Board Establishes Building a Better Future Strategic Goal Task Forces
In one of my last actions as president, I appointed three task forces that will support implementation of MLA’s strategic goal to Build a Better…
Personals: Kate Flewelling Named Alumni Medical Library Director
Congratulations to MLA member Kate Flewelling, AHIP, for being named the Director of the Alumni Medical Library at the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). Her…
Product Spotlight: TDS Health Offers a Broad Selection of Healthcare Reference and E-learning Products for Practitioners and Students Alike (Sponsored)
Our premier product, STAT!Ref®, is a subscription-based, online healthcare e-reference library. In addition to STAT!Ref, TDS Health has collaborated and partnered with the best in…
Culinary Literacy Programs: Recipes for Success
Setting up and preparing for a virtual culinary literacy program making salsa and guacamole. Reading a recipe, knowing and understanding basic kitchen terms and…
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In Memoriam: Milton Corn
It is with great sadness that the National Library of Medicine (NLM) shares the news of the passing of Milton Corn, deputy director for research…
News from the NLM History of Medicine Division
NLM announces 2021 History Talks The first of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) 2021 History Talks will take place on February 11, 2021, at…
In Memoriam: Beverly E. Allen
Morehouse School of Medicine announced that Beverly E. Allen, founding director of the Morehouse School of Medicine Library, lost her battle with COVID-19. Allen was…
Personals: Naomi Bishop, AHIP, Honored with I Love My Librarian Award
Kudos to Naomi Bishop, AHIP, Arizona Health Sciences Library at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix, one of the 2021 I…
Personals: MLA Member Elaine Ricketts Hicks One of Library Journal’s Librarians of the Year
Congratulations to MLA member Elaine R. Hicks, Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, who with Stacy Brody, George Washington…
In Memoriam: Jill Rosalie Byerly Mayer
The family of Jill Rosalie Byerly Mayer announced that she passed away December 16, 2020, after a gradual decline in health. She remained unassuming, sweet…
Product Spotlight: Help Shape the Future of Elsevier’s Digital Clinical Solutions (Sponsored)
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Personals: Rachel Lane Walden
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries announced that Rachel Lane Walden, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, received the 2020 Vanderbilt School of Nursing…
Education: Supervising and Managing
Education can take many forms and modes of instruction, including continuing education or professional development. Some types of education are arrived at empirically in the…
Product Spotlight: When It Comes to E-Books, the R2 Digital Library Stands Alone (Sponsored)
The R2 Digital Library is a health sciences electronic book database that features a comprehensive collection of medical, nursing, and allied health titles presented in…
In Memoriam: Erika Love, FMLA
Erika Love, FMLA, passed away on October 8, 2020, at home in Albuquerque, NM, surrounded by people who loved her. She was ninety-five and had…
Personals: Terrie R. Wheeler Featured on NEJM Library Hub
Terrie R. Wheeler, director of the Samuel J. Wood Library and C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center of Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, is featured…
Personals: Sarah L. Carnes, AHIP, Featured in Publications
Sarah L. Carnes, AHIP, clinical librarian and acting emergency manager of the Bedford Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Bedford, MA, was recently featured in…
In Memoriam: Donna P. Johnson
Donna P. Johnson died of COVID-19 on June 14. She became a nationally renowned medical library leader while overseeing Allina Health’s library during an era…
In Memoriam: Richard C. Wood
Richard C. Wood passed away July 12, 2020. He was executive director at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Libraries from 1991 to…