Tue June 1, 2021
MLA signs onto CHLA ABSC statement on importance of hospital libraries
Thu April 29, 2021
MLA and AAHSL comments to the NIH regarding its UNITE initiative
Mon November 30, 2020
MLA and AAHSL have written comments addressing the information and data resources needed by the health services research community for research and practice.
Wed November 11, 2020
NIH statement urging researchers to swiftly share COVID-19 results through ClinicalTrials.gov
Tue October 20, 2020
MLA and AAHSL members comment on NLM's 2017-2027 strategic plan
Wed February 3, 2021
MLA President Lisa Traditi, AHIP and AAHSL President Sandra Franklin, AHIP, FMLA have urged the House Select Subcommittee on the CORONAVIRUS CRISIS reject all attempts to interfere with or delay the dissemination of scientific evidence.
Tue June 23, 2020
The Medical Library Association and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries have submitted comments to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) in response to Senator Lamar Alexander's white paper, Preparing for the Next Pandemic.
Wed June 17, 2020
MLA joined several international health library associations in urging the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to seek information specialists as peer reviewers for knowledge synthesis
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Fri May 29, 2020
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries have recommended that the National Library of Medicine receive at least $479.7 million in FY 2021.
Mon April 6, 2020
Medical Library Association and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries comments to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), encouraging the OSTP and National Science and Technology Committee to consider a “zero-embargo” open access policy.
Wed April 1, 2020
The $2 trillion economic stimulus bill, CARES Act (P.L. 116-136), in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, provides NLM with $10,000,000 to support services that respond to the Coronavirus.
Mon March 16, 2020
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have responded to the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Request for Comments on ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization
Mon March 16, 2020
MLA and AAHSL have responded to the Request for Comments from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research
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.
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.
Tue February 18, 2020
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.
Tue July 16, 2019
Members of the health sciences library community are encouraged to contact your Senators and urge them to oppose the CASE Act, The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019, (S. 1273).
Mon July 1, 2019
The Medical Library Association’s Scholarly Communications Committee has gathered recent slide decks on scholarly communications topics prepared by health sciences librarians.
Fri January 18, 2019
MLA comments on Healthy People 2030.
Tue January 15, 2019
The Medical Library Association has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health on proposed revisions to its draft data management and sharing policy for NIH funded or supported research.
