited by Laurie Schwing, Hub Editor: Clinical Support, MLAConnect A necessary part of…
RTI News: Announcing the New RTI Twitter Account: @RTIatMLA
Newsflash! The Research Training Institute (RTI) has created a new Twitter account for all things related to RTI: @RTIatMLA! Be one of the first to…
Happy New Year!
Welcome back, HLC! I hope that you all were able to take a well-deserved, restorative break over the winter holiday season, even if only a…
Happy Holidays!
What a year it has been. Through all the changes and challenges 2020 has brought, thank you for sticking with us. We hope you’ve enjoyed…
Caucus News: From Quarterlyish Newsletter to Biweekly Blog: A Caucus’s Journey
The value of professional organizations is indisputable for connecting with other professionals, for networking, and for camaraderie. This is especially true for the Hospital Library…
RTI News: RTI Fellow Sandra McCarthy, AHIP, Awarded 2020 Academic Librarian of the Year!
Sandra McCarthy, AHIP, Bailey Library, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI, is the recipient of the 2020 Academic Librarian of the Year from the Michigan…
Guest Columnist: Seema Bhakta
In October of 2019, I packed my bags and moved to the great Pacific Northwest from sunny Southern California to embark on a new journey.…
RTI News: RTI Fellow Elizabeth Suelzer, AHIP, Awarded 2020 Librarian of the Year!
Elizabeth Suelzer, AHIP, MCW Libraries, Medical College of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, is the recipient of the 2020 Librarian of the Year by the Wisconsin Health Science Library…
RTI Research Spotlight: Librarian-Led Research Identifies Barriers to Library Referrals from Clinical Care Teams and Suggests Solutions
In a recent article published in Hypothesis, Liz Kellermeyer, AHIP, Tucker Medical Library, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, has explored the factors affecting clinical care…
We would like YOU to present at MLA
Editors’ note: Submissions are now open for posters and lightning talks for MLA ‘21–the deadline to submit your abstract is January 22, 2021 at 6:00PM…