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Full Speed Ahead and Other News

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The Winding Career Path of One Medical Librarian

Fri November 2, 2018

NLM Musings From the Mezzanine: Thank a Medical Librarian

Fri November 2, 2018

Report from InSight Summit 2: How Information Providers and Libraries Can Collaborate in Supporting Users in Developing Information Literacy through the Research/Publishing Life Cycle

Wed November 14, 2018

RTI Fellow Shares Experience in Blog

Wed October 24, 2018

Don’t hesitate, ‘cause MLA ’19 Elevate won’t wait! Submit your paper and immersion session abstracts by October 24!

Thu October 18, 2018

Making the case to attend MLA? There are so many reasons!

Wed October 17, 2018

Seven Blind Mice and Systematic Reviews: An MLA Webinar on Teaching through Storytelling

Mon October 15, 2018

Chicago: What a City to Visit!

Tue October 16, 2018

Discover more about MLA '19 in Chicago

Reserve a Room at the Hyatt for MLA ’19

Wed November 14, 2018

Opening Soon Poster and Lightning Talk Submission Site!

Thu November 15, 2018

Don’t hesitate, ‘cause MLA ’19 Elevate won’t wait! Submit your paper and immersion session abstracts by October 24!

Thu October 18, 2018

Making the case to attend MLA? There are so many reasons!

Wed October 17, 2018

Chicago: What a City to Visit!

Tue October 16, 2018

Elevate by Attending MLA ’19 in Chicago

Thu November 8, 2018

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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?

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: Featured Articles

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

RTI Fellows Share Experiences at NNLM MCR Webinar

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA
Wed November 14, 2018
Join Liz Kellermeyer and Alicia Lillich on November 14, 2018, 2:00 p.m., for an NNLM webinar about the Research Training Institute (RTI).
Blog link: RTI News

Reserve a Room at the Hyatt for MLA ’19

By: Elizabeth Quinlan Huggins
Sun November 11, 2018
Attending MLA ’19? Reserve a room at the Hyatt Regency Chicago! The Hyatt is the headquarters for the annual meeting and hotel room block. Reserving a room means a short commute to the meeting every morning.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Opening Soon Poster and Lightning Talk Submission Site!

By: Lindsay E. Blake, AHIP
Thu November 8, 2018
It's time to start getting your poster and lightening talk submissions ready. The submission site opens December 12.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

The Winding Career Path of One Medical Librarian

By: MLA Headquarters
Fri November 2, 2018
Ann Glusker, AHIP, shares her medical librarian career journey in "The Dragonfly" blog, a
publication and discussion forum for topics of interest to libraries and community-based organizations in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NNLM PNR).
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

NLM Musings From the Mezzanine: Thank a Medical Librarian

By: MLA Headquarters
Fri November 2, 2018
Patti Brennan reflects on how medical librarians and their partners in the health information profession are responsible for organizing and delivering essential information in the "NLM Musings From The Mezzanine” blog.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Report from InSight Summit 2: How Information Providers and Libraries Can Collaborate in Supporting Users in Developing Information Literacy through the Research/Publishing Life Cycle

By: Rich Lampert
Wed October 31, 2018
The theme for the second MLA InSight Summit was “Meeting the Evolving Information Needs of Library Stakeholders,” following closely on observations at the first InSight Summit that librarians and information providers needed to focus on quantitative and qualitative approaches to understanding users.
Blog link: InSight Initiative

RTI Fellow Shares Experience in Blog

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA
Wed October 24, 2018
Check out a blog report from Elizabeth Suelzer, 2018 Research Training Institute (RTI) fellow, for more information about daily life at the institute.
Blog link: RTI News

Don’t hesitate, ‘cause MLA ’19 Elevate won’t wait! Submit your paper and immersion session abstracts by October 24!

By: Barbara (Basia) Delawska-Elliott, AHIP
Thu October 18, 2018
The deadline for paper and immersion session submissions is just around the corner – October 24. Don't wait!
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Making the case to attend MLA? There are so many reasons!

By: Hannah Schilperoort
Wed October 17, 2018
You want to go to MLA’19. (Of course you do! It’s going to be awesome!) However, you need to gather evidence to convince your administration. You’re a librarian. You’re good at compiling evidence, but we know you’re busy, so we’re here to help.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Seven Blind Mice and Systematic Reviews: An MLA Webinar on Teaching through Storytelling

By: Lisa M. Acuff, AHIP
Mon October 15, 2018
How does the children’s story, Seven Blind Mice, relate to instruction on doing systematic reviews? Or to the many other health information concepts and skills medical librarians teach? Hint: Think stories!
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Chicago: What a City to Visit!

By: Rosie Hanneke, AHIP
Mon October 15, 2018
Join us in Chicago for MLA ’19: Elevate! See new sights and revisit some favorites.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

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

Why Do We Lead? An Introduction to Values-Based Leadership Webinar
Wednesday, December 12 - Wednesday, December 12, 2018

January 2019
15
MLA19 - Early Bird and Hotel Registrations Start
Tuesday, January 15 - Tuesday, January 15, 2019
29
Save the Date: Maximizing the Return on Your Systematic Review Investment Webinar
Tuesday, January 29 - Tuesday, January 29, 2019
February 2019
13
Save the Date: The Librarians Role in Addressing The Reproducibility Crisis Webinar
Wednesday, February 13 - Wednesday, February 13, 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 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

MLA Comments to EPA Opposing Proposed Rule to Strengthen Transparency in Regulatory Science

Fri May 11, 2018
MLA and AAHSL opposed EPA's proposed rule "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science

MLA Comments to NIH Regarding Its Data Science Strategic Plan

Tue April 10, 2018
The Medical Library Association comments in support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Plan for Data Science

Upcoming Webinars

Why Do We Lead? An Introduction to Values-Based Leadership

Wed October 17, 2018
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From Idea to Reality: How to Successfully Plan and Promote Library Events

Mon October 15, 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

Hospital librarians as publishers: expanding our role
Posted on: October 8, 2018 - 12:13 PM
Metrics Toolkit: an online evidence-based resource for navigating the research metrics landscape
Posted on: October 8, 2018 - 12:13 PM
Using virtual reality in medical education to teach empathy
Posted on: October 8, 2018 - 12:12 PM
High-performance computing service for bioinformatics and data science
Posted on: October 8, 2018 - 12:12 PM
Creating “wizards” on the library’s website
Posted on: October 8, 2018 - 12:11 PM
“Plutchik”: artificial intelligence chatbot for searching NCBI databases
Posted on: October 8, 2018 - 12:10 PM
2017 Audited schedule of changes in net assets
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Report from the Medical Library Association’s InSight Initiative Summit 1: Engaging Users in a Disruptive Era
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
SciFinder
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Piktochart
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Cochrane Interactive Learning
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Covidence and Rayyan
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age
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
How to earn a reputation as a great partner
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
“Blacklists” and “whitelists”: a salutary warning concerning the prevalence of racist language in discussions of predatory publishing
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
The relative citation ratio: what is it and why should medical librarians care?
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Response to “Environmental scan and evaluation of best practices for online systematic review resources”
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Reference checking for systematic reviews using Endnote
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Using Slack to communicate with medical students
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Data dreams: planning for the future of historical medical documents
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
Transforming the systematic review service: a team-based model to support the educational needs of researchers
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
The “Data Visualization Clinic”: a library-led critique workshop for data visualization
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM
A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches
Posted on: October 4, 2018 - 07:18 AM

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