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…
Introducing Life-Long Learning Skills in Patient Presentation in a Problem-Based Curriculum: The Case for Library Integration
Submitted by: Christopher P. Duffy, MLIS, AHIP, Margaret Dreker, MPA, MLS, Ofelia Martinez, MD, MPH, Tovah Tripp, MD, Joshua Josephs, MD, PhD, Miriam Hoffman, MD;…
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…
MLA ’21 Books (& More) Recommended Reading List
This is a crowdsourced list using Twitter and IFTTT with the hashtags #mlanet21 and #bookrecs (special thanks to Sola Whitehead, Adela Justice, and Emily Hurst).…
Academy 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…
Personals: Christopher P. Duffy Honored as One of 2021 Champions of Humanistic Care
Christopher P. Duffy, MLIS, AHIP, the associate dean of the Health Sciences Library at the Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus of the Hackensack Meridian School of…
Product Spotlight: Improving Patient Outcomes by Transforming Clinical Decision Support (Sponsored)
DynaMed combines the most current clinical evidence with guidance from leading experts and a user-friendly, personalized experience to create a cutting-edge clinical decision support tool.…
Spring 2021 Business Meeting Recap
The 2021 Hospital Library Caucus Annual Business Meeting took place last month. If you weren’t able to make it, check out the slides here! Meeting…
Socially Responsible Investment
On May 11, the MLA Board of Directors, on recommendation of the MLA Finance Committee, approved a new MLA investment policy that now includes requirements…
EFTS Unbilled Transactions Announcement
This is an update regarding the processing of unbilled transactions for EFTS lending libraries. Unbilled transactions are transactions imported from DOCLINE that a lending library…
Board Establishes Building a Better Future Strategic Goal Task Forces
In one of my last actions as president, I appointed three task forces that will support implementation of MLA’s strategic goal to Build a Better…
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…
Personals: Kate Flewelling Named Alumni Medical Library Director
Congratulations to MLA member Kate Flewelling, AHIP, for being named the Director of the Alumni Medical Library at the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). Her…
EFTS Custom Pricing Groups Now Launched
This is an announcement regarding the launch of EFTS Custom Pricing Groups for lending libraries. A primary objective of the EFTS Powered by MLA platform…
Message from the Chair- Summer 2021
Spring is usually a time for rebirth, renewal, and reawakening, and this past one, well, mission accomplished on several fronts! It feels like the world…
What’s the Scoop on Scoping Reviews?
Introduction Have you come across scoping reviews in your work? Are you being asked to contribute to scoping reviews? If not, you might want to…
MLA signs onto CHLA ABSC statement on the importance of hospital libraries
Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, there has been growing concern from leaders regarding misinformation, but an unwillingness to support and maintain hospital libraries. The Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association…
NCNMLG Statement on Solidarity
This statement reflects the opinion of the Northern California & Nevada Medical Library Group (NCNMLG) of MLA and does not necessarily reflect the official position…
Understanding the Currency of Trust in Health Literacy
Image source: Dr. Lisa On the Street…
Product Spotlight: TDS Health Offers a Broad Selection of Healthcare Reference and E-learning Products for Practitioners and Students Alike (Sponsored)
Our premier product, STAT!Ref®, is a subscription-based, online healthcare e-reference library. In addition to STAT!Ref, TDS Health has collaborated and partnered with the best in…