Poster Sessions Continue to Draw a Crowd
The MLA ’18 poster sessions (there were four) can be called a successful programming element of this year’s annual conference. No surprise. Though they were…
EMTS Meeting with Dr. Brennan
EMTS was pleased to have the NLM Director, Dr. Brennan, come talk to us about the NLM Strategic Plan and implications for libraries/librarians at MLA…
What’s New with the National Library of Medicine?
On Tuesday, May 22, the director of the National Library of Medicine, Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan delivered an update on what the NLM has accomplished…
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: Conference Edition
After attending the MLA annual conference, I always feel like my head is bursting with new ideas and resources to explore. This is why I…
Finish with Pie: Atlanta Nightlife Highlights
While at MLA’18 I was so glad to have the opportunity to experience a slice of what Atlanta has to offer. Read my three nightlife…
One’s thoughts about the reorganization
I belong to MLA for a long time. My first MLA was also the ’76 Annual Meeting in Cleveland, and it sure would have been…
The SIGnificance (and Future) of SIGs
Are you looking for a way to network with others around a specialized topic or interest during and after MLA ’18? If so, consider joining…
Open Forum: Diversity and Inclusion at MLA’18
Members of the [Link removed (MLA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force)] hosted an open discussion on Sunday, May 20 at MLA’18. The meeting began by reviewing the…
Lightning Talks Tips – Be a Superfan
This year at MLA ’18, sixty-three lightning talks will be/have been presented. Like a rock show, the lightning talks are popular and many fans [librarians]…
The Public Librarian and the Consumer Health Question
Imagine that you’re sitting at the reference desk in a rural library and a woman approaches and asks for books about diabetes. You politely direct…
Report from the InSight Initiative Summit: What Can Librarians and Vendors Learn from “Pirate” Sites?
Submitted by Harold S. Bright IV, AHIP, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ; Vida Damijonaitis, JAMA Network, Chicago, IL;…
International News
Ghana Health Service digitizes patient data The Ghana Health Service has begun a revolutionary process of digitizing their health data. The initiative was made possible…
How the National Library of Medicine Can Add Evidence to Your mHealth App, Part 1
This article is the first in a three-part series about how the free, evidence-based, online resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) can be…
Technology: Screencasting Tools
Screencasting is an easy way to capture what is happening on your screen along with your voice or video of you speaking. You can use…
History: T. Mark Hodges
T. Mark Hodges did not set out to be a librarian, but like many of us, he fell into the love of organized books. While…
FYI: Stress
Do you go home unable to forget or leave at work: the confrontations, contagions, constraints the consternations, contentions, condemnations the conundrums, consternations, convictions any or…
MLA Board Highlights: February 2018
The MLA Board of Directors met virtually on February 22, 2018. All meetings of the MLA Board are open to members, with the exception of…
Digging into the News: HealthNewsReview
In the course of my recent reading on health/science literacy, I came across HealthNewsReview. The site’s tagline is “Improving Your Critical Thinking About Healthcare,” and…
MLA Comments to EPA Opposing Proposed Rule to Strengthen Transparency in Regulatory Science
Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing the proposed rule,…