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Events and Tours in Chicago

Wed January 2, 2019

It’s Called Predatory Publishing for a Reason!

Thu December 20, 2018

Now Open! Poster and Lightning Talk Submission Site!

Wed December 12, 2018

New at MLA ’19! Option to share personal pronouns on badges!

Fri January 18, 2019

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

Mon December 3, 2018

The National Guidelines Clearinghouse Returns—as the ECRI Guidelines Trust

Fri November 30, 2018

Report from InSight Summit 2: How Can Librarians, Publishers, and Providers of Discovery and Management Tools Collaborate to More Effectively Communicate the Value of Information?

Fri November 30, 2018

NNLM NER - Librarians Supporting Nurses: Danbury Hospital in Connecticut

Thu November 15, 2018

Discover more about MLA '19 in Chicago

MLA ’19 Registration Is Now Open!

Fri January 18, 2019

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

Fri January 18, 2019

Attend MLA ’19 with 8 Money-Saving Tips

Thu January 10, 2019

Events and Tours in Chicago

Wed January 2, 2019

Now Open! Poster and Lightning Talk Submission Site!

Wed December 12, 2018

New at MLA ’19! Option to share personal pronouns on badges!

Fri January 18, 2019

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MLA 2019 Election

MLA 2019 Election
By: MLA Headquarters
Wed January 16, 2019
Your vote matters! Vote in the 2019 MLA Election.
Blog link: Featured Articles

Guest Post: MLA InSight — How to Buy Whisky

By: Elizabeth A. Ketterman
Fri January 18, 2019
This article was published by The Scholarly Kitchen as a guest post by Elizabeth Ketterman, MLS, Director of the William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library at East Carolina University, and Sean Pidgeon, Publishing Director for Science and Medicine and Oxford University Press.
Blog link: InSight Initiative

MLA ’19 Registration Is Now Open!

By: MLA Headquarters
Fri January 18, 2019
MLA is delighted to announce that registration for MLA ’19 is now open! Join us for three-and-a-half days of dynamic programming at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, May 3–8!
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh
Fri January 18, 2019
MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Attend MLA ’19 with 8 Money-Saving Tips

By: Ray Naegele
Thu January 10, 2019
8 money-saving tips for MLA ’19 Elevate
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Events and Tours in Chicago

By: Karen Gutzman
Fri December 28, 2018
May in Chicago is a busy time, and there is no shortage of things to do. MLA ’19 is located within walking distance (or a quick taxi or CTA ride) to so many classic Chicago activities.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

It’s Called Predatory Publishing for a Reason!

By: Daniel J. Doody
Thu December 20, 2018
Predatory publishing has been highlighted at both the first and second summits of the MLA InSight Initiative that took place in 2018 as a common vexing challenge facing both health sciences librarians and information providers. Read more about this challenging issue.
Blog link: InSight Initiative

Now Open! Poster and Lightning Talk Submission Site!

By: Lindsay E Blake
Wed December 12, 2018
The #mlanet19 poster and lightning talk abstract submission site is now open. Submit abstracts December 12, 2018–January 25, 2019.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

New at MLA ’19! Option to share personal pronouns on badges!

By: Hannah Schilperoort
Mon December 3, 2018
Personal pronouns coming to MLA ’19 badges.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh
Fri November 30, 2018
MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

The National Guidelines Clearinghouse Returns—as the ECRI Guidelines Trust

By: Susan E Swogger
Fri November 30, 2018
As most of you know, the US government has been busily pruning the content it offers to the public, including medical and scientific data and information. One of the medical resources removed in 2017 was the National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Report from InSight Summit 2: How Can Librarians, Publishers, and Providers of Discovery and Management Tools Collaborate to More Effectively Communicate the Value of Information?

By: Nadine Dexter, AHIP
Thu November 15, 2018
The theme for the second MLA InSight Summit was “Meeting the Evolving Information Needs of Library Stakeholders.” This article reports on the challenge of how information librarians and librarians can collaborate in explaining to users why licensed (and often costly) content has real value to them.
Blog link: InSight Initiative

NNLM NER - Librarians Supporting Nurses: Danbury Hospital in Connecticut

By: Margot G. Malachowski, AHIP
Thu November 15, 2018
Margot Malachowski, AHIP, explores this topic of hospital librarians supporting nursing education and research. This article was originally posted by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region at https://news.nnlm.gov/ner.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

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December 2018
12
MLA19 - Call for Submissions 2: Posters and Lightning Talks
Wednesday, December 12 - Friday, January 25, 2019

