Allied Library, Information, and Standards Organizations
MLA maintains strong ties with allied associations, agencies, networks, and organizations that share our concerns. MLA also maintains official representatives to specific allied organizations that have similar interests to ours in an effort to influence decisions affecting the field of health sciences librarianship and biomedical information management.
The following organizations address issues important to health sciences information professionals.
Library Associations and Organizations with MLA Executive Committee Liaison
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
- American Library Association (ALA) - MLA President/Executive Director
- Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) - MLA President/Executive Director
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - MLA President/Executive Director
- Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA)/Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé du Canada - MLA President
- Joint Commission - accrediting organization - MLA Executive Director
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) - MLA President/Executive Director
North American Organizations with MLA Representation
- American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
- Mexican Library Association (Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios, A.C.)
- North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG)
- Special Libraries Association Biological Sciences Division (SLA)
International Organizations with MLA Representation
Visit the MLA Bilateral Agreements page for information about MLA's international partner organizations
State/Regional Medical Library Organizations
MLA chapters bring together library staff across multiple states in a region. To see if there is a health sciences library association for your state, visit the MLA chapter website for the chapter that covers your state of interest.
New England Region
- Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Librarians (CAHSL)
- Health Sciences Libraries of New Hampshire and Vermont (HSL- NH/VT)
- Massachusetts Health Sciences Library Network (MAHSLIN)
- Southeastern Massachusetts Consortium of Health Sciences Libraries (SEMCO)
Middle Atlantic Region
- Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan and the Bronx Health Sciences Librarians Consortium (BQSI/MB)
- Central New Jersey Health Science Libraries Consortium (CJHSLA)
- Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (HSLC)
- Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey (HSLANJ)
- Library Consortium of Health Institutions in Buffalo (LCHIB)
- Medical and Scientific Libraries of Long Island (MEDLI)
- Susquehanna Library Cooperative (SLC)
Southeastern Atlantic Region
- Alabama Health Libraries Association (ALHeLA)
- Association Of North Carolina Health And Science Libraries (ANCHASL)
- Atlanta Health Science Libraries Consortium (AHSLC)
- Florida Health Science Library Association (FHSLA)
- Georgia Health Sciences Library Association
- Tennessee Health Science Library Association (THeSLA)
Greater Midwest Region
- Bluegrass Medical Libraries
- Central Indiana Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (CIHSLC)
- Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI)
- Health Sciences Libraries of Minnesota (HSLM)
- Indiana Health Sciences Library Association (IHSLA)
- Medical Library Association of Northeastern Ohio (MLANO)
- Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group (MDMLG)
- Michigan Health Sciences Library Association (MHSLA)
- Ohio Health Sciences Library Association (OHSLA)
- Wisconsin Health Sciences Libraries Association (WHSLA)
MidContinental Region
- Colorado Council of Medical Librarians
- Icon Library Consortium [Nebraska]
- St. Louis Medical Librarians (SLML)
- Utah Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (UHSLC)
South Central Region
Pacific Northwest Region
- Health Libraries Association of British Columbia (HLABC)
- Idaho Health Information Association (IHIA)
- Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association
- Saskatchewan Health Libraries Association (SHLA)
- Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association
- Washington Medical Librarians Association (WMLA)
Pacific Southwest Region
World Medical Library Associations
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- IFLA Section of Health and Biosciences Libraries
Europe
- Nordic-Baltic Association for Medical and Health Information
- Denmark: The Danish Union of Librarians
- Germany: German Medical Library Association (GMLA) / Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Medizinishces Bibliothekswesen (AGMB)
- Hungary: Hungarian Medical Library Association / Magyar Orvosi Konyvtarak Szovettsege (MOKSZ)
- Ireland: Library Association of Ireland/Health Sciences Libraries Section (LAI/HSLS)
- Italy: The Association of Librarians and Documentalists of the National Health Service / Bibliotecari Documentalisti Sanita/Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (BDS/SSN)
- The Netherlands: Netherlands Library Forum
- Norway: Norwegian Library Association
- Portugal: Portuguese Association in Health Documentation and Information / Associacao Portuguesa de Documentacao e Informacao de Saude (APDIS)
- Spain: Sociedad Espanola de Documentacion e Informacion Cientifica (SEDIC) / Grupo de Bibliotecas de Ciencias de la Salud
- Sweden: Swedish Library Association/Medical subgroup / Svensk Bibliotekforening, Specialgruppen for vardbibliotek
- Switzerland: Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften / Kommission der biomedizinischen Bilbiotheken
- United Kingdom: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals/Health Libraries Group (CILIP/HLG)