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Announcing Nadya Okamoto as Featured Speaker at MLA ’19 | Elevate!
Fri September 14, 2018
MLA is pleased to announce that Nadya Okamoto will be the featured 2019 Joseph Leiter National Library of Medicine (NLM)/MLA Lecturer during MLA ’19 in Chicago, IL. Nadya Okamoto is a social entrepreneur and activist, founder and executive director of the nonprofit PERIOD: The Menstrual Movement.
Blog link: Featured Articles
Visualizing the Research Topics of 2018 Research Training Institute Applicants
Wed September 5, 2018
As part of the 2018 application process for the Research Training Institute (RTI), applicants submitted a list of keywords or phrases that describe the topics of their research proposals.
Blog link: RTI News
Diversity and Inclusion Fish Bowl, MLA ’18, Special Workshop Summary
Fri August 31, 2018
Diversity and inclusion is a new strategic goal for MLA. On May 21, the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force ran a special workshop at MLA ’18 called the “Diversity and Inclusion Fish Bowl Meeting.” Thirty-four meeting attendees participated in the 1.5-hour session
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Apply for the 2019 Research Training Institute
Fri August 31, 2018
Are you a library professional who is interested in learning to do research? Are you excited at the prospect of being part of an intensive and collaborative program that takes you through a process of learning research design and completing a health information research project?
Blog link: RTI News
The 2019 NPC has opened the call for contributed papers and immersion sessions, a clear sign that changes are taking place in annual meeting planning. Some changes have been asked for by MLA members, some to make processes easier, and some to align the annual meeting with MLA’s strategic initiatives
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
First RTI Workshop in Chicago a Great Success!
Tue August 7, 2018
The inaugural Research Training Institute (RTI) was held July 9–13, 2018, at the Library of Health Sciences-Chicago, University of Illinois–Chicago. During the RTI, nationally recognized faculty led the fellows through intensive research training and education.
Blog link: RTI News
MLA ’18 Book List
Tue July 31, 2018
Books, articles, and other resources mentioned during MLA ’18 are listed.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
A four-day workshop was conducted in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from May 14-17, 2018
Blog link: Librarians without Borders
Much of the time at InSight Initiative Summit 1, held in March, was devoted to small-group discussions of issues that both librarians and vendors regarded as challenging. This is the fourth of four articles that synthesize key points from the discussions.
Blog link: InSight Initiative
An interview with Terrie Wheeler, AMLS and Peter Oxley, PhD, on their poster presentation, “Provision of a library bioinformatics service to support medical research”. Special thanks to Terrie and Peter for participating in this interview.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
An update on the African American Medical Librarian’s Alliance (AAMLA) SIG activities during MLA’18.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Adventure to Atlanta Part 3: The Return of Humanism
Tue June 19, 2018
How to bring the human into a world dominated by virtual content.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
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