Update from the MLA/RTI Value Studies Working Group
Since 2016, the Evidence You Can Use To Communicate Library Value page on the MLA site has highlighted studies that demonstrate the tremendous value health sciences…
Join us in the Public Services Caucus and Share your Expertise!
Greetings from the Public Services Caucus (PSC)! As chair this year, I’d like to officially invite any of our MLA colleagues with an interest in…
Clinical Benchmarking Guidelines Resource List
I have been working in health libraries since 2018, and I frequently receive requests for information on clinical guidelines and benchmarking information. I have learned…
Five Minutes With… 2022 Colaianni Award Winner Lisa Huang, MLS, MS
The National Network wanted to know more about Lisa Huang, MLS, MS, the Health Systems Specialist (detailed) – Virtual Care Integration for the Office of…
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…
Developing the New and Improved “So You Want to be a Hospital Librarian” MLA CE Course
The HLC would like to offer an updated version of the course, “So You Want to be a Hospital Librarian,” which will offer practical advice…
A Little Off-Center: Writing Support in a Medical Library
Writing centers are a common feature on college campuses, offering students the opportunity to work with a writing consultant to simultaneously refine a particular project…
Summer Photos!
Thank you all for sending us your summer photos! Here is a look at what you have been up to this summer. Brian Baker’s photo…
Update from the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL) Working Group
The Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing (ICIRN) [1] Essential Nursing Resources list has been a standard resource for nurses and librarians since its…
Exciting news for MLA ’23! SLA Will Be Meeting Collaborator
You may have heard about this great news at our MLA ’23 Invitation Open House or an email I recently sent- but we’ve been sharing…
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…
Recipient of the 2022 Marcia C. Noyes Award: Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, FMLA
Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, FMLA has been an MLA member for more than 40 years. She has made lasting and significant contributions to the association and the…
JCLC Scholarship Recipients Selected
MLA is pleased to announce the winners of an MLA scholarship to attend the 4th National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) in St.…
Heather Moberly joins The Pennsylvania State University as the Agricultural and Veterinary Librarian
Please join me in wishing Heather Moberly well in her new role with The Pennsylvania State University at the University Park campus as the Agricultural…
Announcing the new Hospital Library Caucus Advocacy LibGuide
Additional authors: Kathy Zeblisky and Nancy Clark The new Hospital Library Caucus (HLC) Advocacy pages are now available for viewing and use. They reside on…
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…
Send us Your Summer Photos!
What are you up to this summer? The National Network wants in! Send your favorite summer photos to ryan.norman@rwjbh.org and glotfeltyoa@upmc.edu by August 19th. Include…
Amanda J. Wilson appointed Deputy Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine
National Library of Medicine Associate Director for Library Operations Dianne Babski has announced the appointment of Amanda J. Wilson, as Deputy Associate Director for Library Operations.…
AHIP New and Renewing Members
Achieving membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals is an important professional milestone. The academy congratulates the following new members and those who have…
Appointment of Kristine Markovich Alpi, MLS, MPH, PhD, FMLA, AHIP, as Associate Dean of Libraries and Information Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine
Kristine Markovich Alpi, MLS, MPH, PhD, FMLA, AHIP, has been appointed to the position of Associate Dean of Libraries and Information Sciences for the Icahn…