Consumer Health: Reaching out to the “T”: A Medical Library’s Experience Providing Outreach and Consumer Health Resources to the Transgender Community
Submitted by Francisco J. Fajardo and Jorge E. Perez, Herbert Wertheim Medical Library, Florida International University–Miami; and Hector Perez-Gilbe, AHIP, Ayala Science Library, University of…
Medical Library Education: Quality Education No Matter the Modality
Recently, the president of the University of North Texas (UNT) invited a panel of three experts in the field of online education to share their…
In Memoriam: Francis (Fran) Brahmi, AHIP
Francis (Fran) Brahmi, AHIP, passed away on December 25, 2016. Her career at the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Ruth Lilly Medical Library spanned over…
In Memoriam: Ruth C. Morris
Ruth C. Morris passed away on November 28, 2016, in Charlottesville, Virginia, at age seventy-two, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in New…
In Memoriam: Joanne Callard
Submitted by Joy Summers-Ables, AHIP, Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center–Oklahoma City Joanne Callard passed away January 21, 2017,…
In Memoriam: Billy Triplett
Billy Triplett, AHIP, passed away on November 1, 2016, in Bossier City, Louisiana. Triplett earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Louisiana Tech University and…
In Memoriam: Wendy Lehar
Wendy Lehar, AHIP, passed away on December 26, 2016, from a malignant brain tumor at the young age of thirty-three. She was a research and…
In Memoriam: Velora Avis Jernigan-Pedrick
Velora Avis Jernigan-Pedrick of Alexandria, Virginia, passed away on November 8, 2016, after a two-year struggle with cancer. Jernigan-Pedrick was born on March 27, 1956,…
Consumer Health: “I Saw It on the Internet”: A Trustworthy Resources Class for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Editor’s Note: With this column, the MLA News welcomes the new Consumer Health column editor, Christine Willis, Shepherd Center, Noble Learning Resource Center, Atlanta, GA.…
MLA Education: Expanded Committee Structure
The MLA Board of Directors met November 3-4, 2016 in Chicago, IL amidst the celebration of the Cubs historic World Series win. The board focussed…
Medical Library Education: Emotional Intelligence and You: A Predictor of Career Success
Submitted by Jodi L. Philbrick, AHIP, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas–Denton My dissertation research focused on the…
Use of Journal Display Space in a Digital Library
Submitted by Michael Kronenfeld, AHIP, FMLA, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of the Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ Editor’s note: This article provides a…
The Future of Education at MLA is Signed, Sealed, and Soon to be Delivered: Please Welcome Medlib-Ed!
MLA is proud to announce that we’ve signed a contract with LearnSomething to use their LearnerCommunity platform to host all MLA educational offerings starting in…
Consumer Health: Public and Academic Libraries Partnering for Community Events about Mobile Health Resources
Submitted by Carolyn Schubert and Mark Lane, East Campus Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, and Susan Versen, Massanutten Regional Library, Harrisonburg, VA; edited by…
Continuing Education: MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization Recipients
Congratulations to the following individuals who have received MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) from January 2016 through April 2016. MLA’s CHIS program is a continuing…
Sneak Peek on MLA Award for Research Advancement
By Margaret Bandy and Michelle Kraft, Research Imperative Task Force (RITF) Does your organization support your involvement in research activities? The MLA Board has approved…
New Institute Will Provide In-Depth Research Training for Librarians
In Toronto the MLA Board of Directors approved the concept of a Research Training Institute for health sciences librarians who want to improve their research…
Beginning Well: The Guiding Principles of the Expanded MLA Education Program
The Education Strategic Goal calls on MLA to become the go-to education resource for health information professionals. In the next three to five years MLA will…
The True Meaning of Impact
As part of MLA’s strategic goal on education, we’re expanding MLA’s education programs. A new learning management system will launch by January 1, with plans…
Medical Library Education: Show Me the Money: Student Funding Opportunities
Submitted by Jodi L. Philbrick, AHIP, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas–Denton Over the past few weeks while…