Librarians Advancing Interdisciplinary Research: MLA Comments on Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
On August 11, I had the privilege of representing MLA by addressing the impact that librarians could make to advance research and support the mission…
RTI Research Spotlight: Latest Research Reveals There Is No Easy Method to Identify Clinical Trials in Systematic Reviews
Conducting systematic reviews is a common component of the everyday job responsibilities of many medical librarians. Often this includes limiting search results to clinical trials,…
RTI Research Spotlight: Multiyear Assessment Reveals Utilization Patterns and Preferences of Residents/Fellows with Some Surprising Results
Mary Pat Harnegie is a fellow of the 2019 MLA Research Training Institute (RTI), and this project was the focus of her research. The RTI project…
Connecting with the Global Health Librarian Community
In my first two months as your president, I have been honored and privileged to represent you and MLA to our health sciences library and…
Fear No Research Article! Join Us for Our Course, Evaluating Research in the Health Sciences Literature, and Begin Developing a New Skill Now
Being able to evaluate the quality of a research study is a core skill all health sciences librarians should have. Our work worlds are infused…
Librarians Share Their Pandemic Experiences
The International Cooperation Caucus hosted an immersion session for the 2021 Annual Meeting: “Health and Libraries during COVID-19: An MLA International and Intercultural Session.” Organized…
Research Interests of 2021 RTI Applicants
As part of the application process for the MLA Research Training Institute (RTI), applicants submit a list of key words or phrases that describe the…
Congratulations to the 2021 RTI Fellows!
MLA is pleased to announce the 2021 Research Training Institute (RTI) fellows! The new 2021 RTI Online program builds on our successful immersive research training…
It All Started with a Tweet. The Beginning of the Asian Diaspora Coalition of Medical Librarians
Submitted by Andrea Kang, Chelsea Misquith, and Seema Bhakta; edited by Lilian Hoffecker. Since the spring of 2020, we have been working together to…
An Introduction to the Global Health & Health Equity Hub*
What is Health Equity? What is Global Health? Health equity is often thought of as everyone having equal access to healthcare resources and information, but…
Education: Unplugged Outreach
According to information found on the Trends page at the American Library Association’s website, the Internet age has birthed the notion of becoming temporarily “unplugged”…
RTI News: Announcing the New RTI Twitter Account: @RTIatMLA
Newsflash! The Research Training Institute (RTI) has created a new Twitter account for all things related to RTI: @RTIatMLA! Be one of the first to…
RTI News: RTI Fellow Sandra McCarthy, AHIP, Awarded 2020 Academic Librarian of the Year!
Sandra McCarthy, AHIP, Bailey Library, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI, is the recipient of the 2020 Academic Librarian of the Year from the Michigan…
RTI News: RTI Fellow Elizabeth Suelzer, AHIP, Awarded 2020 Librarian of the Year!
Elizabeth Suelzer, AHIP, MCW Libraries, Medical College of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, is the recipient of the 2020 Librarian of the Year by the Wisconsin Health Science Library…
RTI Research Spotlight: Librarian-Led Research Identifies Barriers to Library Referrals from Clinical Care Teams and Suggests Solutions
In a recent article published in Hypothesis, Liz Kellermeyer, AHIP, Tucker Medical Library, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, has explored the factors affecting clinical care…
RTI Research Spotlight: Librarian-Led Research Shows New Curriculum Model Increases Student Learning in Evidence-Based Medicine
If you work at an academic health sciences library like I do, I am sure you have sometimes wondered about the impact of your teaching.…
Global Health & Health Equity: European Medical Libraries during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Submitted by Maurella Della Seta, President, European Association of Health Information and Libraries; edited by Lilian Hoffecker, Hub Editor: Global Health & Health Equity, MLAConnect…
Innovation & Research Practice: Insomnia Coach App Review
The Insomnia Coach app is available for veterans, service members, anyone who has insomnia, or anyone who would like to improve their sleep. The app…
Caucus News: 2020 Research Caucus Research Awards
Congratulations to the winning research papers and posters from MLA ’20 and the biannual Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) Best Research Paper! The…
Global Health & Health Equity: Resource Limited but Knowledge Rich: Hinari and Systematic Review Training in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe in Africa.Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons. Submitted by Lilian Hoffecker, Global Health and Health Equity Column Editor, MLAConnect, with contributions from Karin Saric, Sarah Young,…