Consumer Health: Developing Collection Management Guidelines for an Embedded Consumer Health Library
Submitted by Mira Geffner, Bay Area Cancer Connections, Palo Alto, CA; edited by Jana LiebermannThis summer, it has been my task to develop a collection…
International News
Submitted by Katie D. McLean, AHIP CADTH and Partners Hold Rapid Review Summit The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), British Columbia…
Social Media: Librarians without Limits? Twitter Can Help
Submitted by Caitlyn Ford, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH), Ottawa, ON, Canada; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Check out the video…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch What Is Critical Librarianship? A plethora of conferences have already met or will occur in 2015 on critical librarianship. Also known…
MLA’s Librarians without Borders® E-Library Training Initiative Activities, 2014
Submitted by Lenny Rhine, FMLA, Coordinator, Librarians without Borders® E-library Training Initiative With a two-year renewal from the Elsevier Foundation’s Innovative Libraries Grants in Developing…
MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization Recipients
Congratulations to the following individuals who have received MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) from October 2014 through December 2014. MLA’s CHIS program is a…
International News
Submitted by Katie D. McLean, AHIP Cochrane EMBASE Screeners Reach 100,000 Records As of December 2014, a little over 100,000 records have been screened by…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Medical MOOCs If getting conversant, maybe even erudite, on a topic is something desired, then going to one of a number…
Editor’s Note
Laurie L. Thompson, AHIP, FMLA, Editor, MLA News I’m excited to announce a new column this month: “Social Media,” edited by Lara Killian, AHIP. In…
Consumer Health: Helping the Military Community: The Brickell Library Outreach Initiative at Eastern
Submitted by Ruth M. Smith and Judith Mercer, Brickell Medical Sciences Library, Eastern Virginia Medical School–Norfolk; edited by Jana C. Liebermann The Eastern Virginia Medical…
Technology: Uses of Research Networking Systems
Submitted by Diana Nelson Louden, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington–Seattle; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Numerous research networking systems (RNSs) have been developed [1],…
The Human Library Comes to the Scott Memorial Library at Thomas Jefferson University
Submitted by Patricia Wynne, Scott Memorial Library, Center for Teaching & Learning, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Last October, the Scott Memorial Library at Thomas…
Technology: There’s an App for That in Our Catalog: Circulating iOS Apps in the Library
Submitted by Dana Thimons, AHIP, Sewell Learning Fellow, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Alexandria, VA; edited by Jean Gudenas When students at Nova Southeastern…
Technology: Virtual Note Taking
Submitted by Andrea C. Kepsel, AHIP, MSU Libraries, Michigan State University–East Lansing; edited by Jean M. Gudenas In 2010 the Pew Research Center showed that…
Social Media: Health-Related Wearables and Social Sharing
Check out the video version of this column on MLA’s YouTube channel. Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP With Apple’s recent announcements about the availability of…
Professional Development: Academy New Members or Members Renewing at a Higher Level
Congratulations to new members and members who have renewed at a higher level in the Academy of Health Information Professionals. This quarterly listing is based…
Medical Library Education: There Is No “I” in Team: The Importance of Teamwork
Submitted by Jodi L. Philbrick, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas–Denton On a recent visit to a Major…
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…
Technology: Scanning Documents with Your Mobile Device
Submitted by Daniel Trout, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Many people carry powerful cameras with them every day, and these…
Using *Your* Words: Professional Competencies
MLA President Michelle Kraft gets in on the action Over 100 people attended the open forum, “Revitalizing the Professional Competencies for Lifelong Learning” in…