Bethany McGowan Named 2022–2023 Leadership and Career Development Fellow
Congratulations to Bethany McGowan on being named to the ARL 2022–2023 Leadership and Career Development Fellows!MLAConnect: What prompted you to apply to the ARL Leadership…
Introducing the 125-Year Retrospective Task Force
The 125-Year Retrospective Task Force, established by the board of directors in 2021, supports MLA’s goal of Building a Better Future by honoring our (almost)…
Product Spotlight: Access APA PsycTests® Through EBSCO (Sponsored)
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Product Spotlight: New AAP Publications Platform Simplifies Search, Improves Discoverability (Sponsored)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) members and subscribers now have a streamlined experience across the breadth of essential AAP publications, with the recent launch…
It’s Never Too Early to Start the Conversation
Yes, we could talk about something more pleasant, but death and dying are an inevitable aspect of our lived human experience. End-of-life decision-making recognizes the…
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Product Spotlight: When It Comes to eBooks, the R2 Digital Library Stands Alone (Sponsored)
The R2 Digital Library is a health sciences eBook database that features a comprehensive collection of medical, nursing, and allied health titles presented in a…
Little Free Library: Building Community During the Pandemic
If you’ve encountered a brightly painted book box, chances are it’s a Little Free Library book exchange. The nonprofit, global book-sharing movement has grown to…
Personals: Katherine Stapes Joins the TTUHSC Library as Special Collections and Reference Librarian
Katherine Stapes joined the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Library as Special Collections and Reference Librarian on August 2. In this role, Katherine will…
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Capturing History Through the Lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Rethinking MLA’s Oral History Project
By Gregory Laynor, cochair, and Ansley Stuart, cochair, MLA Oral History Committee. Established in 1977, the MLA Oral History Project conducts and preserves interviews that…
Personals: Maria Cunningham Named Director of Special Collections at OHSU
Maria Cunningham became Director of Special Collections at Oregon Health & Science University Library in Portland, Oregon, on July 7. She also recently joined MLA! Prior to…
Consumer Connections: Special Edition on Graphic Medicine
The special edition issue of the CAPHIS Caucus’s newsletter Consumer Connections is dedicated to graphic medicine and is now available! It can be found [Link…
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Participate in APHA; Sewell Stipends due July 16!
Hello librarian friends, The Sewell Stipend pays for librarians to participate virtually in the annual meeting of APHA, the American Public Health Association. You can…
Personals: Christopher P. Duffy Honored as One of 2021 Champions of Humanistic Care
Christopher P. Duffy, MLIS, AHIP, the associate dean of the Health Sciences Library at the Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus of the Hackensack Meridian School of…
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Board Establishes Building a Better Future Strategic Goal Task Forces
In one of my last actions as president, I appointed three task forces that will support implementation of MLA’s strategic goal to Build a Better…
Personals: Kate Flewelling Named Alumni Medical Library Director
Congratulations to MLA member Kate Flewelling, AHIP, for being named the Director of the Alumni Medical Library at the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). Her…