Contributed Content Sneak Peek: Accepted Immersion Sessions, Program Description and Research Papers, and Education Sessions
The National Program Committee (NPC) has accepted the following Immersion Sessions, Program Description Papers, and Research Papers to be presented at MLA | SLA '23. Immersion sessions will be held in-person only, while papers will be presented in-person with some offered online.
Contributed content is categorized into one of seven MLA Areas of Practice:
- Clinical Support
- Education
- Health Equity & Global Health
- Information Management
- Information Services
- Innovation & Research Practice
- Professionalism & Leadership
Click below to jump to the Contributed Content Sections:
- Immersion Sessions
- Program Description Papers
- Research Papers
- Education Sessions
- SLA Contributed Papers
Immersion Sessions
Immersion Sessions are up to 90 minutes of "deep dives" into a single topic. The format may include interactive panel presentations, role-playing, gamification, discussions, working groups, and other activities engaging with the audience.
Areas of Practice | Immersion Session Title |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | Professional Competencies, Information Literacy, and You: Leveraging Curriculum Mapping to Advocate for Library Instruction |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | The Third Dimension: Supporting Curriculum Through 3D Printing in Your Library |
Education, Information Services | Seeing Isn't Believing: Identifying Visual Health Misinformation and Results from a Pilot Class |
Education, Information Services |
The Limit Does Not Exist: Leveraging Technology to Engage Learners |
Education | Teaching Critical Appraisal Through Small Group Learning: A Systematic Review Class Approach |
Health Equity & Global Health | Forging Ahead: Key Insights on Global Health and Equity From Around the World |
Information Management, Education | NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy: Education and Outreach |
Information Management | The Critical Role of Librarians in Enterprise Data Management |
Information Services, Education | Planning for the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy: Infrastructure |
Information Services, Information Management | Systematic Review Services: What Works Best for You and Your Users? |
Innovation & Research Practice, Professionalism & Leadership | Understanding and Applying the Evidence-Based in Library and Information Science |
Professionalism & Leadership, Education | Redefining Professionalism: Reflection on What Professionalism Looks Like in 2023 |
Professionalism & Leadership, Information Management | Defining Your Library Value: Successes and Failures |
Professionalism & Leadership, Information Management | How to Work Effectively With Journal Editors and Peer Reviewers |
Program Description Papers
Program Description Papers are 10-15 minute presentations related to products, programs, technologies, administrative practices, and services conducted by librarians and information professionals.
Areas of Practice | Program Description Paper Title |
Clinical Support, Education | Coral Calcium, Coconut Oil, and Corgis: Leveraging the Hospital Library to Combat Health Misinformation in the Clinical Setting |
Clinical Support, Education | Making Inroads: Outreach to Pharmacy Residents |
Clinical Support, Information Services | The Redesigned Core Clinical Journals Filter: What It Is, How to Use It, and Why to Use It |
Clinical Support | Clinical Support in the Hospital Library: Automating Reference and the Patron Management With Customer Service Software Tools |
Education, Health Equity & Global Health | Developing Educational Materials on Medicalization of Race |
Education, Information Management | Combing Conceptual and Practical Intensive Learning - An Innovative Approach to Professional Development with the Data Services Continuing Professional Education (DSCPE) |
Education, Information Management | Forging Data Skills: A Collaboration to Offer the Carpentries to Multiple Institutions |
Education, Information Management | Putting the Fun in Fundamentals: Developing a New Course for Health Sciences Research Data Management |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | A New Normal: Pivoting Strategies for Technology Engagement in Libraries |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | Let's Make a Deal: Gamification of Literature Searching |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | Using ThingLink as an Educational Roadmap for Postsecondary Learners Undergoing Knowledge Syntheses |
Education | Escape the Lecture: Using a Virtual Escape Room Activity During Library Instruction for Medical, Nurse Anesthesia, and Physician Assistant Students |
Education | Help Your Library Patrons Understand Clinical Trials: A Clinical Trials Program for Rural Public Libraries |
Education | Learning from Medication Errors: Leveraging a Journal Scan Assignment to Teach Medication Safety |
Education | The Changes That Lie Ahead: Teaching the History of Dentistry With Rare Materials |
Health Equity & Global Health, Clinical Support | Telehealth in Libraries: An Opportunity for Community Service |
Health Equity & Global Health, Professionalism & Leadership | Activating Public Health Library in the Midst of a Pandemic: Experience From Nigeria Centre for Disease Control |
Health Equity & Global Health, Professionalism & Leadership | Combating Health Misinformation: Training Medical Learners How to Disseminate Information to the Consumer |
