In Memoriam: Wendy Lehar
Wendy Lehar, AHIP, passed away on December 26, 2016, from a malignant brain tumor at the young age of thirty-three. She was a research and…
In Memoriam: Velora Avis Jernigan-Pedrick
Velora Avis Jernigan-Pedrick of Alexandria, Virginia, passed away on November 8, 2016, after a two-year struggle with cancer. Jernigan-Pedrick was born on March 27, 1956,…
Diversity and Inclusion: Top Priorities for MLA
Diversity and inclusion are essential values for MLA, but are these values reflected in what we do and how we do it? As librarians, we…
MLA Education: Expanded Committee Structure
The MLA Board of Directors met November 3-4, 2016 in Chicago, IL amidst the celebration of the Cubs historic World Series win. The board focussed…
Medical Library Education: Emotional Intelligence and You: A Predictor of Career Success
Submitted by Jodi L. Philbrick, AHIP, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas–Denton My dissertation research focused on the…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA In 1968, the members of the State University of New York (SUNY) Biomedical Communication Network became the first…
Librarians without Borders® HINARI and Internet Resources Workshop Report Bhutan: September 5-8, 2016
Bhutan (September 5-6 and 7-8, 2016) Two 2-day workshops were conducted at Keysar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences, Bhutan. They were supported by the World…
Librarians Without Borders® HINARI/Health on the Internet Resources Workshop Report: June 17, 2016
HINARI/Health on the Internet Resources Workshop, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea (June 13-17, 2016) This five day workshop was conducted at the Provincial Health Authority/Mt.…
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…
MLA HINARI/Research4Life Grants Recipients Announced
MLA and the Elsevier Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 MLA HINARI/Research4Life Grants. Funded by the Elsevier Foundation, these grants will…
International News
Edited by Gayle Graham, AHIP Innovative Online Health Care Portal Launched in Nova Scotia, Canada In a world where consumers can make hair appointments and…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA One of the most recognized names in MLA is Janet Doe. Each year, a member is chosen to…
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.…
Use of Journal Display Space in a Digital Library
Submitted by Michael Kronenfeld, AHIP, FMLA, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of the Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ Editor’s note: This article provides a…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Before the advent of online databases, literature searching was a major function of the reference staff in medical…
The Future of Education at MLA is Signed, Sealed, and Soon to be Delivered: Please Welcome Medlib-Ed!
MLA is proud to announce that we’ve signed a contract with LearnSomething to use their LearnerCommunity platform to host all MLA educational offerings starting in…
Continuing Education: MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization Recipients
Congratulations to the following individuals who have received MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) from January 2016 through April 2016. MLA’s CHIS program is a continuing…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Editor’s note: As the National Library of Medicine (NLM) prepares to welcome its newly appointed director, Patricia Flatley…
International News
Edited by Gayle Graham, AHIP Editor’s note: This month we welcome incoming International News columnist, Gayle Graham, AHIP, Library Service, Nova Scotia Provincial Health–Halifax, Canada.…