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Global Health & Health Equity: New Hub Editor and Call for Articles

Thu May 7, 2020

Improving Access and Simplifying Workflow with LibKey

Thu May 7, 2020

RTI News: RTI Fellow Awarded Research Grant to Study Information Behaviors of Nursing Students

Tue May 26, 2020

What’s Going on with MLA ’20?

Thu May 7, 2020

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Library in COVID-19 Times: Part 1: Transitioning Facilities

Thu May 7, 2020

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Supporting Oral Health in the Time of COVID-19

Wed April 29, 2020

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Moving Instruction Online in a Hurry!

Tue April 28, 2020

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: I Feel Fine: A Musical Happy Half-Hour

Thu April 23, 2020

Discover more about MLA '20 in Portland

Introducing the MLA ’20 vConference

Thu May 21, 2020

What’s Going on with MLA ’20?

Thu May 7, 2020

MLA Board Reschedules MLA ’20 to August 15–19, 2020, in Portland

Thu March 19, 2020

Check Out These Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Bookstores!

Fri March 6, 2020

Statement from Travel Portland

Wed March 4, 2020

MLA ’20 Communication about COVID-19

Wed March 4, 2020

Select MLAConnect articles are public. Login for a display of all articles available to MLA members.

MLA Virtual 2020 Business Meeting and Presidential Addresses

MLA Virtual 2020 Business Meeting and Presidential Addresses
By: MLA Headquarters
Thu May 21, 2020
MLA held its first virtual annual business meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, with Julia Esparza, AHIP, presiding and 499 members attending. The historic session included the presidential address from Esparza and the inaugural presidential address by Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP.
Blog link: Featured Articles

RTI News: Congratulations to the 2020 RTI Fellows!

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA
Thu May 28, 2020
MLA is pleased to announce the 2020 Research Training Institute (RTI) fellows! This year due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 RTI will be offered in a virtual format from July 13 to 17, 2020. The institute will provide the same high-quality advanced research methods curriculum and learning
Blog link: RTI News

Introducing the MLA ’20 vConference

By: Julia Esparza, AHIP
Fri May 8, 2020
The MLA National Program Committee and headquarter team have designed a robust and exciting virtual conference with vendor exhibits, now that the governor of Oregon has limited gatherings in the state to 25 or fewer.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Library in COVID-19 Times: Part 2: Transitioning Services, Offerings and Support

By: Gali Halevi
Thu May 7, 2020
The Mount Sinai Libraries team offers education, teaching, and community engagements throughout the year in a variety of workshops, seminars, courses, and on-site wellness activities. As soon as the library closed and staff moved to work remotely, we quickly reprogrammed all of our offerings.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

May 12 COVID-19 Conversation: Critical Appraisal of COVID-19 Research

By: MLA Headquarters
Thu May 7, 2020
Methods and best practices for critical appraisal are well established, but the rapid pace of publication during the COVID-19 pandemic is throwing the rule book out the window. Or is it? Join leaders from the Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians (CAIFL) for ideas, tips, and discussion.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Global Health & Health Equity: New Hub Editor and Call for Articles

By: Lilian Hoffecker
Thu May 7, 2020
Lilian Hoffecker introduces herself as the MLAConnect Global Health & Health Equity (GH&HE) column editor and welcomes submissions related to international cooperation, global health, and health equity.
Blog link: Global Health & Health Equity

Improving Access and Simplifying Workflow with LibKey

By: Debra Cavanaugh
Thu May 7, 2020
Connect your users to full text in one-click from all your databases with LibKey. Join Third Iron Co-founder and President John Seguin in a free webinar to learn more.
Blog link: Vendor Webinars

RTI News: RTI Fellow Awarded Research Grant to Study Information Behaviors of Nursing Students

By: Ying Zhong
Thu May 7, 2020
Ying Zhong, 2019 RTI fellow, was recently awarded a research grant in the amount of $4,970 by the CSUB Research Council of the University (RCU).
Blog link: RTI News

What’s Going on with MLA ’20?

