Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLAIn 1968, the members of the State University of New York (SUNY) Biomedical Communication Network became the first users…
Expert Searching: Myth, Magic, and Mystery in MeSH
Submitted by Kelly Farrah, AHIP, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Ottawa, ON, Canada; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP As the end…
Internet Resources: Research Data Management, Part Two: Data Reuse
Submitted by Jane Kinkus Yatcilla, Veterinary Medical Library, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; edited by Talicia Tarver Editor’s note: Part 1 of this column on Research…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Rx for Reading Doctors should start hanging posters in clinics and offices to “Read” like the posters that hang in libraries.…
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…
Internet Resources: Research Data Management, Part One: Self Help
Submitted by Jane Kinkus Yatcilla, Veterinary Medical Library, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; edited by Talicia Tarver Editor’s note: This month’s Internet Resources column is…
Expert Searching: A New Way to Access National Library of Medicine Training Materials
Submitted by Sarah Helson, Bibliographic Services Division, National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the new NLM Learning…
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…
Internet Resources: Bibliotherapy and Poetry Therapy
Submitted by Judy Griggs, Family Resource Center, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH; edited by Talicia Tarver In 1966, the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries…
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…
MLA and AAHSL Take Our Message to the Hill
The Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task Force met in Washington, DC June 28-29. Here is a recap of the very productive meeting. Mary Langman, Director, Information…
Congress Proposes Increased National Library of Medicine Funding
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have proposed increasing National Library of Medicine’s funding for 2017: The House bill provides $403,086,000 (7.5 million above FY 2016),…
Carla Hayden Named Librarian of Congress
On July 13th, the Senate approved the nomination of Carla Hayden for Librarian of Congress. When nominating Ms. Hayden, President Obama pointed out that “Her…
Expert Searching: The Yale MeSH Analyzer: A New Tool for Search Refinement
Submitted by Holly Grossetta Nardini and Lei Wang, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP Figure 1 When conducting…
Internet Resources: Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention
Submitted by Talicia Tarver, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond Editor’s Note: Submissions to this column are always welcome for consideration! Please…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA A symposium of 4 papers on medical literature and the library was published in the October 1963 issue…
MLA Endorses Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Librarians Special Interest Group Statement
The MLA Board of Directors has endorsed the following statement prepared by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Librarians Special Interest Group. The Medical Library…
Congratulations to Melissa Rethlefsen for winning the section research award
Congratulations to Melissa Rethlefsen for winning the section research award for herself and her two section coauthors of the paper “Librarian co-authors correlated with higher…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA The Second International Congress on Medical Librarianship was held on June 16–22, 1963, in conjunction with the 62nd…
Introducing the Director of the National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. has announced that Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. will become Director of the National Library of…