Be Well Wednesday: Lighten Up! Using Humor to Boost Wellness and Joy at Work
Submitted by: Shannon D. JonesThe Be Well MLA Team invites all MLA members to join us for “Lighten Up! Using Humor to Boost Wellness and…
MLA Reads Book Discussion: Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin
The MLA Reads Planning Team is excited to announce that our upcoming book discussion will feature Ruha Benjamin’s Viral Justice: How We Grow the World…
Assist Hypothesis in Crafting A Strategic Plan: Complete the SCOT Analysis
Submitted by: Margaret Hoogland Hypothesis is embarking on a Strategic Planning journey. In preparation, we are conducting a Strengths, Challenge (Yes, I swapped out weakness!),…
Guest Post: Unveiling the Veil: A Call to Eradicate Publication Bias for a True Scientific Renaissance
By Johanna Hoyos, MSc. In the dynamic arena of scientific exploration, where the pursuit of knowledge shapes the future, a shadow lingers – publication bias.…
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA): Why & How?
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA): Why & How? This is a quick overview of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training. What is it? MHFA…
Be Well MLA – Real Love: Enabling Fierce Self-Compassion
The Be Well MLA initiative promotes wellness and well-being among members of the Medical Library Association. Every month, MLA members are invited to participate in…
CAPHIS Consumer Connections Newsletter
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Services (CAPHIS) Caucus publishes the peer-reviewed and CINAHL indexed Consumer Connections Newsletter (ISSN 15357821) twice a year. In it…
Advocating for Authorship: Librarians and Information Professionals as Authors on Evidence Synthesis Publications
This blog post was coauthored by Emily A. Brennan. Despite making significant intellectual contributions to systematic reviews and evidence synthesis publications, and meeting authorship criteria…
JMLA Goes All Digital in 2023
The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) will only be available in digital formats starting with the 2023 editions. The decision was made collaboratively,…
Growing a Seed Library
By Brandon Patterson, Jennifer Macali, Gabrielle James, and Donna Baluchi Walk into the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah and you’ll be…
Scholarly Snippets: A Collaborative Research Series Between Six College of Osteopathic Medicine Libraries
This blog post has multiple authors in addition to Joanne Mullenbach: Katie Hoskins, Kyle D. Robinson-California Health Sciences University; Molly Montgomery-Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine; Abbey…
MLA Welcomes New JMLA Co-Editors-in-Chief
The JMLA Editor-in-Chief Search Committee and MLA Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Jill T. Boruff, AHIP, Liaison Librarian, Schulich Library…
MLA Scholarly Communications Caucus Hosts Successful Shop Talk Series
Thanks to the creativity and curiosity of its members, the recently formed Scholarly Communications Caucus successfully hosted a monthly “Shop Talk Series” from October 2021…
Libraries, the Centerpiece of a Public Health Initiative
Libraries are increasingly playing an essential role in our communities as a hub for access to information, support, and opportunity. Because of this, Safe Space…
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…
SC/MLA Members Share Inspiring Ideas for Promoting Libraries: Part 3 of 3
This article originally ran in the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association’s newsletter Southern Expressions, 2021;37(4):4–8. October is National Medical Librarians Month, a time to…
JMLA Editor-in-Chief Transitions to New Role
Please thank Katherine Akers for her service to MLA as she steps down from the role of JMLA editor-in-chief and transitions to a new career outside medical…
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…
New Research Shows Involvement of a Librarian Is Associated with More Reproducible Searches and Improved Methodological Reporting in Dental Medicine Systematic Reviews
By Jamie Bloss, Jana Schellinger, and Kerry Sewell The production of systematic reviews (SRs) has steadily increased since the 1990s, but the increase in the number…
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…