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…
Product Spotlight: Help Shape the Future of Elsevier’s Digital Clinical Solutions (Sponsored)
We invite you to join the Elsevier Clinical Solutions User Feedback Program. Designed to bring our customers closer to the product development process, this program…
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…
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…
Education: Statistics to the Rescue!
Like many MLA members, my colleagues and I use PubMed heavily in our teaching. Its breadth makes it relevant to almost every health discipline, and…
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…
Personals: Susan Gerding Bader, AHIP, Retirement
On July 31, after seventeen years, Susan Gerding Bader, AHIP, is retiring as the director of the Learning Resource Center at the Baylor University Louise…
Personals: Virginia Commonwealth University Transitions
On July 1, 2020, leadership of the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries–Richmond, transitioned with the retirement of John E.…
Visit the Pacific Northwest through MLA Oral Histories
Although MLA ’20 has transitioned from the in-person meeting in Portland, OR, to the virtual vConference, the Oral History Committee is putting the spotlight on interviews…
JJ Pionke Named Library Journal 2020 Mover & Shaker
MLAConnect: Congratulations on being named one of the 2020 Library Journal Movers & Shakers! This is well-deserved recognition for all of the work you do…
Personals: Retirement of Alan Carr
Alan F. Carr, AHIP, has announced his upcoming retirement on July 1, after eighteen years of service to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine…
Personals: Retirement of Kelli Ham
Kelli Ham, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) Pacific Southwest Region (PSR), University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA), has announced her retirement on July 1.…
Personals: Nisha Mody Appointed Interim Associate Director
Nisha Mody, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA), became interim associate director on June 1. Mody is a health sciences information…
Personals: Janis F. Brown, AHIP, Retires
Janis F. Brown, AHIP, retired after thirty-nine years of service to the University of Southern California (USC)–Los Angeles. Brown has served in many roles since…
Personals: Erin E. Reardon, AHIP, Joins the University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library
Erin E. Reardon, AHIP, recently joined the Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota–Minneapolis, as one of four librarians working with the Medical School. As a liaison…
Personals: Retirement of Donna B. Flake, AHIP, FMLA
Donna B. Flake, AHIP, FMLA, retired from her job as library director of the South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC) Medical Library in Wilmington,…
Personals: Joyce Backus Honored with Diversity and Inclusion Lecture
Some readers may know that National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Director for Library Operations Joyce Backus will be “taking the leap” and retiring on…
Personals: Retirement of Sandra Irene Martin, AHIP
Sandra Irene Martin, AHIP, director of the Shiffman Medical Library and Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Learning Resources Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, retired in…