International News
Submitted by Katie D. McLean, AHIPCochrane EMBASE Screeners Reach 100,000 RecordsAs of December 2014, a little over 100,000 records have been screened by 746 participants…
International News
Submitted by Katie D. McLean, AHIP ALIA Launches FAIR Initiative for Open Information The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) recently launched Freedom of Access…
MLA supports cures for patients
MLA and AAHSL have signed onto a community letter commending the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’ (HELP) for its effort to draft legislation that…
CDS Member Authored Articles, Books, Book Chapters, Reviews & Presentations
CDS Members in BOLD Articles Reviews Presentations / Posters / Upcoming Presentations Articles Goben, A., & Raszewski, R. (2015). The data life cycle applied…
Conference Report: The Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) Conference 2015
Submitted by Susan Swogger, CDS Chair MLA’s annual conference is a most excellent opportunity to learn and share with colleagues, but it is certainly…
Help Wanted: Volunteer Opportunities In CDS
Wanted: Editor — Developments Newsletter The Collection Development Section is looking for a new Editor for the section’s newsletter, Developments. Developments is published two times…
New Members
Submitted by Nadia Lalla, Membership Committee Chair A warm welcome to our newest members and returning members of the Collection Development Section as of November…
CDS Members In The News
Nancy Olmos Awarded the 2014 Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona Paraprofessional of the Year Award Janet Doe Lectureship for 2016M.J. Tooey, AHIP,…
CDS Logo Contest Results
We have a new logo! We have a new logo! Brooke Billman, MA, AHIP of the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona…
Awards: The Daniel T. Richards
Submitted by Rebecca Raszewski, Awards Committee Chair The Collection Development Section is pleased to announce that the article, Mapping the Literature of Radiation Therapy by…
Collection Development Election Results
Submitted by Susan Kendall, Nominating Committee Chair The results of the Collection Development Section elections are: Chair-Elect: Amy Purvis apurvis@galencollege.edu Amy Purvis, MLS, AHIP, is…
Message From the Chair
Letter from the Chair, Spring 2015 Dear Section Members,Happy Spring! I hope that you are all enjoying beautiful weather wherever you are, and that it…
Spring 2015 v.27 #1
Hello From Your Editor, I hope everyone is enjoying spring – after a rather crazy winter where the East Coast got buried in tons of…
MLA and AAHSL support NLM funding
MLA and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have recommended that the National Library of Medicine (NLM) receive $394 million in funding for Fiscal Year…
Librarians Without Borders® Johns Hopkins University Workshop Report: March 24, 2015
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (March 24, 2015) In March, a one day HINARI workshop was conducted at Johns Hopkins University, a U.S. based University,…
MLA comments on a strategic vision for the National Library of Medicine
MLA has submitted comments and recommendations that recognize the critical support the National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides to the health sciences library community and others.…
Librarians Without Borders® Tulane University HINARI Workshop Report: February 6, 2015
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (February 6, 2015) In February a one day HINARI workshops was conducted at Tulane University, a U.S. based University that…
MLA and AAHSL applaud proposed changes to ClinicalTrials procedures
MLA, the Cancer Libraries Section of MLA, and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) enthusiastically support efforts by the National Institutes of Health…
Librarians Without Borders® Workshop Reports and Photos: 2014
Yemen (March 2-5, 2014) A four day National HINARI Training Course was conducted at the Al-Bustan Hotel in Sana’a, Yemen. The workshop…
ICS REFLECTIONS, 2014-2015
Dear friends and fellow ICS members, It has been an eventful few months since MLA Annual Meeting in May 2014 – both in our own…