By: Janna C. Lawrence, AHIP
Wed May 6, 2020
You all know by now that MLA ’20 has now been rescheduled for August 15–19. Although the 2020 NPC, the MLA Board, and the MLA headquarters staff are all working to make this year’s meeting a success, there are still many unknowns, just as there are in our workplaces and other segments of our lives.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Library in COVID-19 Times: Part 1: Transitioning Facilities

By: Gali Halevi
Thu April 30, 2020
The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine converted library classrooms to a storage area for respirators arriving for deployment, and the library’s main hall was used to store patients’ beds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Supporting Oral Health in the Time of COVID-19

By: MLA Headquarters
Wed April 29, 2020
Dental Caucus leaders Amanda Nevius, Nicole Theis-Mahon, AHIP, and Nena Schvaneveldt, AHIP, will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on dental schooling and invite you to share your stories.
Tuesday, May 5, 10:00 a.m., pacific time; 11:00 a.m., mountain time; noon, central time; 1:00 p.m., eastern time
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Moving Instruction Online in a Hurry!

By: MLA Headquarters
Mon April 27, 2020
Ruby Nugent and Brandi Tuttle, AHIP, share their experiences moving two very different education offerings online in a hurry.
Date: Tuesday, April 28
Time: 10:00 a.m., pacific time; 11:00 a.m., mountain time; noon, central time; 1:00 p.m., eastern time
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: I Feel Fine: A Musical Happy Half-Hour

By: MLA Headquarters
Tue April 21, 2020
Date: Thursday, April 23

Time: 2:00 p.m., pacific time; 3:00 p.m., mountain time; 4:00 p.m., central time; 5:00 p.m., eastern time. Note the Thursday date and special mid/late afternoon times for this session.

Audience: Medical librarians, music lovers, and anyone feeling stressed these days.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

COVID19 Spanish Language Materials Resource Available!

By: Nora Franco
Fri April 17, 2020
Aligned with the call of the LatinX Caucus of the MLA to contribute to the MLA COVID-19 Resources for Medical Librarians & Other Health Information Professionals page, Nora Franco and the LatinX Caucus assembled Spanish language resources. Read more in Nora Franco’s article posted in Latitudes.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Citizen Science Needs You! Help Fight COVID-19

By: Michele Spatz
Fri April 17, 2020
The COVID-19 Citizen Science (CCS) project has just been launched a way for people from every walk of life to help in the battle against this virus. Learn more in Michele Spatz’s article originally posted in PNR Dragonfly.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Consumer Health: Cancer Comics

By: Donald Pearson, AHIP
Thu April 16, 2020
Comics about cancer? Comic book writer A. David Lewis writes about building a virtual collection of graphic medicine titles for oncology patients and caregivers. Lewis is a comics scholar focusing on literary theory, religious studies, and graphic medicine.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Managing Remote Workers and Work

By: MLA Headquarters
Thu April 16, 2020
On Tuesday, April 21, Michelle Kraft, AHIP,will share her experiences, challenges, and solutions to managing employees remotely. Ellen Aaronson, AHIP, will share how her virtual role has changed during the time of COVID-19. Participants will have opportunities to share their experiences and tips.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: COVID-19 Searching: Strategies and Sources

By: MLA Headquarters
Thu April 9, 2020
Sarah T. Jewell and Margaret Jane Foster, AHIP, team up to explore curated article sets, MEDLINE search issues specific to platforms, and epidemiological, clinical, and policy data sets in this rapidly changing COVID-19 information environment.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Global Health & Health Equity: Assisting Clinicians in Addressing Human Trafficking

By: Amy Sharpe
Thu April 9, 2020
Health care providers have unique opportunities to identify and support patients who have been trafficked for labor or sex. Because human trafficking happens in all communities and impacts short- and long-term health of victims, it is essential for clinicians to know how to identify it.
Blog link: Global Health & Health Equity

Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Professional Partnerships in the Time of COVID-19: Masks and More

By: MLA Headquarters
Thu April 2, 2020
Join the COVID-19 Conversation: Professional Partnerships in the Time of COVID-19: Masks and More on Tuesday, April 7.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative

By: MLA Headquarters
Tue March 31, 2020
To support the ongoing public health emergency response efforts, national science and technology advisors from a dozen countries formed a Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative, calling on publishers to voluntarily agree to make their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications accessible.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Join the Covid-19 Conversation: How to Be with Others When You Are Alone

