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Caucus Annual Business Meetings and Gatherings
Thu February 20, 2020
Caucus leaders and members, MLA encourages you to hold your official business meetings virtually before MLA ’20 instead of onsite in Portland so that all caucus members have the opportunity to attend and/or view a recording of the meeting. MLA headquarters staff is ready to set up web calls via Zoom
Blog link: Featured Articles
Introducing the Global Health & Health Equity Column!
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
The NEW MLA Annual Meeting Travel Grant
Thu February 13, 2020
There are a variety of reasons of why attending the MLA annual meeting is beneficial and travel assistance is so valuable. Eligibility for the grant has been modified to include a greater variety of librarians with different levels of experience and professional practice backgrounds.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Focus on YOUR Future at MLA ’20: Add a CE Course
Thu February 13, 2020
Come to MLA ’20 on Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16, to develop a skill in an MLA practice area and have extra time to explore Portland! MLA continuing education (CE) courses are powerful and rewarding learning experiences!
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Call for MLA ’20 Moderators
Thu February 6, 2020
The MLA ’20 Contributed Content Working Group is seeking moderators for paper and lightning talk sessions during MLA ’20. Moderators must register for MLA ’20. Complete the Moderator Sign-Up form by Monday, February 17.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Keep YOUR Future in Focus at MLA ’20: Add a CE Course
Thu February 6, 2020
Come to MLA ’20 on Friday May 15, and Saturday, May 16, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore Portland! MLA continuing education (CE) courses are powerful and rewarding learning experiences!
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Free Light Rail and Transit Pass with Registration!
Thu January 30, 2020
ll MLA '20 attendees will receive a complimentary TriMet transit pass when they pick up their registration packet! The pass is good for the MAX light rail, the streetcar, and busses across Portland through the end of the meeting.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Volunteers Needed for MLA ’20!
Tue January 28, 2020
Would you like to help out at MLA ’20? There are opportunities even if you are not from Portland!
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
MLA ’20 Registration Is Now Open!
Thu January 23, 2020
MLA is delighted to announce that registration for MLA ’20 is now open! Join us for dynamic programming at the Oregon Convention Center, May 15–19. Register now!
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
EFTS User Agreements Now Available
Thu January 23, 2020
Fun facts about the EFTS User Agreement process.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Check Your Schedule for MLA '20!
Thu January 23, 2020
Have you noticed the changes in the schedule for MLA ’20? The most obvious is that the meeting is a little shorter, ending Tuesday evening with the Janet Doe Lecture and reception closing the meeting. Another change is that the Tuesday evening reception is included with the standard registration.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Plan Time during MLA ’20 to Explore Portland
Thu January 16, 2020
We hope you will join us in envisioning our future in focus at MLA ’20. The meeting will be taking place May 15–19 in Portland, OR. Portland is an incredibly diverse and exciting city with plenty to keep you occupied before, between, and after all of the informative and innovative meeting sessions.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
There Is Still Time! Applications due January 17 for the 2020 RTI
Fri January 10, 2020
There is still time to apply to the Research Training Institute (RTI)! The deadline to apply is January 17.
Blog link: RTI News
RTI Announces New 2020 Faculty
Fri January 10, 2020
MLA is pleased to announce the Research Training Institute (RTI) faculty members for the 2020 RTI at the University of Illinois–Chicago, beginning July 2020.
Blog link: RTI News
Visit Weird and Wonderful Portland, Oregon!
Wed January 8, 2020
MLA ’20 will be held May 15-19 in Portland, Oregon. Here are a few reasons, besides attending the conference, that you might want to visit Portland!
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Reviewers Needed for MLA ’20
Thu December 19, 2019
The 2020 National Programming Committee is looking for reviewers for posters and lightning talks for MLA ’20, to be held May 15–May 19, 2020, in Portland, OR. To apply, please fill out the Reviewer Interest form by January 15, 2020.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Poster and Lightning Talk Submissions Open Tomorrow, December 13, 2019!
Thu December 12, 2019
The submission site for posters and lightning talks for MLA ’20 opens December 13, 2019, and will remain open until January 24, 2020. Posters and lightning talks are great ways to share information about research or programs.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Six librarians from southeastern Wisconsin, including RTI fellow Elizabeth Suelzer, AHIP, collaborated on a study that reviewed scholarly works that cited the retracted 1998 article by Wakefield et al. that purported to show an association with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism.
