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Connecting Clinicians Searching the Open Web with Library Resources (Sponsored by Third Iron)
Thu September 28, 2023
Free webinar! Space is limited so register today for the LibKey Nomad webinar all about connecting open web researchers to the full text. Don't miss out!
Blog link: Vendor Webinars
Promoting Citational Justice in Health Sciences
Thu June 29, 2023
Breanne Crumpton and Mark Coltrain emphasize the importance of citational justice, raising awareness, and advocating for change. Learn how to be an advocate today!
Blog link: Public Policy Center
The results of this study provide a foundation for building a more comprehensive bibliotherapy program at the Hirsh Health Sciences Library. Read on!
Blog link: Announcements
NLM Seeks Associate Fellows
Thu January 12, 2023
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) seeks early and second-career librarians within five years of graduation interested in a one-year fellowship. Apply now!
Blog link: Announcements
Get your MLA August CE!
Thu July 14, 2022
Enjoy the warm weather as summer comes to a close - and get some MLA CE while you're at it.
Blog link: Announcements
Special Offer for MLA Members on CHLA/ABSC Course
Thu March 3, 2022
MLA is pleased to share the CHLA/ABSC course The Business of Libraries to MLA members.
Blog link: Announcements
October Continuing Education
Thu September 9, 2021
Check out the October offerings for webinars, instructor-led courses, and self-paced courses.
Blog link: Announcements
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
Deepen Your MLA ’19 Experience: Attend the Symposium and Add a CE Course!
Thu April 25, 2019
You can register for continuing education (CE) courses at MLA ’19!
Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Enhance Your MLA ’19 Experience: Add a CE Course!
Thu April 4, 2019
Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area by taking a continuing education (CE) course, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Are you looking to improve your leadership and management skills? The Managing from the Middle: Learning to Lead from Where You Are symposium is a great place to start! Award-winning educator, author, and academic leader, Joan Gallos will present the keynote talk at the symposium.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Upgrade Your MLA ’19 Experience: Add a CE Course!
Thu March 21, 2019
Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
MLA Annual Meeting Courses Are Powerful Learning Experiences!
Thu March 14, 2019
MLA ’19 offers you more than twenty continuing education (CE) courses and a daylong symposium about “Managing from the Middle.” CE takes place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Get Your Hands-On Learning at MLA ’19: Add a CE Course! - #mlanet19
Thu March 7, 2019
Come early to MLA ’19, take a course in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to tour MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Choose from over twenty continuing education courses and a daylong symposium on “Managing from the Middle,” offered on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.
Choose from over twenty continuing education courses and a daylong symposium on “Managing from the Middle,” offered on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Elevate Your MLA ’19 Experience: Add a CE Course!
Thu February 28, 2019
Come early to MLA ’19, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!
Choose from twenty-two continuing education (CE) courses offered on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.
Choose from twenty-two continuing education (CE) courses offered on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Award-winning educator, author, and academic leader Joan V. Gallos, will present the keynote at the MLA ’19 symposium, Managing from the Middle: Learning to Lead from Where You Are, sponsored by the Leadership and Management Section.
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
MLA ’19 Continuing Education
Thu February 7, 2019
MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL, will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
MLA ’19 Continuing Education
Thu January 31, 2019
MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL, will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
MLA ’19 Continuing Education
Fri January 18, 2019
MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
Research4Life Training in New Orleans: Feb 28 and Mar 1 2019
Wed January 16, 2019
The goal of Research4Life (R4L - www.research4life.org) is to reduce the knowledge gap between high- and low- and middle-income countries (LMIC’s) by providing free or low-cost access to online scholarly, professional and research information in five programs...
Blog link: International Cooperation Blog
MLA ’19 Continuing Education
Fri November 30, 2018
MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments
Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate
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
Transform Your MLA ’18 Experience: Add a CE Course!
Mon April 30, 2018
Come early to MLA ’18, develop a skill in an MLA competency, and have some extra time to tour Atlanta!
Choose from twenty continuing education (CE) courses offered on Friday and Saturday before the start of the meeting on Sunday.
Choose from twenty continuing education (CE) courses offered on Friday and Saturday before the start of the meeting on Sunday.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Do You Know How to Search for Clinical Trials?
Fri April 27, 2018
If you know how to search for clinical trials, you probably know that trials registers are becoming a standard information resource for systematic reviews, comparative effectiveness research, and evidence-based guidelines and that AHRQ, Cochrane, and others recommend or mandate searching trials
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Peek Under the Hood of Your Website and Learn How to Unleash Its Power!
Thu April 26, 2018
Your library or organization’s website is your most powerful way of publicizing and offering your services. Taking Peeking Under the Hood at MLA ’18 is a powerful way for you to advance the reputation of your library, become your library’s in-house expert on web matters, and enhance your resume.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Learn to Liaise at MLA ’18!
Tue April 24, 2018
Health information professionals in academic libraries and in health care facilities spend much of their time collaborating and communicating with faculty, clinicians, and other professionals. There are over eighty health professions! Each has unique standards and cultures of practice.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
See the Big Picture of Data Visualization!
