What is a Health Information Professional?

Using materials and tools that range from traditional print journals to electronic databases and the latest mobile devices, health sciences librarians use innovative strategies to access and deliver critical information for patient care, research, and publication.

About the profession

About the Profession

Learn about the wide range of expert services health information professionals provide in their institutions.

Is this career for you

Is this a Career For You?

Become an essential member of the health care team and impact health research, patient care, and publishing.

About MLA: Who We Are, What We Do

MLA supports medical and health sciences librarians and other information professionals with community engagement, funding, continuing education in health information management, research, and evidence-based practice, and more.

Ways We Serve Health Information Professionals

Upcoming Events

Oct 24

SCC/MLA 2025 Annual Meeting

October 24 (Friday) 8:00 am - October 29 (Wednesday) 5:00 pm
Oct 30

North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries 2025 Annual Conference

October 30 (Thursday) 8:00 am - October 30 (Thursday) 5:00 pm
Nov 05

Pacific Northwest Chapter Annual Conference – Virtual – Nov 5th & 6th

November 5 (Wednesday) 8:00 am - November 6 (Thursday) 5:00 pm
Nov 11

Leveraging AI Tools to Summarize Research Articles Webinar

November 11 (Tuesday) 1:00 pm - November 11 (Tuesday) 2:30 pm
Virtual,
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