Doing Our Jobs in the Time of COVID-19: Facilities and Personnel Management While Your Library Is Closed, Open, Reopening, or Somewhere In-Between
Sponsored by Elsevier’s ClinicalKey®In this time of COVID-19, clinical and academic health libraries face facilities and personnel management challenges. A panel of five librarian leaders…
In Memoriam: Jeff D. Williams, AHIP
Submitted by MLA Headquarters on behalf of Robert I. Grossman, Dean and Chief Executive Officer, NYU Medical Center Jeff D. Williams, AHIP, department chair and…
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Library in COVID-19 Times: Part 2: Transitioning Services, Offerings and Support
Therapy dog visit at the Icahn Levy Library The Mount Sinai Libraries team offers education, teaching, and community engagements throughout the year. The library offers…
Consumer Health: Documenting a Pandemic through Comics
Submitted by Kathryn Houk, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Nevada–Las Vegas; edited by Donald Pearson, AHIP Editor’s Note: Kathryn Houk, MLIS, AHIP, CHIS (she/hers),…
Consumer Health: Cancer Comics
Submitted by A. David Lewis; edited by Donald Pearson, AHIP A. David Lewis is an American comic book and graphic novel writer. He is also…
Global Health & Health Equity: Assisting Clinicians in Addressing Human Trafficking
Written by Amy Sharpe, Sharp HealthCare, and Founder and Cochair, Health Subcommittee, San Diego Human Trafficking & Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Advisory Council,…
Consumer Health: Emotional Health in the Library: Part II: Emotional Labor
Miriam Matteson, associate professor at Kent State University,presented on emotional labor at theOhio Health Sciences Library Association Fall 2019 Meeting. In “Emotional Health in the…
Introducing the Global Health & Health Equity Column!
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay. Welcome to the inaugural Global Health & Health Equity column! This column will cover hub activities and be a platform…
In Memoriam: William G. Cooper, 1926–2019
Photo courtesy of theIsland Funeral Home & Crematory site. William G. Cooper, MLA Honorary Member and husband of MLA Past President Linda A. Watson, FMLA,…
In Memoriam: Charles William Sargent, AHIP, FMLA, 1925–2020
Charles William Sargent, AHIP, FMLA, died on January 8 after a short illness. He was born on December 18, 1925, to John and Florence Sargent…
In Memoriam: Shane Godbolt, 1943–2019
(Laura) Shane Godbolt, retired director of Partnerships in Health Information (PHI), died in her London home on November 24, 2019, surrounded by her family. Godbolt…
Caucus News: Enhancing Patient Experience through Patient-Centered Library Services
Editor’s Note: Republished and edited with permission from the September 2019 Consumer Connections, volume 35, issue 3, pages 3–4. The Bedford Veterans Administration (VA) provides…
Caucus News: Book Review
Editor’s Note: Republished and edited with permission from the September 2019 Consumer Connections, volume 35, issue 3, page 6. Elaine Birchall and Suzanne Cronkwright. Conquer…
In Memoriam: Edean Berglund
Photo credit: Great Falls Tribune via Legacy.com. Members of the Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNC) recently learned that a longtime PNC member, chapter chair, and colleague,…
In Memoriam: Lynne Darby Morris
Photo credit: HeraldSun via Legacy.com. Lynne Darby Morris, age seventy-one, of Chapel Hill, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, after…
Consumer Health: Emotional Health in the Library: Part I: Trauma-Informed Libraries
Meghan Harper, professor at Kent State University, presented a class on “Trauma-Informed Libraries.” Emotional and psychological health issues can be overlooked in service professions, both…
In Memoriam: Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA
Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA, passed away October 17, 2019. Throughout her long and distinguished career, McClure served the association and the library profession as MLA’s…
In Memoriam: Laura Brown
Submitted by Alan F. Carr, AHIP, Louise Darling Biomedical Library, University of California–Los Angeles, on behalf of Carolyn Fischel Laura Brown passed away on August…
In Memoriam: Mary M. Asbell, AHIP
Mary M. Asbell, AHIP, passed away August 28, 2019. Before her retirement from the Preston Smith Library, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC)–Lubbock, in…
Medical Library Education: Academic Orientations
Now that the academic year is fully underway, it is time to take a breath and to reflect upon what was wrought at the beginning…