What’s Going on with MLA ’20?
You all know by now that MLA ’20 has now been rescheduled for August 15–19. Although the 2020 National Program Committee (NPC), the MLA Board,…
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Library in COVID-19 Times: Part 1: Transitioning Facilities
Levy Library’s main hall before and after changes for storage The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine centralizes all library services for the…
Chapter News: Moving Your Chapter Meeting Online: Lessons Learned from MCMLA
Submitted by Heather L. Brown, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center–Omaha, and Gwen S. Wilson, AHIP, Department of Family & Community Medicine,…
Consumer Health: Documenting a Pandemic through Comics
Submitted by Kathryn Houk, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Nevada–Las Vegas; edited by Donald Pearson, AHIP Editor’s Note: Kathryn Houk, MLIS, AHIP, CHIS (she/hers),…
Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Supporting Oral Health in the Time of COVID-19
Dental Caucus leaders Amanda Nevius, Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Nicole Theis-Mahon, AHIP, Health Sciences Libraries University of Minnesota–Minneapolis; and Nena Schvaneveldt,…
Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Moving Instruction Online in a Hurry!
MLA members Ruby Nugent, Health Sciences Library, University of Nevada–Las Vegas, and Brandi Tuttle, AHIP, Medical Center Library & Archives, Duke University, Durham, NC, share…
Join the COVID-19 Conversation: I Feel Fine: A Musical Happy Half-Hour
Date: Thursday, April 23 Time: 2:00 p.m., pacific time; 3:00 p.m., mountain time; 4:00 p.m., central time; 5:00 p.m., eastern time. Note the Thursday date…
Clinical Support: An Unconventional Request – Providence’s 100 Million Masks Initiative
Submitted by Carrie Grinstead, AHIP, Library Services, Providence St. Joseph Health, Burbank, CA, and Heather J. Martin, AHIP, Library Services, Providence St. Joseph Health, Portland,…
Consumer Health: Cancer Comics
Submitted by A. David Lewis; edited by Donald Pearson, AHIP A. David Lewis is an American comic book and graphic novel writer. He is also…
Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Managing Remote Workers and Work
Date: Tuesday, April 21 Time: 10:00 a.m., pacific time; 11:00 a.m., mountain time; noon, central time; 1:00 p.m., eastern time Audience: Medical librarians Michelle Kraft,…
Libraries Closed! Painful Decisions in Response to Covid-19
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I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means: How COVID-19 Systematic Reviews Don’t Fit the Mold
Submitted by Aidy Weeks, AHIP, UNLV Health Sciences Library, University of Nevada–Las Vegas, and Kathryn Vela, AHIP, Portland VA Healthcare System, Portland, OR A global…
Professionalism & Leadership: Rewriting Disaster Plans during the Coronavirus
Submitted by Michelle Kraft, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; edited by Michelle B. Bass, AHIP It seems like years ago that…
Global Health & Health Equity: Assisting Clinicians in Addressing Human Trafficking
Written by Amy Sharpe, Sharp HealthCare, and Founder and Cochair, Health Subcommittee, San Diego Human Trafficking & Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Advisory Council,…
Answering the Call: Academic Health Sciences Libraries and COVID-19
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MLA and AAHSL comment on public access
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) commented on the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Request for Information:…
Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Professional Partnerships in the Time of COVID-19: Masks and More
Day: Tuesday, April 7 Time: 10:00 a.m., pacific time; 11:00 a.m., mountain time; noon, central time; 1:00 p.m., eastern time MLA members Lori E. Harris…
Education: Online Instruction
As the coronavirus outbreak forces more and more educational institutions and libraries into an all-inclusive virtual environment, how do health sciences librarians adapt, especially when…