A recap on the International Visiting Information Professionals (IVIP) Program Pilot
The IVIP Program Pilot was a partnership between MLA/ICS IVIP Program Task Force and the Taiwan Medical Library Association. The goal was for the Program…
Attending ICML+EAHIL in Dublin, Ireland with the MLA ICS Reis Grant
The International Congress of Medical Librarianship and the European Association of Health Information and Libraries held their joint conference in Dublin June 12th – 16th. Like…
An experience at Bracken Health Science Library – forth week
Time flies! It’s the last week of my visit in Bracken and also a short week (Monday was the Thanksgiving Holiday in Canada). This week…
An experience at Bracken Health Science Library – third week
It’s the third week I have been here. I got more time to talk with Bracken’s librarians one-on-one during this week. Sarah, a librarian…
Chao-yu’s experience at Bracken Health Science Library – second week
written by Chao-yu Wu, National Taiwan University This week, I observed 3 different classes to see how librarians in Bracken teach students in literature searching.…
T. Mark Hodges: International Pioneer
T. (Terrence) Mark Hodges didn’t set out to be a librarian, but like many of us, he fell into the love of organized books. While…
IFLA Report from Jaime Friel Blanck, First Recipient of the Avraham Reis IFLA Annual Meeting Grant
Report for the Avraham Reis IFLA Annual Meeting Grant 2015 Recipient: Jaime Friel Blanck, Clinical Informationist, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD …
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…
A VISIT TO SWAZILAND TO ASSIST A NEW NURSING SCHOOL
Last November 2013, I was invited to a newly opened nursing school in Swaziland to introduce online health information resources to the faculty and students,…
RECAP: ICS 25TH BIRTHDAY & MLA’14
Dear all ICS members, I just wanted to thank everyone for a special MLA’14 to celebrate ICS’s 25th anniversary in Chicago!! Please check out a…
HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY ICS!
From MLA ’14 Blog post by Martha Knuth. The International Cooperation Section celebrated their 25th birthday with a lovely party hosted by Kathy Kwan. Attended…
MESSAGE FROM ICS CHAIR: LOOKING BACK ON 2013-2014
Dear all, As I prepared the ICS Annual Report to submit to the MLA Board, I fully appreciated that the ICS truly had a productive year! …
BANGLADESH SISTER LIBRARY CEREMONY & NEWS
Hello ICS members, I’m thrilled to share information and photos of a Sister Library ceremony which took place on April 13th in Bangladesh. The sister…
STANDARDHEALTH APP
Northwestern freshman creates health care app focused on developing countries The Daily Northwester | April 8, 2014 | Olivia Exstrum A Northwestern University freshman and a…