Blog link: RTI News
Updates to My Favorite Tool
Thu December 12, 2019
The Technology in Education Caucus is pleased to announce the following changes, updates, and the recruiting timeline for the My Favorite Tool session during MLA ’20. In 2019, the contestant slots filled up in less than twenty-four hours!
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
750+ Libraries Support The New EFTS
Mon December 9, 2019
Great news, and thank you!
750+ libraries have expressed their interest to join the new EFTS by requesting a user agreement from MLA.
750+ libraries have expressed their interest to join the new EFTS by requesting a user agreement from MLA.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Apply for the 2020 Research Training Institute!
Thu December 5, 2019
Are you a library professional interested in learning more about the research process? Do you have a brilliant idea or research topic that you want to pursue? The RTI program takes you through a process of learning research design and completing a health information research project.
Blog link: RTI News
EFTS Is Here to Stay
Fri November 22, 2019
A poem by Fred King, AHIP, on reaching the goal for EFTS sign ups.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform: Update
Thu November 21, 2019
As you may have learned , MLA has developed the specifications of a new EFTS platform. MLA will proceed with actual development and implementation if a minimum of 750 users sign up for the new platform. As of yesterday, we have surpassed the 60% mark of library requests to receive a user agreement.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
A Special Thank You to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL)
Wed November 20, 2019
MLA expresses grateful appreciation to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) for its continuing support of MLA’s Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians (RTI).
Blog link: RTI News
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform
Thu November 14, 2019
MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) platform. MLA will proceed with actual development and implementation if a minimum of 750 users sign up for the new platform by January 10, 2020, to “crowdfund” it.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
RTI Changes
Thu November 7, 2019
For the past three years, the RTI has been funded by the IMLS. We were very grateful to have this funding, but in July 2020, this funding will come to an end. Even though IMLS support is ending, MLA is committed to continuing this successful learning model that educates health sciences librarians
Blog link: RTI News
Increase Your Research Competencies: Apply to the RTI Program Today!
Fri November 1, 2019
The Research Training Institute (RTI) is a unique, intensive, and collaborative program that takes you through a process of learning research design and completing a health information research project with the support of peers and research experts.
Blog link: RTI News
My Favorite Tool 2020: Updates and Recruitment Timeline
Thu October 24, 2019
The Technology in Education Caucus is pleased to announce the following changes, updates, and the recruiting timeline for the My Favorite Tool session during MLA ’20. In 2019, the contestant slots filled up in less than 24 hours!
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
RTI Fellow Shares Experience in South Central Connection
Fri September 20, 2019
John Bourgeois, AHIP, 2019 RTI Fellow, recently shared the experiences of several South Central Chapter/MLA members at the MLA RTI Institute in Chicago in July for the South Central Connection.
Blog link: RTI News
MLA ’20 Call for Reviewers
Thu September 19, 2019
The 2020 National Programming Committee invites reviewers for papers, posters, and lightning talks for MLA ’20, to be held May 15–19, 2020, in Portland, OR.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Update on EFTS Continuation
Thu September 12, 2019
On July 18, 2019, MLA communicated to DOCLINE users that MLA, in collaboration with UConn and NLM, is developing a successor to the current EFTS. UConn has confirmed that EFTS operations at UConn will continue, uninterrupted, past the original end date of December 31, 2019.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
In Memoriam: Donald A.B. Lindberg
Mon August 19, 2019
Sadly, MLA shares the news that Donald A.B. Lindberg passed away Friday evening after a short illness. We are grateful for his leadership as director of the National Library of Medicine, which has had a great impact on the profession of health sciences librarianship.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Call for Papers and Immersion Sessions for MLA ’20
Thu August 15, 2019
The submission site for contributed papers and immersions sessions for MLA ’20 is now open.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
MLA Annual Meeting Newbie Pro Tips
Thu August 15, 2019
MLA ’19 was one of my most favorite meeting experiences. Every day was filled with riveting conversations, inspiring presentations, and just pure fun. I left MLA ’19 with quite a few ideas and more business cards and pens than I could count.
Blog link: Op Ed
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