Medical Library Education: Academic Orientations
Now that the academic year is fully underway, it is time to take a breath and to reflect upon what was wrought at the beginning…
Why the Academy of Health Information Professionals Matters to All MLA Members
Submitted by Tomi Gunn, Senior Manager, Community Engagement, MLA, and Barry Grant, Education Director, MLA Note: For the next many months, Academy of Health Information…
TAKE ACTION TO OPPOSE THE CASE ACT OF 2019
Members of the health sciences library community are encouraged to contact your Senators and urge them to oppose the CASE Act, The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of…
Presenting at EAHIL in Basel, Switzerland with the MLA ICS Reis Grant
The European Association of Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) held a fantastic conference in Basel, Switzerland from June 17th-20th with the theme of Bridge, Act, SharE,…
Scholarly Communications Slide Decks
The Medical Library Association’s Scholarly Communications Committee has gathered [Link removed (slide decks)] on the following scholarly communications topics prepared by health sciences librarians during the…
Springing forward with MIS – intro
Good afternoon everyone, The MIS leaders invite all members to participate in a new challenge: Springing forward with MIS. This challenge is very similar to…
Librarians without Borders® HINARI Sub-Regional Train the Trainers Workshop Egypt: April 22-26, 2018
The Hinari Sub-Regional Train the Trainers workshop was held in Cairo, Egypt from 22-26 April, 2018. The workshop was jointly organized by WHO Regional Office…
Period Power!
Leiter Lecturer Nadya Okamoto will discuss health information in underserved communities, health disparities, gender identity, and how she founded PERIOD. the Menstrual Movement. Nadya Okamoto…
International News
WHO launches new guidelines on managing physical health amid mental health issues The World Health Organization (WHO) has released guidelines to assist in managing physical…
MLA Comments on Healthy People 2030 Objectives
Today, MLA submitted comments that support the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2030 Objectives. Healthy People focuses on critical public health promotion…
MLA Addresses Draft NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on proposed revisions to its draft data management and sharing policy…
Learning from librarians in many languages at Állatorvostudományi Egyetem in Budapest, Hungary: a summary from Kris Alpi
By Kristine Alpi, AHIP The Librarians without Borders® Ursula Poland International Scholarship supported part of my travel to the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest,…
The National Guidelines Clearinghouse Returns—as the ECRI Guidelines Trust
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted in the Public Health/Health Administration (PH/HA) Section’s PH/HA Libraries blog. The MLA News is releasing an updated version…
International News
Exercise Medicine Is on the Rise in Malaysia Exercise medicine has become a popular and effective treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia. Early intervention…
Announcing Nadya Okamoto as Featured Speaker at MLA ’19 | Elevate!
MLA is pleased to announce that Nadya Okamoto will be the featured 2019 Joseph Leiter National Library of Medicine (NLM)/MLA Lecturer during MLA ’19 in…
Consumer Health: Institute for Healthcare Advancement Annual Health Literacy Conference
Submitted by Ophelia Morey, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; edited by Christine Willis, AHIP May 2018 marked the 17th year that the…
International News
Innovative new technology improves patient care in Singapore Work is underway to develop software with which patients can “chat” for preliminary screening and quick, proper…
MLA Letter to ECRI Institute regarding National Guideline Clearinghouse
Today, Karen Schoelles, MD, SM, FACP, Director of ECRI Institute-Penn Medicine Evidence-based Practice Center and Director, Health Technology Assessment Consulting Services thanked President Beverly Murphy,…
Librarians without Borders® HINARI Internet Resources Train the Trainers Workshop Bosnia and Herzegovina: May 14-17, 2018
From May 14-17, 2018, the Hinari/Internet Resources ‘Train the Trainers’ Workshop was conducted at the Hollywood Hotel, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The trainer was…
“Information and informatics literacies of first-year medical students” a review blog
Hello MIS! This time I’ve read “Information and informatics literacies of first-year medical students” which describes a case study that took place at the Wood…