MLA Endorses Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Librarians Special Interest Group Statement
The MLA Board of Directors has endorsed the following statement prepared by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Librarians Special Interest Group.The Medical Library Association…
Technology: The Gene Expression Omnibus as an Introduction to Genetic Data Sharing for Health Sciences Librarians
Submitted by Dorothy Ogdon, AHIP, Library, Touro University California–Vallejo; edited by Jean M. Gudenas The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), provided by the National Center for…
Social Media: Using Flickr for Library Reference
Submitted by Patricia F. Anderson, Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Once upon a time, I received a…
Staffing the “Born Digital” Library
Submitted by Nadine Dexter, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Central Florida–Orlando, and Bradley A. Long, AHIP, Park Library, Central Michigan University–Mount Pleasant Campus Editor’s…
Introducing the Director of the National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. has announced that Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. will become Director of the National Library of…
MLA and AAHSL Recommend NLM FY 17 Funding
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries have recommended that the National Library of Medicine receive $395,110,000 in FY 2017. In…
MLA & AAHSL Recommend Carla Hayden Become Next Librarian of Congress
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) recommended to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration that Dr. Carla…
Technology: 3D Printing in Medical Libraries
Figure 13D print from an MRI scan of the right hemisphere of a brainUT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center Submitted by Peace…
Social Media: Making the Most of Your Library’s Social Media Accounts
Submitted by Katherine Ghezzi-Kopel, Fayetteville, NY; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Building a presence on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (or elsewhere) provides the opportunity for…
MLA Comments to International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Today, members of MLA’s Scholarly Communications Committee responded to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) proposal for sharing clinical trial data. The ICJME proposes…
FASTR Legislation Moves Forward
On March 8th, “Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015” (FASTR) (S. 779) was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar (No. 384).…
MLA, AAHSL, and others urge Congress to support healthy funding levels in Fiscal Year 2017
MLA, AAHSL, and more than 660 organizations have written to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to allocate as high a…
MLA, AAHSL and others thank Congress for supporting FY 2016 NIH Funding
MLA and AAHSL have joined over 300 organizations and institutions in sending a thank you letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees,…
NLM Director Search Update
The following email from Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, provides an update on the search process for NLM’s next director.…
Technology: Citation Management on Mobile Devices
Submitted by David Petersen, AHIP, Dr. Lon & Elizabeth Parr Reed Health Sciences Library, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN; edited by Jean M. Gudenas The…
Consumer Health: Health Information Center Serving the Community
Submitted by Sandra Oelschlegel, AHIP, Preston Medical Library, University of Tennessee–Knoxville; edited by Jana C. Liebermann The Preston Medical Library at the University of Tennessee…
Social Media: More than GoodReads: Which Online Reading Network Is Right for You?
Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP, Nova Scotia Hospital Library, Nova Scotia Health Authority–Halifax, Canada I started 2016 feeling like I wanted to make more time…
Social Media: Periscoping a “Slice of Life,” Inside and Outside of the Library
Submitted by Mark Vrabel, AHIP, Library Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, PA; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP MLA members are by now likely familiar with Periscope,…
Technology: Browsing the Stacks in a Discovery Tool
Submitted by Harold S. Bright IV, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of the Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ; edited by Jean M. Gudenas How…
Congress Boosts National Library of Medicine Funding
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 increases the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) funding approximately 3.36 percent above Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. The legislation provides NLM with…