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 TysonThe BackgroundRecently, a patient at the University…
MLA Comments on Healthy People 2030 Objectives
Today, MLA submitted comments that support the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2030 Objectives. Healthy People focuses on critical public health promotion…
MLA Addresses Draft NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on proposed revisions to its draft data management and sharing policy…
Expert Searching: Living Evidence and Living Systematic Reviews: What You Need to Know
Submitted by Robin Featherstone, Cochrane Editorial and Methods Department, and Steve McDonald, Cochrane Australia; edited by Christy Tyson Introduction You may have been asked recently…
MLA Letter to ECRI Institute regarding National Guideline Clearinghouse
Today, Karen Schoelles, MD, SM, FACP, Director of ECRI Institute-Penn Medicine Evidence-based Practice Center and Director, Health Technology Assessment Consulting Services thanked President Beverly Murphy,…
Expert Searching: Reaching for That Brass Ring
As a mid-career librarian, I recently made the move from general education to higher education, leveraging my first degree and career in clinical and instructional…
National Guideline Clearinghouse Will Continue
Yesterday, the ECRI Institute announced that it will continue to provide access to the resources of the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC). The Agency for Healthcare…
NIH Data Science Strategic Plan Incorporates MLA Recommendations
NIH released its Strategic Plan for Data Science on June 4, 2018. It incorporates MLA’s April 2018 comments to the NIH developed by members of…
MLA Comments to EPA Opposing Proposed Rule to Strengthen Transparency in Regulatory Science
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing the proposed rule,…
Expert Searching: My Experience at NLM Working on the Genetics Home Reference
In March 2017, I had the honor of working at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). I was given a tour of the clinical hospital…
MLA Comments to NIH Regarding Its Data Science Strategic Plan
The Medical Library Association has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that support its Strategic Plan for Data Science. The comments, developed by…
Fiscal Year 2018 Funding Bill Enacted into Law
Today, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 was signed into law. The $1.3 trillion omnibus bill provides the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of…
MLA Supports Federal Depository Library Program Modernization Act of 2018
MLA President Barbara A. Epstein, AHIP, FMLA has thanked Representatives Gregg Harper (R) MS-03 and Robert Brady (D) PA-01 for introducing H.R. 5305, the FDLP (Federal…
The RAISE Act of 2017 to Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage US Family Caregivers Signed into Law
On January 22, 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed House Bill H.R.3759, the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act of 2017…
Expert Searching: Health Care Professionals Work to a Set of Standards: Shouldn’t We?
Submitted by Brooke Ballantyne Scott, Jackie MacDonald, Susan Baer, Ashley Farrell, AHIP, Marcus Vaska, Pat Lee, and Danielle Rabb, Canadian Search Standards Working Group Health…
TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT OF 2017
Action Alert Members of the health sciences library community are encouraged to contact your Senators and urge them to support libraries by cosponsoring S. 2271, The…
Take Action to Support Net Neutrality Protections
Action Alert By December 13th, members of the health sciences library community are encouraged to contact your members of Congress and urge them to support…
MLA Addresses Next Generation Data Sciences Challenges in Health and Biomedicine
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has submitted comments to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in response to its Request for Information (RFI) on Next Generation…
MLA and AALL recommend Federal Depository Library Program Reforms
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) have submitted recommendations for change that will update the Federal Depository Library Program…
NLM FY 2018 Funding Update
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2018 bill, S. 1771, provides the National Library of Medicine (NLM) with $420,898,000. During the spring Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task…