Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLAMEDLARS was a magical word in the 1960s. The idea that a machine could produce a bibliography with a…
MLA Historical Marker to Be Installed in Philadelphia
Submitted by June H. Fulton, FMLA, and Daniel Kipnis, Philadelphia Regional Chapter of MLA During 2015, its 117th anniversary year, MLA will celebrate a novel…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA In 1946, Dorathea W. Friedrich wrote an article on “The Effect of the War upon Medical Libraries and…
Editor’s Note
Laurie L. Thompson, AHIP, FMLA, Editor, MLA News I’m excited to announce a new column this month: “Social Media,” edited by Lara Killian, AHIP. In…
Technology: Uses of Research Networking Systems
Submitted by Diana Nelson Louden, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington–Seattle; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Numerous research networking systems (RNSs) have been developed [1],…
Technology: There’s an App for That in Our Catalog: Circulating iOS Apps in the Library
Submitted by Dana Thimons, AHIP, Sewell Learning Fellow, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Alexandria, VA; edited by Jean Gudenas When students at Nova Southeastern…
MLA’s Oral History Project
Submitted by Annie M. Hughes Thompson, Chair, Oral History Committee In 1977, the Oral History Project of MLA was launched to capture and preserve the…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Many important and popular “firsts” took place in 1948. MLA celebrated its 50th anniversary. The first training program…
Technology: Virtual Note Taking
Submitted by Andrea C. Kepsel, AHIP, MSU Libraries, Michigan State University–East Lansing; edited by Jean M. Gudenas In 2010 the Pew Research Center showed that…
Social Media: Health-Related Wearables and Social Sharing
Check out the video version of this column on MLA’s YouTube channel. Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP With Apple’s recent announcements about the availability of…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA MLA President Mildred C. Langner, AHIP, FMLA, reported on the association’s activities in 1966. Among the topics were…
Technology: Scanning Documents with Your Mobile Device
Submitted by Daniel Trout, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Many people carry powerful cameras with them every day, and these…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Ralph Esterquest, librarian of the Countway Library of Medicine, Boston Medical Library, and Harvard University Medical School, outlined…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch New Fellowship Opportunities at NYAM Two fellowships to pursue study and research in the history of medicine open in June at…