The Top 6 Things We’ve Learned So Far from Implementing Socious
MLA staff are neck-deep right now in preparing for the launch of several new web and IT systems by September. Here are just a few…
Technology: Scanning Documents with Your Mobile Device
Submitted by Daniel Trout, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Many people carry powerful cameras with them every day, and these…
Member Spotlight: Melanie Norton, AHIP
MLA Member Since: 1999First Professional Position: Reference librarian and liaison for faculty, staff, and students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the…
Section & SIG News
Edited by Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP Consumer and Patient Health Information Section Award Recipients Submitted by Kay Hogan Smith, AHIP, Chair, Consumer and Patient Health…
Internet Resources: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Submitted by Laura T. Kane, AHIP, School of Medicine Library, University of South Carolina–Columbia; edited by Talicia A. Tarver In the year 2000, the Centers…
Hospital Librarianship: Librarians, Informationists, and Swiss Army Knives
Submitted by David E. Coleman, Arnold Library, Hawai’i Pacific Health–Honolulu; edited by Nandita S. Mani, AHIP It is generally accepted that implementation of web-based resources…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Ralph Esterquest, librarian of the Countway Library of Medicine, Boston Medical Library, and Harvard University Medical School, outlined…
Hello!
Cheryl Rowan, Editor, MLA News I wanted to briefly introduce myself as I begin my term as the new editor for the MLA News. My…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch New Fellowship Opportunities at NYAM Two fellowships to pursue study and research in the history of medicine open in June at…
Expert Searching: Finding 19th and Early 20th Century Materials Online
Submitted by Melissa Grafe, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP PubMed comprises more than 24…
Chapter News
Reaching Out in New Directions: Changing the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group Approach to Outreach Submitted by Julia A. Hause, AHIP, Nevada Cochair,…
Is MLA an International Organization?
MLA Librarians without Borders holds workshops on the use of free and low-cost resources around the world. Is MLA an international organization? Should we…
The Section/SIG Dance-athon
A huge thank you to everyone who attended the section/SIG open forum at MLA ’15. We know there were two other open forums running simultaneously,…
Using *Your* Words: Professional Competencies
MLA President Michelle Kraft gets in on the action Over 100 people attended the open forum, “Revitalizing the Professional Competencies for Lifelong Learning” in…
MLA’s Plan for Change According to Star Wars
“You can’t stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.” A great quote about change from probably one of the worst…
EMTS Membership Report 2015
Posted by Amy Blevins As of Dec. 31, 2014 EMTS had 194 members. Renewal numbers for this year so far are at 148 but many…
EMTS Treasurer’s and CE Committee Reports 2015
Posted by Amy Blevins Treasurer’s Report Current balance in the treasury is $14037.76 MLA 2014 balance was $13716.38 Review upcoming/expected expenditures for the meeting 2…
Little Changes with Big Impact
By the way, we migrated MLA headquarters email to Google Apps in April, as part of MLA’s Goal 4, “rationalize and transform MLA information and communication systems.”…
Won’t You Join the (Section) Dance?
Kicking off a new vision for sections and SIGs Change—there are so many quotes about it. One that I recently came across may be…
Update on MLA’s Technology: What to Expect
Imagine if your friends’ Facebook pages were structured so differently that you had to figure out how to navigate each of them separately. And you…