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MLA Scholarly Communications Issues

MLA Committees, Activities, Selected Publications, and Continuing Education Opportunities

This page provides an overview of the work of MLA committees and task forces involved in the association's scholarly communications initiative. It also provides links to committee reports, other activities, select publications, and current MLA CE opportunities.

 

To top of page Committees and Task Forces [MO]

  • Task Force on Scholarly Publishing [MO]
    Established in 2004, the Task Force on Scholarly Publishing was charged with monitoring the issues, policies, and trends emerging in the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing market that impact the quick dissemination, ease of access, and reasonable costs of quality biomedical information and research results. The task force was directed to assess how these trends and policies in scholarly publication directly impact biomedical libraries and to recommend new programs, special initiatives and other activities that MLA should pursue in order to support the various needs of MLA members. In 2007 the board disbanded the task force with thanks for successfully completing its charge, and upon their recommendation established the Ad Hoc Committee for Advocating Scholarly Communication.
  • Ad Hoc Committee for Advocating Scholarly Communications. [MO]
    The committee is charged with educating and supporting MLA members while addressing and providing leadership on the issues, policies, and trends emerging in the STM (scientific, technical and medical) publishing market which impact the quick dissemination, ease of access, and reasonable costs of quality biomedical information and research results. The committee is also charged with assessing how these trends and policies in scholarly publication directly impact biomedical libraries and with recommending and implementing new programs, special initiatives and other activities that MLA should pursue in order to support the various needs of MLA members. Due to the diversity of MLA’s membership and their involvement in scholarly communication issues, the committee must consider the broader issues that cut across the different types of health science libraries and their biomedical settings. The committee should also consider the broader issues within scholarly communication, including peer review, authors rights, and citation analysis.
  • Governmental Relations Committee (GRC) and Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task Force [MO]
    MLA's Governmental Relations Committee and Legislative Task Force monitor existing and pending legislation, the implementation of public laws, and actions by federal executive departments, and develop and promulgate a consistent association position on information policy issues. Access to information in support of the delivery of health care, education, and research by health professionals and the public is a key priority. The member of the GRC serves as liaison to the Ad Hoc Committee for Advocating Scholarly Communication, and regular communication is maintained between the two committees.

To top of page Committee and Task Force Reports and Statements

To top of page Select Articles and Publications

To top of page MLA CE Opportunities

For further information, contact Mary Langman, 312.419.9094 x27, langman@mlahq.org.

 

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