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, MLANote: For the next many months, Academy of Health Information Professionals…
Honoring Our Past
Reading about the passing of Donald A. B. Lindberg, former director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is a reminder of the commitment to…
In Memoriam: Donald A.B. Lindberg
Dear Colleagues, Sadly, MLA shares the news that Donald A.B. Lindberg passed away Friday evening after a short illness. We are grateful for his leadership…
Personals: New Position for Sarah Towner Wright at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Sarah Towner Wright is School of Medicine librarian and clinical team lead at the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina (UNC)–Chapel Hill.…
Congratulations to Rachel Fenske – Recipient of the 2019 Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award!
Congratulations to Rachel Fenske, Information Services and Outreach Librarian, Assistant Librarian, Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama. She is the recipient of the 2019 Michael…
Section News: 2019 Research Section Research Awards
Congratulations to the winning research papers and posters from MLA ’19! The MLA Research Section is pleased to announce the winners for best research papers…
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…
Expert Searching: Converting an Ovid MEDLINE Search to PubMed in 10 Easy Steps
Submitted by Helena VonVille, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; edited by Christy Tyson I recently signed up for the “Expert Searching”…
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…
A Career Spanning Five Decades and Half a Continent: J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA
J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA, may be best known for his twenty years at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where he served as director of…
In Memoriam: Tanji Gibson
Submitted by Amy Allison, AHIP, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and Tara Douglas-Williams, M. Delmar Edwards, M.D., Library, Morehouse School of…
History: Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, AHIP, FMLA
Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, AHIP, FMLA, chose librarianship over mathematics, which led to a long and distinguished career, ultimately in medical librarianship. Cruzat had earned her…
In Memoriam: Lila Pedersen
Librarians at the University of North Dakota (UND) were saddened to hear of the death of Lila (Gandolf) Pedersen who passed away on March 19,…
Personals: Janice E. Kelly, FMLA
After a long and distinguished career in health sciences librarianship, Janice E. Kelly, FMLA, announced she will retire at the end of June 2019. Kelly…
Congratulations to the 2019 RTI Fellows!
MLA is pleased to announce the 2019 Research Training Institute (RTI) Fellows! The fellows will attend the RTI in Chicago from July 15–19, 2019. Our…
Personals: Sarah L Carnes, AHIP
Sarah L. Carnes, AHIP, Bedford Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bedford, MA, was interviewed by Michelle L. Eberle, AHIP, Massachusetts Library System (MLS), in an article…
In Memoriam: Catherine M. Boss, AHIP
Catherine (Cathy) M. Boss, AHIP, passed away March 3, 2019. In November 2018, she was diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer, then had renal…
Expert Searching: What Do Swiflet Bird Nests and Prolonged Bleeding Have in Common?
A searching experience submitted by Elizabeth Stellrecht, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; edited by Christy Tyson The Background Recently, a patient at…
Medical Library Education: Design Thinking
Librarians who are engaged in medical library education are often called upon to provide instruction on a host of topics in various surroundings before diverse…
Personals: Michael R. Kronenfeld, AHIP, FMLA
Michael R. Kronenfeld, AHIP, FMLA, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of the Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ, will retire at the end of February…