MLA InSight Initiative Fall Forum Future Possibilities and Opportunities
For recordings and more detailed program information, go to InSight Initiative Fall Forum 2020 Detailed Program.On October 29–30, 2020, MLA hosted a free online fall…
Innovation & Research Practice: Predatory Journals: Be on the Lookout! What I Learned at a Continuing Education Session
Submitted by Mary C. Rickelman, AHIP, R. A. Williams Library, AdventHealth University, Orlando, FL; edited by Lisa Huang, Hub Editor: Innovation & Research Practice, MLAConnect…
Product Spotlight: Help Shape the Future of Elsevier’s Digital Clinical Solutions (Sponsored)
We invite you to join the Elsevier Clinical Solutions User Feedback Program. Designed to bring our customers closer to the product development process, this program…
EFTS Successes and Growing Pains
One short year ago, MLA agreed to develop a new Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS) platform to ensure continuity of service for the many libraries…
Personals: Rachel Lane Walden
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries announced that Rachel Lane Walden, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, received the 2020 Vanderbilt School of Nursing…
Education: Supervising and Managing
Education can take many forms and modes of instruction, including continuing education or professional development. Some types of education are arrived at empirically in the…
Product Spotlight: When It Comes to E-Books, the R2 Digital Library Stands Alone (Sponsored)
The R2 Digital Library is a health sciences electronic book database that features a comprehensive collection of medical, nursing, and allied health titles presented in…
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…
InSight Initiative Videos
Submitted by Gerald J. Perry, AHIP, FMLA, Past Chair, InSight Initiative Task Force, and John Gallagher, Chair, InSight Initiative Task Force MLA’s InSight Initiative is…
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…
Education: An Update on AMA 11th Edition Citation Format: A Guide for Pharmacy Students
Submitted by Kathy Grams and Irena G. Dryankova-Bond, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Science–Worcester In 1925, the editors of the Journal of the American…
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…
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.…
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…
Personals: Retirement of Alan Carr
Alan F. Carr, AHIP, has announced his upcoming retirement on July 1, after eighteen years of service to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine…
Personals: Retirement of Kelli Ham
Kelli Ham, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) Pacific Southwest Region (PSR), University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA), has announced her retirement on July 1.…
Personals: Nisha Mody Appointed Interim Associate Director
Nisha Mody, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA), became interim associate director on June 1. Mody is a health sciences information…
Significant Changes to EFTS and DOCLINE after June 30, 2020
The University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) is transferring the operations of the Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) to MLA in a timeline agreed to…
Personals: Janis F. Brown, AHIP, Retires
Janis F. Brown, AHIP, retired after thirty-nine years of service to the University of Southern California (USC)–Los Angeles. Brown has served in many roles since…