In Memoriam: Milton Corn
It is with great sadness that the National Library of Medicine (NLM) shares the news of the passing of Milton Corn, deputy director for research…
MLA Colleague Connection 2020–2021 Wrap-up
The MLA Membership Committee’s Colleague Connection is a mentoring program that connects new members with experienced members. The traditional Colleague Connection event changed as so…
Chapter News: Southern Chapter of MLA Virtual Annual Meeting
The Southern Chapter of MLA (SCMLA) held its 70th annual meeting in virtual format from November 16–20, 2020. Our meeting was originally scheduled to be…
Information Services: Core Cancer Library 2021 Fifth Edition
Submitted by Kendra Godwin, 2020-2021 Chair, Cancer Librarians Caucus; edited by Shannon Compton, AHIP, Hub Editor: Information Services, MLAConnect The Core Cancer Library is one…
MLA Statements: How We Go About It
Submitted by Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP, President, MLA, and Mary M. Langman, Director, Information Issues and Policy In 2020, MLA and MLA caucuses and chapters…
Chapter News: South Central Chapter’s 2020 Digital Conference
Digital versions of South Central Chapter members. As the looming threat of the pandemic remained constant into the summer of 2020, the South Central Chapter…
Chapter News: 2020 Joint Virtual Meeting of the Midcontinental and Midwest Chapters
Submitted by Sarah Jane Brown, Cochair, Annual Meetings, Midwest Chapter; Elizabeth Frakes, AHIP, Cochair, Conference, Midcontinental Chapter; Susan E. Swogger, Cochair, Conference, Midcontinental Chapter; and…
News from the NLM History of Medicine Division
NLM announces 2021 History Talks The first of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) 2021 History Talks will take place on February 11, 2021, at…
Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine: One Librarian’s Experience
I expected to be one of the last to receive the COVID vaccine according to our algorithm. However, one of the RNs recognized my impact…
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…
In Memoriam: Beverly E. Allen
Morehouse School of Medicine announced that Beverly E. Allen, founding director of the Morehouse School of Medicine Library, lost her battle with COVID-19. Allen was…
Global Health & Health Equity: Another Look at 2020 with Obama’s Favorite Books: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Each year, former President Barack Obama shares his top books, many of which describe the sensitive balance of experiences related to diversity, equity, and inclusion…
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”…
Personals: Naomi Bishop, AHIP, Honored with I Love My Librarian Award
Kudos to Naomi Bishop, AHIP, Arizona Health Sciences Library at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix, one of the 2021 I…
MLA Reads Book Club: Insights on leading a virtual book discussion group
Editors’ Note: For today’s National Network blog post, we have a guest essay from the MLA Reads team. MLA Reads is a virtual book club…
New MLA Data Services Specialization Keeps Pace with Expanding Roles for Health Sciences Librarians
As scientific research becomes increasingly data-driven, medical librarians and other health information professionals are ideally situated to provide support for data services. Many skills that…
Information Services: Overview of the MLA Scholarly Communications Caucus First Annual Meeting
Submitted by Karen Gutzman, Chair, Scholarly Communications Caucus; edited by Shannon Compton, AHIP, Hub Editor: Information Services, MLAConnect The newly formed Scholarly Communications Caucus hosted…
Personals: MLA Member Elaine Ricketts Hicks One of Library Journal’s Librarians of the Year
Congratulations to MLA member Elaine R. Hicks, Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, who with Stacy Brody, George Washington…
MLA Joins ALA in Condemning Violence and Calling for Advocacy
Submitted by Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP, 2020/21 MLA President, and Xan Y. Goodman, AHIP, Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee We watched in dismay as…
JMLA Equity Work Group
In October 2020, the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) Equity Work Group solicited both the Latinx Caucus and the African American Medical Librarians…