Health Equity & Global Health, Professionalism & Leadership | How Academic and Special Libraries Can Support Health Literacy Education Through Technology |
Health Equity & Global Health, Innovation & Research Practice | Pathways of Engagement for an R2 Campus With the All of Us Researcher Workbench |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Management | Looking Back and Forging Ahead With a New Systematic Review Service |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services | "Can You Turn Down the A/C?" Using Free Response Assessments to Gather Medical Student Feedback |
Innovation & Research Practice | A Library Sponsorship Program to Support Independent Student Research on High Performance Computers |
Information Management, Education | Developing and Accessing Data Workshops Supporting Local and Global Research and Service Projects |
Information Management, Information Services |
An Exploration of Workflows for Monitoring Open Access Publishing at the University of Michigan |
Information Management, Information Services |
Building Across Silos: Integrating Specialized Data Tools with a Library Data Catalog |
Information Management, Information Services |
Eliminating Barriers to Publishing Case Reports in Open-Access Journals for Medical Trainees |
Information Management, Information Services |
Forging Collaboration: Centering the Library in Coordinating Education on the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy at an Academic Medical Center |
Information Management, Information Services |
It's Complicated: Collaborating for National Institutes of Health Data Policy Changes Across an R1 Institution |
Information Management, Innovation & Research Practice |
Is it Possible to Determine Citation Meaning With Machine Learning? |
Information Management, Innovation & Research Practice |
Making the BRAIN Initiative FAIR |
Information Management |
Creating Recommended Best Practices for Refractions: An Update From the NISO CREC Working Group |
Information Services, Clinical Support |
Mediating Copyright Permissions for Integrating Questionnaires and Scales Into the Electronic Medical Recod in an Academic Health Sciences Center |
Information Services, Education | Learning From Each Other: Results From the First Year of a Peer-Reviewed Literature Searching Project |
Information Services, Health Equity & Global Health | Forging Connections Through Collaboration: Reinvigorating Community Engagement With a Graphic Medicine Collection |
Information Services, Innovation & Research Practice |
Translation of Systematic Review LibGuide Content Using Plain Language and Scientific Writing Best Practices |
Information Services, Professionalism & Leadership |
StudyWell at HSL: Forging Campus Partnerships to Foster Student Wellness |
Information Services, Professionalism & Leadership |
Using Monthly Book Lists to Showcase Library Resources With an Emphasis on Work-Life Balance, Marginalized Communities, and Patient Care |
Information Services |
Forging Ahead with the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List |
Information Services |
What is My Affiliation? Fostering Faculty Engagement and Institutional Affiliation in Publication Authorship |
Innovation & Research Practice, Education |
Deepening Research Capacity of Health Sciences Librarians: Effectiveness of the MLA Research Training Institute (RTI) Online Program |
Innovation & Research Practice, Education |
Development of an Introductory, Online, and Open Research Curriculum |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services |
Advocating for the Value of Health Sciences Librarians |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services |
Creating Discipline Specific Systematic Review Guidance for Food Science |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services |
Expanding Library-Based Research Support Through Innovative Interdisciplinary Services: Academic Research Consulting and Services (ARCS) |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services |
Measuring the Impact of a Research Impact Challenge |
Professionalism & Leadership, Clinical Support | In the Library With a Paintbrush: Artwork as a Pathway to Community Engagement and Wellness |
Professionalism & Education | Libraries and Data Ethics: Teaching a Data Ethics Course to a National Audience |
Professionalism & Leadership, Health Equity & Global Health | Healthcare & the Humanities: A Program for Healthcare Associates Hosted by the Medical Library |
Professionalism & Leadership, Information Services | Advocacy Resources for Hospital Librarians - Hospital Library Caucus LibGuide |
Professionalism & Leadership, Information Services | Free Money: Reevaluating, Reassessing, and Removing Barriers to Chapter Scholarships |
Professionalism & Leadership, Innovation & Research Practice | Reflecting on Working-From-Home While Forging Ahead to the Hybrid Library Workplace of the Future |
Professionalism & Leadership | A Sensory Room Pop-Up: Supporting Student Wellness in the Library |
Professionalism & Leadership | Completing a Major Renovation in a Global Pandemic |
Professionalism & Leadership | Customizing Faculty Success to Showcase Librarian Work in an Academic Health Sciences Library |
Professionalism & Leadership | Developing a Culture of Research in a Health Sciences Academic Library |
Professionalism & Leadership | Forging Ahead After the Shake-ups |
Professionalism & Leadership | Forging the Future: Building a System to Cultivate a Cohesive and Collaborative Library Team |
Research Papers
Research Papers are 10-15 minute presentations on designing, conducting, and analyzing a research project.
