MLA Board Highlights: February 2015
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, Executive Director, Medical Library AssociationThe MLA Board of Directors met in Chicago, IL, on February 9, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to…
Member Spotlight: Mary Nelson Peters, AHIP
Fast Facts: MLA Member Since: 1976First Professional Position: Serials librarian, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine–Fort Worth (now University of North Texas Health Science Center)Current Position:…
Internet Resources: Freely Available Medical Images
Submitted by Andrea C. Kepsel, AHIP, Libraries, Michigan State University−East Lansing; edited by Talicia Tarver Finding medical images freely available online can be difficult. Often…
Hospital Librarianship: The Value of Mentoring: A Hospital Librarian’s Perspective
Submitted by Catherine M. Boss, AHIP, Booker Health Sciences Library, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ; edited by Nandita S. Mani, AHIP Are you…
Honoring Our Past
Submitted by Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA Many important and popular “firsts” took place in 1948. MLA celebrated its 50th anniversary. The first training program…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Project ENABLE Librarians across the country can find information, ideas, and training on how to improve access to information for those…
Full Speed Ahead: MLA’s 2015/16 Strategic Priorities
Submitted by Michelle Kraft, AHIP, 2015/16 President, and Linda Walton, AHIP, 2014/15 President In past years, you would have been reading an article about presidential…
Expert Searching: Explosions in PubMed: What Google Doesn’t Do
Submitted by Eric Rumsey and Janna C. Lawrence, AHIP, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa–Iowa City, and Chris Shaffer, AHIP, Library, Oregon…
Board Approves 2015 Budget and Business Plan
Submitted by Chris Shaffer, AHIP, MLA Treasurer, and Ray Naegele, CPA, MLA Director of Financial and Administrative Services [Link removed ()]In October 2014, the Board…
The Board of Directors Gratefully Acknowledges Contributors
Submitted by Mary M. Langman, Director, Information Issues and Policy, MLA The Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges the following contributors, whose donations were received after…
Technology: Virtual Note Taking
Submitted by Andrea C. Kepsel, AHIP, MSU Libraries, Michigan State University–East Lansing; edited by Jean M. Gudenas In 2010 the Pew Research Center showed that…
Social Media: Health-Related Wearables and Social Sharing
Check out the video version of this column on MLA’s YouTube channel. Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP With Apple’s recent announcements about the availability of…
Section & SIG News
Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG Announcement Submitted by Margaret Henderson, AHIP, Convener, Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG In May 2015, the Molecular Biology and Genomics…
Professional Development: Academy New Members or Members Renewing at a Higher Level
Congratulations to new members and members who have renewed at a higher level in the Academy of Health Information Professionals. This quarterly listing is based…
National Library of Medicine Director Donald A. B. Lindberg Retires
MLA President Linda Walton, AHIP, and MLA Executive Director Kevin Baliozian attended Donald A. B. Lindberg’s retirement event on March 30. Members of Congress and…
MLA Honors Excellence in Health Sciences Librarianship
MLA honors all of its 2015 award winners and recognizes their outstanding professional contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. The Awards Ceremony and…
MLA Board Highlights: March 2015
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, Executive Director, Medical Library Association The MLA Board of Directors met virtually on March 23, 2015, from 10:30 a.m. to noon,…
Member Spotlight: Lisa Huang
Fast Facts: MLA Member Since: 2005First Professional Position: Health sciences librarian, Collin College-Central Park Campus Library, McKinney, TXCurrent Position: Health sciences librarian, Collin College-Central Park…
Medical Library Education: There Is No “I” in Team: The Importance of Teamwork
Submitted by Jodi L. Philbrick, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas–Denton On a recent visit to a Major…
J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA, Receives the 2015 Marcia C. Noyes Award
The highest honor that MLA confers is the Marcia C. Noyes Award. J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA, retired, Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,…