Mon April 16, 2018
Having the software skills to create data visualizations is one thing. Understanding the difference between a poorly designed visualization and a well-designed visualization is another. Introduction to Visualization Principles gives you both!
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Partnerships Are a Vital Part of Librarianship: Let Us Help You Build Them!
Wed April 11, 2018
If you are a medical librarian in an academic or hospital setting, you know that establishing partnerships and working on joint projects with professionals outside of your library are essential parts of your practice.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Five Questions to Ask Yourself about Research Dissemination and Impact
Fri April 6, 2018
If you are wondering whether Dissemination in Action: Communicating Research in a Digital World is the right MLA ’18 continuing education course for you, take this quick self-assessment:
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Do You Want to Be a Library Director? (What Does a Director Do, Anyway?)
Wed April 4, 2018
Our popular continuing education course, “Do You Want to Be a Library Director? Knowledge, Skills, and Career Paths for Library Leaders,” will help you answer these questions, plan your career, and connect with current and future leaders and directors
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
MLA ’18 Continuing Education
Fri March 30, 2018
Join your colleagues at MLA ’18 in Atlanta, GA, for courses that will support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments, transforming their collections and service models, and leading important new changes
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
Learning R Can Change Your (Professional) Life!
Fri March 30, 2018
These days, it seems everyone is talking about learning to program. To find out more about a popular language, R, and what it’s like to learn it, we did an email Q&A with Lisa Federer, AHIP, who is teaching Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization with R at MLA ’18.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
You Can Support Systematic Reviews Just about Anywhere in the World
Thu March 22, 2018
Register for the Performing Systematic Reviews in Resource-Limited Settings at MLA '18. This course will demonstrate how you can make substantial contributions to systematic reviews without access to the resources of a major university.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
MLA ’18 Continuing Education
Wed February 28, 2018
Join your colleagues at MLA ’18 for courses that will support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments, transforming their collections and service models, and leading important new changes in education, research, and librarianship.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
MLA ’18 Continuing Education
Wed January 31, 2018
Join your colleagues at MLA ’18 for courses that will support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments, transforming their collections and service models, and leading important new changes in education, research, and librarianship.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
MLA ’18 Continuing Education
Thu November 30, 2017
Continuing education (CE) courses during MLA ’18 Adapting Transforming Leading in Atlanta, Georgia, will encourage health sciences librarians to move out of their comfort zones into new roles.
Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading
MLA ’17 Continuing Education Courses
Fri January 13, 2017
Join your colleagues May 26 and 27 for the MLA ’17 continuing education (CE) courses in Seattle, Washington. These courses will provide health sciences librarians with a great way to explore new roles and stay at the forefront of the health information profession.
Blog link: MLA '17 Dream Dare Do
MLA has partners with LearnSomething for our new learning management system (LMS) that will host all MLA educational offerings starting in early 2017.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
The guiding principles of MLA's education program are defined around five simple concepts that will turn MLA education upside down: "intentional", "learner-centric", "member-focused", "excellence" and "resource savvy".
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
The True Meaning of Impact
Wed June 8, 2016
The growth of MLA's planned curriculum expansion will require investment to cover course development expenses until the courses begin generating revenue. MLA will use the Shaping our Future Fund in an innovative way.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
MLA Welcomes 2016-2017 Rising Stars to a Sparkling New Program
Wed March 9, 2016
The new Rising Stars curriculum uses best practices in professional development and MLA’s growing expertise in education to support a more immersive Rising Stars program.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
The Education Department Is Off the Blocks!
Wed December 9, 2015
Full speed ahead. Exactly! Readers of this blog will know that the MLA Board has established a strategic goal of serving the mission and growth of MLA by increasing the breadth, depth, and quality of MLA education offerings and expanding our audiences.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Boosting MLA's Education, Part 2: A New Director
Thu September 24, 2015
Meet Barry Grant, who will be leading the effort to make that vision real as MLA's new director of education starting September 28.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Upping Our Online Learning Game
Tue September 15, 2015
We improved your online learning experience by adding student/teacher interaction into the instructional design of MLA's first asynchronous online course, “Library Statistics: Data Analysis for Librarians.”
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
We Need Your Feedback: Professional Competencies
Wed July 29, 2015
Please share your input on the needs of our profession to support MLA's initiative to revise our Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Filling the Half-Empty Glass: Boosting MLA Education
Wed July 22, 2015
MLA’s strategic goal #3 is all about education, and how to seriously raise the bar on how we support you in your professional development. Just as the new MLANET website and community platform will put you at the center of the experience, our plan for MLA education will have you at the center.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Using *Your* Words: Professional Competencies
Wed June 10, 2015
Over 100 people attended the open forum, “Revitalizing the Professional Competencies for Lifelong Learning” in Austin. Attendees weighed in on the direction they would like to see MLA take in responding to our professional development needs.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Three Ways to Help Build MLA’s Educational Future
Wed April 8, 2015
In January, the MLA Board established a task force to revise the “Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success” policy to keep up with the evolving needs of MLA members and the changing environment in which we work.