Areas of Practice | Program Description Paper Title |
Clinical Support, Information Services | Staying Current In-Patient Care: How Physicians in Medically Underserved Areas Gain Knowledge for Healthcare Decision-Making |
Clinical Support, Innovation & Research Practice | Evidence-Based Design of Vaccine Hesitancy Information Resources for Healthcare Providers |
Education, Information Services | An Analysis of Publications Regarding Scholarly Activity Among Osteopathic Education Institutions |
Education, Information Services | Mobile Technologies for Learning Among Medical Graduates |
Education, Information Services | Perceptions and Behaviours of First Year Health Sciences Undergraduate Students Conducting Online Research |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | Attitudes on Data Reuse Among Residents in an Urban Internal Medicine Program |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | How Do Medical Students Approach Critical Appraisal? Results From a Mixed-Methods Study |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | Osteopathic Medical Student Attitudes Towards Research: Consumers or Creators? |
Education, Innovation & Research Practice | Whole-Task Assignment for Pre-Clinical Students: Assessing EBM Skills Before Clerkships |
Education | Escaping the Mundane: Using a Virtual Escape Room to Assess Epidemiological and Biostatistical Concepts Before STEP 1 |
Education | Effectiveness of a Narrowed PowerPoint Video as an Instructional Method for Bibliographic Database Searchiing |
Education | "You Need to See It": Attitudes and Preferences of Health Sciences Librarians Regarding Assessment of Evidence-Based Medicine via an Objective Structured Clinical Examination |
Information Management, Health Equity & Global Health | Opening Soon: Potential Impacts of the OSTP Mandate on Biomedical Literature |
Information Management, Information Services | Advancing the Role of Libraries in University-Wider Electronic Research Notebook Conversations at a R1 Institution |
Information Management, Information Services | Health Science Libraries Policy Support Preparedness for the Implementation of the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy (DMSP) |
Information Management, Information Services | Planning for Data Services: Researcher Perspectives on Data Management and Sharing |
Information Management, Information Services | The Role of Health Sciences Libraries in Supporting Consent Standards for Medical Image Publication |
Information Management, Innovation & Research Practice | Subjected: Investigating the Impact of MeSH Terms on Underrepresented Groups |
Information Management, Professionalism & Leadership | Technical Services Librarians in the Medical Library Association |
Information Services, Education | Improving LibGuides at a Health Sciences Library Using Feedback From Focus Groups and User Experience Testing |
Information Services, Education | Integrative Health-Related Information Needs and Interests of MLA Members |
Information Services, Health Equity & Global Health | Systematic Searching for the Social Determinants of Health |
Information Services, Information Management | "I Wish There was a One-Stop Shop for a lot of This": Participant Design of an Infertility Consumer Health Resource |
Information Services, Information Management | Scoping the Systematic Review Landscape: Service Level Fluctuations at Health Sciences Libraries |
Information Services, Innovation & Research Practice | Preprints in Dentistry and Oral Medicine: Trends in Submission, Citation, and Publication |
Information Services | Development and Validation of a Database Filter for Study Size |
Information Services | Patrons and Librarian Perspectives of a Long-Standing Health Science Liaison Librarian Program |
Information Services | The Role of Libraries and Librarians at the Intersection of Public Health and the Arts |
Innovation & Research Practice, Education | Developing and Validating the Nursing Student Misinformation Attitudes, Confidence, and Knowledge Assessment Tool |
Innovation & Research Practice, Education | Library Faculty and Staff Education Program Survey on Artificial Intelligence |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services | Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Medical and Law Librarians Identifying and Correcting Uses of Law Databases in Medical Literature |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services | Mapping New Landscapes: Comparing Web of Science, Scopus, and Dimensions for Reporting Research Impact of New Global Diabetes Research Center |
Innovation & Research Practice, Information Services | Search Filters Designed to Identify Black Persons Living in the United States |
Innovation & Research Practice, Professionalism & Leadership | Consolidating and Delivering Comprehensive Library Services Following a Healthcare System Merger or Acquisition: The e-Delphi Research Experience |
Professionalism & Leadership, Clinical Support | Hardback Life: The Impact of a Hospital Book Club on Staff Empathy and Comradery |
Professionalism & Leadership, Education | Progressing from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Dialogs to Inclusive Actions: Preliminary Assessment of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Reads Books Club |
Professionalism & Leadership, Innovation & Research Practice | Analyzing Changes in Work-From-Home Policies for Academic Medical and Health Science Librarians |
Professionalism & Leadership | A Scoping Review on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives for Health and Medical Library Workers |
Professionalism & Leadership | Individual Advancement in Library Workforce Planning: Are We Growing the Community? |
Professionalism & Leadership | Looking Back to Look Forward: 50 Years of Educating Health Sciences Librarians |
Professionalism & Leadership | "Next Gen": Leadership in the 21st Century! |
Education Sessions
Program Description Papers are 10-15 minute presentations related to products, programs, technologies, administrative practices, and services conducted by librarians and information professionals.
