MLA ‘25 Call for Proposals Round 2: Lightning Talks and Posters
Submitted by: Emily BrennanThe MLA ’25 National Program Committee (NPC) invites proposals that support the annual meeting theme “Bridging Tradition & Innovation.” The MLA 2025…
Submit Your Award Nominations – Deadline Extended to December 6
The association proudly recognizes members who have significantly contributed to health sciences librarianship and advanced the goals of the Medical Library Association. By nominating your…
Mastering Databases: Essential Features and Expert Solutions
Submitted by: Hilary Kraus Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: A Database Tips Lightning Round! A User Experience (UX) Caucus Event on Thursday, October 3, 2024…
Improving Accessibility for Library Patrons: Virtual Learning Opportunity
Save the Date: November 14, 2023, 1:00-2:00 p.m., central time Improving Accessibility for Library Patrons Meeting ID: 851 3328 0683 Join Zoom Meeting Join MLA’s…
AI Tools for Summarizing Research Articles: Transforming Information Access
By Gary S. Atwood, gatwood@uvm.edu, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-4100, systematic review librarian & library associate professor, Dana Health Sciences Library The exponential growth of academic research articles in…
ChatGPT and Our Response as Health Educators
Aultman College’s Health Sciences Library staff recently presented on ChatGPT and how it is changing what we need to know about information reporting and knowledge…
How Can We Promote Responsible Use of Data and Fix the Replication Crisis?
Librarians, especially those who do research data management work, might be interested in an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published June 6, 2023:…
Response to “An Interview With ChatGPT”
By Dexter Hadley, MD, PhD, the founding chief of Artificial Intelligence at University of Central Florida, College of Medicine. At the University, he is building…
An Interview With ChatGPT and BARD From a Medical Librarian Perspective
By Nadine Dexter, EDD, MLS, Director, Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Science Library, University of Central Florida, and Deedra Walton, MLS, Head, Department of Electronic Resources,…
ChatGPT is Here. What are We Waiting for?
ChatGPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) is all the buzz lately, and if you do not know what it is, you should (OpenAI, 2022). ChatGPT was…
Student Engagement AND Assessment in the Virtual Library Classroom? Google Forms to the Rescue!
By Lily Martin, MLIS, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Samantha Walsh, MLS, MA, Hunter College…
Free, FAIR, & Fabulous: Five Data Tools to Support Open and Reproducible Research
By Elizabeth Roth, MA, rothel@musc.edu, Medical University of South Carolina; Christine Nieman, MLIS, cnieman@hshsl.umaryland.edu, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Katie Pierce Farrier, MIS, katie.pierce-farrier@unthsc.edu, University of…
Introducing the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Toolkit
The National Institutes of Health has developed an updated Data Management and Sharing Policy to promote the sharing of scientific data [1]. This policy goes…
Leaving Twitter, migrating to Mastodon? Implications for scholarly communication
Some academics are considering leaving Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover. A recent Science article by Kai Kupferschmidt and a post on The…
Ramping up for NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Implementation
Starting January 25, 2023, NIH grant applicants will be required to explain how they plan to manage and share the scientific data generated by their…
New Coeditor of the Information Management Hub Column for MLAConnect
Hello, all. My name is Anne Morgan, and I’m the new coeditor of the Information Management Hub column for MLAConnect. I have a Bachelor of…
Join us in the Public Services Caucus and Share your Expertise!
Greetings from the Public Services Caucus (PSC)! As chair this year, I’d like to officially invite any of our MLA colleagues with an interest in…
A Little Off-Center: Writing Support in a Medical Library
Writing centers are a common feature on college campuses, offering students the opportunity to work with a writing consultant to simultaneously refine a particular project…
Update from the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL) Working Group
The Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing (ICIRN) [1] Essential Nursing Resources list has been a standard resource for nurses and librarians since its…
The Librarian’s Role in Evidence-Based Practice
Authors: Amanda Davis, MPH, RDN, CHES, Manager, Value Institute, MUSC Health, davisam@musc.edu Emily Brennan, MLIS, Research & Education Informationist, MUSC Libraries, brennane@musc.edu Debra Trogdon-Livingston, MLS,…