History of the South Central Chapter
Edited by Christine WillisIn celebration of MLA’s 125th anniversary, we will be sharing caucus and chapter histories throughout the year. Previously published histories are available…
MLA ’24 Designer Wins Silver MUSE Award
While the National Program Committee (NPC) for each MLA conference selects speakers, contributed content, and theme, it’s the design experts in MCI that contribute their…
Guest Post: Unveiling the Veil: A Call to Eradicate Publication Bias for a True Scientific Renaissance
By Johanna Hoyos, MSc. In the dynamic arena of scientific exploration, where the pursuit of knowledge shapes the future, a shadow lingers – publication bias.…
Guidelines for MLA & Member Engagement in Societal Issues
Submitted by Magaret Ansell, AHIP, Cochair, and Irene Machowa Lubker, AHIP, Cochair, MLA Societal Issues Task Force — The Board of Directors announces the release…
MLA Legislative Update Webinar: A Summary
More than 35 members attended the July 19 legislative update where they heard updates on funding for the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes…
MLA’s Censorship and Library Practices Toolkit
A core value of librarianship is to provide accessible and trustworthy health information. However, institutional policies and regional and national laws often place limits on…
Learn about Legislation Impacting Our Profession at the MLA Legislative Update Session!
MLA Legislative Update July 19, 2023 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., central time Use this link to join the Zoom session. Add to Calendar Join members…
Promoting Citational Justice in Health Sciences
By Breanne Crumpton and Mark Coltrain Christen A. Smith, the founder of Cite Black Women, and Dominique Garrett-Scott define citational politics as “the rules, practices,…
NLM and MLA: Collaboration to Benefit the Profession and the Public
Mark your calendars now for the March 22, 2023, joint Fireside Chat between MLA and NLM leaders! Join MLA President Shannon Jones, AHIP, FMLA; MLA President-elect…
Advocating for Authorship: Librarians and Information Professionals as Authors on Evidence Synthesis Publications
This blog post was coauthored by Emily A. Brennan. Despite making significant intellectual contributions to systematic reviews and evidence synthesis publications, and meeting authorship criteria…
MeSH: 2023 Terms Update
BREAKING NEWS: NEW January 18 NLM Office Hours Special Listening Session: MeSH Following our first NLM Office Hours Special Listening Session in June 2022, this event…
JMLA Goes All Digital in 2023
The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) will only be available in digital formats starting with the 2023 editions. The decision was made collaboratively,…
Growing a Seed Library
By Brandon Patterson, Jennifer Macali, Gabrielle James, and Donna Baluchi Walk into the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah and you’ll be…
Your Turn: Share How Medical Librarians Make an Impact
For several years, Michelle Kraft, AHIP, FMLA has been sharing her views on medical librarianship through her blog, The Krafty Librarian. In recognition of National…
Participate in Office of Management & Budget Initiative to Update MeSH Terminology OMB’s Statistical Standards for Race and Ethnicity
This past summer the National Library of Medicine (NLM) hosted a listening session with external communities and users to discuss the role of community input in…
Updated Guidance on Public Access to Federally-funded Research Results
Earlier today, August 25, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released updated policy guidance on public access to Federally-funded research…
NLM Responds to the Call for Public Access to Monkeypox-related Research and Data
Today, NLM announced how it is responding to support the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) global monkeypox initiative to provide access to scientific…
Scholarly Snippets: A Collaborative Research Series Between Six College of Osteopathic Medicine Libraries
This blog post has multiple authors in addition to Joanne Mullenbach: Katie Hoskins, Kyle D. Robinson-California Health Sciences University; Molly Montgomery-Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine; Abbey…
Legislative Update Open Forum Provides MLA Members With Advocacy Answers
More than 88 members attended the July 20th legislative update where they heard updates on funding for the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes…
NLM Responds to Librarians’ Open Letter re: MeSH Term Changes
This blog post chronicles the dialogue between members of the health sciences library community and the National Library of Medicine regarding 2022 MeSH Term Changes.…