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March Events

Hawaii-Pacific Chapter Meeting

March 20, 2020

04:20 PM - 04:20 PM

Honolulu, HI

Basic Statistics for Research Design Webinar

March 25, 2020

01:00 PM - 01:00 PM

http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/2467/basic-statistics-for-research-design

April Events

SAVE THE DATE: Make Fun of Learning! Game-Based Learning for Student Success Webinar

April 15, 2020

01:00 PM - 02:30 PM

May Events

MLA '20 | 2020 Vision: The Future In Focus

May 15, 2020

07:00 AM - 07:00 PM

Portland, OR

http://www.mlanet.org/page/mla20-general-information

October Events

Midwest Chapter/MLA Meeting

October 3, 2020

01:25 PM - 01:25 PM

Bloomington, IN

Midcontinental Chapter of MLA Meeting (Virtual)

October 14, 2020

01:25 PM - 01:25 PM

Southern Chapter/MLA Meeting

October 22, 2020

01:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Montgomery, AL

Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter Meeting

October 28, 2020

08:45 AM - 08:45 AM

Poughkeepsie, NY

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The Decisions We Made in Making “Leading Decision-Making Meetings” MLA’s First Self-Paced Online Course

By: Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP

Thu February 13, 2020

The Leadership & Management Curriculum Committee (L&M CC) team created “Leading Decision-Making Meetings,” the first of many planned self-paced online courses. The course is scenario-based, and this article provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the team made the course.

Blog link: Featured Articles

2019 Novel Coronavirus Information

By: Lilian Hoffecker

Mon February 17, 2020

International Cooperation Caucus officers have gathered a few key links to information about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus infection.

CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus
WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Coronavirus Infections, also called: COVID-19, MedlinePlus
Get Rapid Access to Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCo

Blog link: International Cooperation Blog

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

The NEW MLA Annual Meeting Travel Grant

By: Maria Lopez

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

By: Debra Cavanaugh

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

Volunteers Needed for MLA ’20!

By: Tami Wilkerson

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

Nominations for International Cooperation Caucus due January 28

By: Elaine Ricketts Hicks

Mon January 27, 2020

Our Caucus is nominating members for two positions: Chair-Elect and Nominee to the MLA Nominating Committee. Each has their own rewards and are important building blocks for MLA leadership. Each is described in the MLA Board Policies Governing Caucuses, Domain Hubs, and Community Council document.

Blog link: International Cooperation Blog

MLA ’20 Registration Is Now Open!

By: MLA Headquarters

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

By: Kevin Baliozian

Thu January 23, 2020

Fun facts about the EFTS User Agreement process.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Check Your Schedule for MLA '20!

By: Janna C. Lawrence, AHIP

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

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

By: Mary M. Langman

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.

Blog link: Public Policy Center

Plan Time during MLA ’20 to Explore Portland

By: Mary Beth McAteer

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

Chapter News: NY-NJ Chapter Meeting

By: Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, AHIP, FMLA

Thu January 16, 2020

The New York-New Jersey (NY-NJ) Chapter, with an invitation to the Philadelphia Regional Chapter, met in New Brunswick, NJ, on November 6, 2019. Seventy-five members and thirteen vendors gathered at the Rutgers University Inn & Conference Center for a profitable full-day meeting.

Blog link: Chapter Information

Basic Statistics for Research Design

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu January 16, 2020

Blog link: MLA Webinars

There Is Still Time! Applications due January 17 for the 2020 RTI

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA

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

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA

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

Chapter News: PNC Post Conference Summary

By: Molly Montgomery

Thu January 9, 2020

The 56th annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA (PNC/MLA) was held in Boise, Idaho, from October 27–29, 2019. The theme was “Reaching Out: Creating Connections,” and the conference poster featured otters, because PNC/MLA recently voted to have an otter as our mascot!

Blog link: Chapter Information

Chapter News: 2019 MCMLA Meeting Recap

By: Euemduan C. Osmera

Thu January 9, 2020

“We Don’t Coast: We Impact. We Explore. We Educate” was the theme for the 2019 Midcontinental Chapter (MCMLA) Annual Meeting in lovely Omaha, Nebraska! We appreciate attendees taking the time to be at the Magnolia Omaha, a beautiful, old-world-charm hotel and meeting center.

Blog link: Chapter Information

Visit Weird and Wonderful Portland, Oregon!

By: Tami Wilkerson

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

By: Andrea C. Kepsel, AHIP

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

Have a Discussion about Plan S

By: Lilian Hoffecker

Sun December 15, 2019

Members of the International Cooperation Caucus may have heard of Plan S, but have your faculty and students?

Blog link: International Cooperation Blog

Poster and Lightning Talk Submissions Open Tomorrow, December 13, 2019!

By: Janna C. Lawrence, AHIP

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

Librarian-Led Research Shows the Need to Reference Retraction Status in Articles

By: Elizabeth Suelzer, AHIP

Thu December 12, 2019

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

By: Christy Tyson

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

MLA Comments on Evolving the National Network of Libraries of Medicine

By: Mary M. Langman

Tue December 10, 2019

MLA has responded to NLM's Request for Information (RFI) on Evolving the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), making recommendations that could create and strengthen partnership opportunities between MLA and NLM, and support continued growth, use, and access to NLM's vast resources.

Blog link: Public Policy Center

Celebrating 16th Biennial AHILA Congress in Nigeria

By: Irene (Rena) Machowa Lubker, AHIP

Tue December 10, 2019

With partial support from the MLA ICS Reis Grant, I attended the 16th Biennial Congress for Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) from October 14 to October 18 in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Blog link: International Cooperation Blog

750+ Libraries Support The New EFTS

By: Kevin Baliozian

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.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Apply for the 2020 Research Training Institute!

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA

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

Chapter News: Midwest Chapter/MLA 2019 Conference: Post Conference Wrap-Up

By: Elizabeth Suelzer, AHIP

Thu December 5, 2019

The 2019 Midwest Chapter/MLA, Wisconsin Health Science Library Association, and the Southeastern Wisconsin Health Sciences Libraries Consortium meeting is a wrap! Our conference turnout exceeded expectations with 118 attendees, continuing education (CE) instructors, and presenters.

Blog link: Chapter Information

EFTS Is Here to Stay

By: Fred King, AHIP

Fri November 22, 2019

A poem by Fred King, AHIP, on reaching the goal for EFTS sign ups.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

MLA and AAHSL comments on the use of the FHIR standard for capturing and sharing clinical data

By: Mary M. Langman

Fri November 22, 2019

MLA/AAHSL comments on the use of the Health Level Seven International (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard to capture, integrate, and exchange clinical data for research purposes and to enhance capabilities to share research data.

Blog link: Public Policy Center

Kickstart the New EFTS Platform: Update

By: Kevin Baliozian

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)

By: Mary M. Langman

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

By: Kevin Baliozian

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

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA

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!

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA

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

By: Christy Tyson

Thu October 24, 2019

Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

Doyle, Jacqueline Donaldson

By: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA

Tue October 22, 2019

Jacqueline Donaldson Doyle's oral history has been published

Blog link: MLA Oral Histories

RTI Fellow Shares Experience in South Central Connection

By: Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA

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

By: Andrea C. Kepsel, AHIP

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

By: Kevin Baliozian

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.