Packing Essentials for MLA ’19
Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, AHIP, FMLA, is one of the official meeting bloggers this year. She is getting a head-start by sharing her packing essentials after…
Dine Arounds at MLA’19
Will you be in Chicago on Thursday or Friday before the official conference programming begins? Don’t eat alone! Join your colleagues for a dine-around. All…
Note from the Editor
If you are like me, you are looking at your work calendar and preparing to be away for MLA ’19. Attending a meeting can be…
In Memoriam: Tanji Gibson
Submitted by Amy Allison, AHIP, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and Tara Douglas-Williams, M. Delmar Edwards, M.D., Library, Morehouse School of…
Open Educational Resources: What you need to know
What is OER? Open educational resources [OER] are digitized materials that are free or very low cost to students. They can be textbooks, videos, case…
Beauty in Chicago
Secret: I am a closet beauty junkie, and the Magnificent Mile in Chicago is my playground. Let us talk makeup first. Within a 10 minute walk,…
FYI: Departures
Today, for April, FYI will be hewn differently than in the past—from the quarry of craft. A departure from the norm—a variance of form—but definitely…
Tour Mansueto at MLA!
The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library has the capacity to house millions of volumes in the underground storage system. Books are retrieved though a robotic crane…
Bookstores and Libraries in Chicago
Have you ever wanted to see an underground book retrieval system at work? The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library located on the University of Chicago…
History: Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, AHIP, FMLA
Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, AHIP, FMLA, chose librarianship over mathematics, which led to a long and distinguished career, ultimately in medical librarianship. Cruzat had earned her…
Child Care Services
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Technology: Technology Showcases and Sessions at MLA ’19
Are you attending MLA ’19? A number of exciting sessions are planned this year, including many that will feature uses of technology and its benefits…
Shopping in Chicago
Shopping on and just off the Magnificent Mile in Chicago is for everyone at every price point. Some of the best shopping in the world…
MLA ’19: A Family-Friendly Destination
At the Hyatt Regency: An all-gender family bathroom with a stool and changing table is located outside the Plaza Ballroom, East Tower, Lobby/Green Level. A…
Announcing the NNLM Spring 2019 Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!
When was the last time you used Wikipedia? With more than 7 billion views a year on over 155,000 health topic pages, Wikipedia may be…
MLA Community Transition Team Interviews
Community Transition Team Cochairs Keith W. Cogdill, AHIP, and Stephanie Fulton, AHIP, are pleased share the following interviews with the membership. Listen as MLA Board…
Hospital Librarianship: Tracking the Health Care News: Give Your Expertise a Spin across the Media
Submitted by Laurie Schwing, Domingo T. Alvear Medical Library, UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA; edited by Angela Spencer, AHIP My first attempt at creating a “media…
In Memoriam: Lila Pedersen
Librarians at the University of North Dakota (UND) were saddened to hear of the death of Lila (Gandolf) Pedersen who passed away on March 19,…
MLA Community Transition Team Interviews
Community Transition Team Cochairs Keith W. Cogdill, AHIP, and Stephanie Fulton, AHIP, are pleased share the following interviews with the membership. Listen to how MLA…
Personals: Janice E. Kelly, FMLA
After a long and distinguished career in health sciences librarianship, Janice E. Kelly, FMLA, announced she will retire at the end of June 2019. Kelly…