January 2019
29
From Protocol To Publication: Maximizing the Return on Your Systematic Review Investment Webinar
Tuesday, January 29 - Tuesday, January 29, 2019

February 2019
13
Helping Science Succeed: The Librarian's Role in Addressing the Reproducibility Crisis Webinar
Wednesday, February 13 - Wednesday, February 13, 2019

March 2019
14
Save the Date! Take Your Research Guides from Good to Great Webinar
Thursday, March 14 - Thursday, March 14, 2019
April 2019
3
MLA19 - Early Bird Registration Ends
Wednesday, April 3 - Wednesday, April 3, 2019

9
MLA19 - Hotel Reservation Ends
Tuesday, April 9 - Tuesday, April 9, 2019
May 2019
3
MLA19 - Preconference (Chicago)
Friday, May 3 - Saturday, May 4, 2019

4
MLA19 - Annual Meeting (Chicago)
Saturday, May 4 - Wednesday, May 8, 2019

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MLA Comments on Healthy People 2030 Objectives

Fri January 18, 2019
MLA comments on Healthy People 2030.

MLA Addresses Draft NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing

Tue January 15, 2019
The Medical Library Association has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health on proposed revisions to its draft data management and sharing policy for NIH funded or supported research.

MLA Letter to ECRI Institute regarding National Guideline Clearinghouse

Fri August 3, 2018
ECRI Institute responds to President Beverly Murphy's letter regarding their decision to continue management of the National Guideline Clearinghouse

National Guideline Clearinghouse Will Continue

Wed July 18, 2018
The ECRI Institute will continue to provide access to National Guideline Clearinghouse resources

NIH Data Science Strategic Plan Incorporates MLA Recommendations

Mon June 11, 2018
The NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science incorporates MLA’s comments to engage librarians and information specialists in partnership roles that support training and infrastructure needs for data science

Upcoming Webinars

From Protocol To Publication: Maximizing the Return on Your Systematic Review Investment

Tue December 18, 2018
Register now for From Protocol To Publication: Maximizing the Return on Your Systematic Review Investment to be held January 29, 2019. Join the panel as they share their strategies for working with re...

Helping Science Succeed: The Librarian’s Role in Addressing the Reproducibility Crisis

Mon December 17, 2018
Register now for Helping Science Succeed: The Librarian’s Role in Addressing the Reproducibility Crisis to be held February 13, 2019. Join our speakers to explore reproducibility guidelines and ...

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Latest Recorded Webinars

From Idea to Reality: How to Successfully Plan and Promote Library Events

Mon December 17, 2018

Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Research

Thu September 6, 2018

Putting the Quality in Qualitative: Tips for Evaluating Qualitative Research Articles

Sat September 1, 2018

What Is Genomic Medicine?

Tue August 21, 2018

Aligning the Three Pillars of Effective Instruction: Outcomes, Teaching, and Assessment for Health Sciences Librarians

Mon July 16, 2018

JMLA Latest Articles

Distinguishing case study as a research method from case reports as a publication type
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Building new twenty-first century medical school libraries from the ground up: challenges, experiences, and lessons learned
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Almost half of references in reports on new and emerging nondrug health technologies are grey literature
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
HoloLens and VIVE Pro: Virtual Reality Headsets
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
The Data Librarian’s Handbook
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Academic Library Metamorphosis and Regeneration
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Civilization and Disease
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE)
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Adapting data management education to support clinical research projects in an academic medical center
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
The path to leadership: the career journey of academic health sciences library directors
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Evaluation of drug information resources for drug-ethanol and drug-tobacco interactions
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Missionaries, measles, and manuscripts: revisiting the Whitman tragedy
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Information literacy instruction for pharmacy students: a pharmacy librarian reflects on a year of teaching
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Identifying e-books authored by faculty: a method for scoping the digital collection and curating a list
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Predatory publications in evidence syntheses
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
A health sciences library promotes wellness with free yoga
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
A library mobile device deployment to enhance the medical student experience in a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Exploring PubMed as a reliable resource for scholarly communications services
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Lessons learned from multisite implementation and evaluation of Project SHARE, a teen health information literacy, empowerment, and leadership program
Posted on: January 4, 2019 - 01:48 PM
Cochrane Interactive Learning
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Piktochart
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
SciFinder
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Covidence and Rayyan
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Transforming Medical Library Staff for the Twenty-First Century
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Information and Innovation: A Natural Combination for Health Sciences Libraries
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM

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