SLA Competencies |
Education Session Title |
Information and Knowledge Resources | Biomedical and Live Sciences Community: Vendor Roundtable |
Information and Knowledge Resources | Sci-Tech 101: Introduction to Publication Metrics |
Information and Knowledge Resources | Sustainable Mobility |
Information and Knowledge Services | Book Discussion in Your Medical Library: How to Enhance Outreach Through Books |
Information and Knowledge Services | Equity & Leadership in Specialized Libraries |
Information and Knowledge Services | How Do You Engage Reluctant or Hard to Reach Users? |
Information and Knowledge Services | Information Leadership in 2030: What's Next for Info Pros |
Information and Knowledge Services | Negotiating for the Information Professional: A Case Study |
Information and Knowledge Services | New Day, New Project: Juggling Multiple Projects in the Information Field |
Information and Knowledge Services | Strategizing for Leadership in the Information Field |
Information and Knowledge Services | The Breakfast Club: Leveraging Cross-Disciplinary Expertise to Create Strong Interprofessional Teams |
Information and Knowledge Services | The Future of Faculty OER Outreach |
Information and Knowledge Services | Unique Teaching Ventures: Making Inroads in New Areas |
Information and Knowledge Services | Using Social Media to Manage Your Career |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis | Data Literacy for Info Pros |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | Census Data for Research: Learn About the Census and the American Community Survey |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources | Beyond the impact factor: How do you show success beyond a single number? |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources | How to make research data available and ensure compliance with the OSTP Memo |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources | Power of Collaboration in Special Libraries of Asia |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources | Standards Update: What's New with Standards? |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources | The New Rules for Job Searching in the Information Field |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources | When industrial standards become law: the use of incorporation by reference in federal and state regulations |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis | Panel Discussion: Advanced taxonomy issues: the response of controlled vocabularies to the evolving domains of health and healthcare |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis | SEC Documents. How to read some common forms and how to get the most information from them ! |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | Maintaining and Managing a Changing Taxonomy: Taxonomy Governance Fundamentals |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information Ethics | Mindfulness and mental health improvement practices for an effective Work-Life Balance (WLB) in librarianship |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Resources, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | Service-Learning Projects Complement Evidence-Based Educational Programs that Build Resilience to Health Misinformation in Academic and Community Settings |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology | Successful Info Pros in a Data-Driven Enterprise |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | Leveraging User Data to Increase & Improve Engagement |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources | "Kill A Stupid Rule" for Process Improvement, Transparency Across Functions and Engagement on Your Team |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources | Digital tools to empower your collections strategy (and stretch your budget) |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis | Auto tagging documents using the ICS-10, CPT and HCPCS code sets in all document types |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis | Impact of changing diagnostic nomenclature for mental disorders on taxonomy maintenance and information retrieval |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | Introduction to Knowledge Graphs |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | Solo Corporate Librarian Success Stories |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets, Information Ethics | Researching Information for Smart Cities and Global Sustainable Growth in Communities |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | The Wonderfully Complicated World of Standards: An Open Discussion for Information Professionals on the Ins and Outs of Standards Management |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | Top Ten Tips for Running a STEM Library: Both Evergreen and Evolving |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets, Information Ethics | Algorithm bias: detection and perspectives of undergraduate students |
Information and Knowledge Services, Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets, Information Ethics | What's New & Exciting in Health Data Privacy Law |
Information and Knowledge Services, Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets | What Info Pros Want R&D Scientists to Know |
Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology | Welcome to the Endemic: Librarianship in a Post-Pandemic World |
Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis | Develop a Product Dashboard that tracks relevant literature (patent and non-patent) to the Product |
Information and Knowledge Systems and Technology, Information and Knowledge Resources, Information and Data Retrieval and Analysis | The Transformational Technology of Search |
Organization of Data and Information and Knowledge Assets, Information Ethics | Cybercrime and Information Content—the Role of the Information Professional |
Other - Leadership, management, and project management; Relationship building, networking, and collaboration, | Moving Beyond Checklists: Centering The Importance of Onboarding |
Other - Publisher insights | What are publishers' favorite OA success stories? |
SLA Contributed Papers
- Chaos is a Friend of Mine: Creating and Planning Services for a New Medical Library Space
- Identifying Infodiversity Knowledge Practices in an Infodemic Era
- Impact of the Reference Manager Software Zotero on Library Users: A Study
- In This Together: Challenges and Opportunities for Collaborative Heath Sciences Collection Development
- Mentoring Health Science Library Students: Practices and Perceptions from a Regional Program
- Piloting a Buddy Program for New Hires
- Rediscoveringn the Professional Identities of LIS Professionals
- Team-Building and Leadership Development with Action Learning
- Waste Not, Want Not: Exposing the Secret Fragments of History in a Medical Rare Book Collection