By: MLA Headquarters
Mon March 30, 2020
MLA is launching a series of free, live, online conversations, Coping and Caring in the Time of COVID. These weekly conversations for MLA members and the wider health information professional community are designed to help share ideas and to address pain points related to the crisis.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

A Librarian Can…Integrate Work and Life

By: Martha E. Meacham
Thu March 26, 2020
These are strange times. My entire staff and I are working from home as our University is shut down while dealing with COVID-19. I never thought I would miss being constantly interrupted, but there is a definite feeling of disconnection and loneliness when you don’t see the same people in person.
Blog link: Op Ed

Statement of Support to Libraries and Library Workers

By: Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP
Sat March 21, 2020
The MLA Board of Directors released the following statement in support of libraries and library workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

MLA Member Curated List of COVID-19 Resources

By: Kate E. Corcoran
Thu March 19, 2020
MLA members have started a curated list of COVID-19 resources for medical librarians and other health information professionals. The site will be updated as frequently as possible and has been created from crowd-sourced suggestions.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

MLA Team Serving You Remotely During COVID-19

By: Kevin Baliozian
Mon March 16, 2020
During this temporary emergency, all MLA team members are working from home and remain fully available to serve you.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Research Invitation for Librarians Who Use Reflection at Work

By: Jolene M. Miller, AHIP
Thu March 12, 2020
Have you used reflection to improve your performance at work or to better understand situations at work? If so, consider participating in a new research study, “Health Science Librarians’ Engagement in Work-Related Reflection: A Qualitative Exploration of Why They Invest in Reflective Practice."
Blog link: RTI News

MLA Board Reschedules MLA ’20 to August 15–19, 2020, in Portland

By: Julia Esparza, AHIP
Thu March 12, 2020
We have heard from many of you about the potential effect of COVID-19 on your attendance at MLA ’20. With our top priority being the health and safety of all members and participants at our meeting, the MLA Board of Directors approved rescheduling MLA’s annual meeting to August 15–19.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

Check Out These Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Bookstores!

By: Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP
Fri March 6, 2020
Portland is full of wonderful libraries, archives, and bookstores, and we hope that you find time to visit these special places and collections during your visit. Listed below are a number of institutions which will be happy to welcome you.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

Statement from Travel Portland

By: Kevin Baliozian
Wed March 4, 2020
Portland is currently open for business, and travel is not restricted. According to authorities, the risk of exposure in Portland is still low. See the latest statement from Travel Portland with useful links to multiple resources.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

MLA ’20 Communication about COVID-19

By: Kevin Baliozian
Wed March 4, 2020
Implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak are changing on a daily basis. Based on the trusted information we know today, and guidance from WHO, CDC and other agencies, we are moving forward with MLA '20 as scheduled.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

Tour Two of Portland’s Integrative Medicine Libraries

By: Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP
Thu February 27, 2020
Are you looking for a fun and informative activity with fellow librarians while in Portland? The 2020 Local Assistance Committee has got you covered. Join us for a tour of the libraries at the National University of Natural Medicine and the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

EFTS Update: February 27, 2020

By: Kevin Baliozian
Thu February 27, 2020
Your MLA EFTS team has been hard at work to implement the new EFTS. Check out the latest news and announcements,
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

RTI Research Spotlight: Librarian-Led Research Shows the Need for Greater Open Access Outreach to Change Misconceptions of Early Career Researchers

By: Robin O'Hanlon
Thu February 20, 2020
A recent study published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association found that early career professionals in the field of cancer research have a complicated relationship to open access (OA) publishing.
Blog link: RTI News

Introducing the Global Health & Health Equity Column!

By: Tony Nguyen, AHIP
Thu February 13, 2020
Welcome to the inaugural Global Health & Health Equity column! This column will cover hub activities and be a platform of relevant topics in our profession.
Blog link: Global Health & Health Equity

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June 2020
3
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Peer Review: For Reviewers and Authors Webinar
Wednesday, June 3 - Wednesday, June 3, 2020

23
Critical Appraisal of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Webinar
Tuesday, June 23 - Tuesday, June 23, 2020

July 2020
8
Find the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Search Strategy That Works for You Webinar
Wednesday, July 8 - Wednesday, July 8, 2020

