Social Media: More than GoodReads: Which Online Reading Network Is Right for You?
Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP, Nova Scotia Hospital Library, Nova Scotia Health Authority–Halifax, CanadaI started 2016 feeling like I wanted to make more time for…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Do you love your photocopier? Please enjoy the “Notes of a Librarian on Contemplating Her Xerox Machine” [1].…
Social Media: Periscoping a “Slice of Life,” Inside and Outside of the Library
Submitted by Mark Vrabel, AHIP, Library Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, PA; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP MLA members are by now likely familiar with Periscope,…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA An editorial by Gertrud L. Annan in 1968 was entitled, “A Rose Is a Rose.” She pointed out…
Technology: Browsing the Stacks in a Discovery Tool
Submitted by Harold S. Bright IV, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of the Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ; edited by Jean M. Gudenas How…
Congress Boosts National Library of Medicine Funding
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 increases the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) funding approximately 3.36 percent above Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. The legislation provides NLM with…
Technology: Managing E-Resources
Submitted by Erin Wentz, Henrietta DeBenedictis Library, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University–Boston; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Electronic resource management systems…
Social Media: Managing Multiple Twitter Accounts
Submitted by Caitlyn Ford, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Top tips when working with…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Did You See That?! Samuel F. Morrison may be retired as the director of the Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, FL,…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Why did the MLA Board of Directors change the name of the association’s journal publication? Discussion about the…
T. Mark Hodges: International Pioneer
T. (Terrence) Mark Hodges didn’t set out to be a librarian, but like many of us, he fell into the love of organized books. While…
Social Media: How to Hashtag Chat: Twitter Tips from #medlibs
Submitted by Nicole (Nikki) Dettmar, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington–Seattle; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP You’ve seen the weekly #medlibs hashtag Twitter chat (linked…
Technology: Translator Apps
Submitted by Shelie Vacek, AHIP, University Libraries, University of South Dakota–Vermillion; edited by Jean M. Gudenas A 2014 article from the British Medical Journal published…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA One of the highlights of the MLA annual meeting is the Janet Doe Lecture. The first one was…
MLA and AAHSL affirm need to protect human subjects in research
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have commented on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Proposed Rule, Federal Policy for…
Congress passes stop-gap funding
Today, the House and Senate passed legislation that will fund the government through December 11th, just hours before the start of the new fiscal year.…
Technology: The colwiz Research Collaboration Tool
Submitted by Lynne M. Fox, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado–Denver Anschutz Medical Campus [retired]; edited by Jean M. Gudenas A free tool for…
Social Media: How Libraries Are Using Instagram
Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP, Nova Scotia Hospital Library, Capital Health, Dartmouth, NS, Canada Introduction to Instagram Instagram, the popular photo-sharing platform now owned by…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA One of the papers presented at the MLA annual meeting in 1967 caused lots of comment and discussion.…
MLA supports the FY 2016 budget
MLA has joined 2,500 organizations in sending a letter to Congress urging: that sequestration be replaced with a balanced approach to deficit reduction; and that sequestration…