August 2020
5
Save the Date: Introduction to Open Science Webinar
Wednesday, August 5 - Wednesday, August 5, 2020
October 2020
3
Midwest Chapter/MLA Meeting
Saturday, October 3 - Monday, October 5, 2020
Bloomington, IN
14
Midcontinental Chapter of MLA Meeting (Virtual)
Wednesday, October 14 - Friday, October 16, 2020
18
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting
Sunday, October 18 - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Pittsburgh, PA
Hotel Monaco

22
Southern Chapter/MLA Meeting
Thursday, October 22 - Saturday, October 24, 2020
Montgomery, AL
23
South Central Chapter Meeting
Friday, October 23 - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Houston, TX

25
North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries, Inc. Meeting
Sunday, October 25 - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Portland, ME

28
Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter Meeting
Wednesday, October 28 - Friday, October 30, 2020
Poughkeepsie, NY

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MLA and AAHSL comment on public access

Mon April 6, 2020
Medical Library Association and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries comments to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), encouraging the OSTP and National Science and Technology Committee to consider a “zero-embargo” open access policy.

NLM Receives Stimulus Funding to Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to the Coronavirus

Wed April 1, 2020
The $2 trillion economic stimulus bill, CARES Act (P.L. 116-136), in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, provides NLM with $10,000,000 to support services that respond to the Coronavirus.

MLA and AAHSL comments to NLM addressing ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization

Mon March 16, 2020
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have responded to the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Request for Comments on ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization

MLA and AAHSL comments on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research

Mon March 16, 2020
MLA and AAHSL have responded to the Request for Comments from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research

MLA and AAHSL Comment on Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

Tue January 21, 2020
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) comment on the Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and Supplemental Guidance.

Upcoming Webinars

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Peer Review: For Reviewers and Authors

Sun April 5, 2020
Register now for Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Peer Review: For Reviewers and Authors to be presented on June 3, 2020.

Critical Appraisal of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Sun April 5, 2020
Register now for Critical Appraisal of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses to be presented on June 23, 2020.

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Improving Access and Simplifying Workflow with LibKey

Thu May 7, 2020
Connect your users to full text in one-click from all your databases with LibKey. Join Third Iron Co-founder and President John Seguin in a free webinar to learn more.

Latest Recorded Webinars

Drawn to Graphic Medicine: Bringing Comics into Medical Librarianship

Wed May 27, 2020

Make Fun of Learning! Game-Based Learning for Student Success

Wed May 13, 2020

Basic Statistics for Research Design

Thu March 26, 2020

Basic Statistics for Research Appraisal

Thu March 26, 2020

Grey (Literature) Matters: Selecting the Right Grey Literature to Search

Mon October 7, 2019

JMLA Latest Articles

Building visualization skills through investigating the Journal of the Medical Library Association coauthorship network from 2006–2017
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Academic health sciences libraries and affiliated hospitals: a conversation about licensing electronic resources
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Faculty knowledge and attitudes regarding predatory open access journals: a needs assessment study
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Improving the translation of search strategies using the Polyglot Search Translator: a randomized controlled trial
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Understanding medical student evidence-based medicine information seeking in an authentic clinical simulation
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
A comparison of patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) to a new, alternative clinical question framework for search skills, search results, and self-efficacy: a randomized controlled trial
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Evaluation of the experiences and needs of users of a drug information resources website
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
SPI-Hub™: a gateway to scholarly publishing information
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
A case report about anatomy applications for a physical therapy hybrid online curriculum
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Grey literature citations in top nursing journals: a bibliometric study
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Librarian integration into health care conferences: a case report
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Collection practices for nontraditional online resources among academic health sciences libraries
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Using the Lens database for staff publications
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Report from the Medical Library Association’s InSight Initiative Summit 3: Bridge Building: What Bridges to Build and How
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Information at Work: Information Management in the Workplace
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD, Honorary MLA Member
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Claire Fraser, RN, MD, OMG: history of medicine in the Outlander novels and series
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Health Psychology Consultation in the Inpatient Medical Setting
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Read by QxMD
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
The Medical Library Association Data Services Competency: a framework for data science and open science skills development
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Data Science and Predictive Analytics: Biomedical and Health Applications Using R
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Correction to “A model for initiating research data management services at academic libraries” in 107(3) July, pages 432–41. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.545
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Canva
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM
Osmosis
Posted on: April 1, 2020 - 08:09 AM

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