(via Robin O’Hanlon, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Do you have an interesting consumer health or health literacy initiative taking place at your library? Are you headed to MLA 2017 and plan on attending on sessions related to consumer health or outreach to patients? We want to hear from you! We need submissions…
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Apply for the MLA/Midwest Chapter First-Time Attendee Grant
(via Abigail Goben, University of Illinois at Chicago) Are you thinking about attending your first MLA/Midwest Chapter meeting? If you have a master’s degree in library/information science and have never attended a Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting before, apply for the Midwest Chapter/MLA First-Time Attendee Annual Meeting Grant. Free full conference registration and a $500 award…
Call for Submissions: 2017 Midwest Chapter MLA & MHSLA Joint Annual Conference (Deadline July 1)
(via Lynne Frederickson, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor) The Program Committee of the 2017 Midwest Chapter MLA & MHSLA Joint Annual Conference invites paper and poster abstract submissions on any topic of interest to the health sciences library community. The conference will be held October 13-16 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Paper sessions will be held Sunday, October 15, and…
Reminder: : UIC Peoria Hosting March 22 MLA Webinar on Finding Grey Lit. for Systematic Reviews
(via Deborah Lauseng, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) Reminder: UIC Peoria hosting MLA Webinar on Finding Grey Lit on March 22 The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library of the Health Sciences (LHS) – Peoria is pleased to be hosting the upcoming MLA Webinar Finding Grey Lit for…
2017 MLA Midwest Chapter Meeting to Be Held Oct. 13-16 in Michigan
(via Miranda Shake, HSLI President) Please save the dates of October 13-16 for the Joint Conference of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association (MHSLA). This conference, being held at the Ann Arbor Marriot at Eagle Crest in picturesque Ypsilanti, offers numerous learning and networking opportunities. These include MLA CE…
Apply for MLA 2017 “Free Lunch” Award
(via Nicole Theis-Mahon, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Are you attending MLA’s 2017 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA? If you are a member of the Midwest Chapter/MLA here is your chance to get a Free Lunch and have a lively discussion while attending the Chapter Sharing Roundtable of your choice. Apply for the Midwest Chatper/MLA’s “Free Lunch”…
Loyola University Hosting MLA Webinar “Finding Grey Lit for Systematic Reviews” on March 22
(via Jeanne Sadlik, Loyola University Chicago) The Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Library is hosting a viewing of this the MLA webinar “Finding Grey Lit for Systematic Reviews: Can It Be More Black and White” on Wednesday, March 22. The webinar will take place from 1:00 to 2:30 PM. It will be held in Room 2535A of…
Galter Library Hosting February 8 MLA Webinar, “Searching with Ease”
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) This week, Galter Health Sciences Library is hosting a free viewing of the MLA webinar, “Searching with Ease: A Guide to Effective and Efficient Searches”. The webinar is on Wednesday, February 8, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CST, in the Galter Admin Conference Room. More information, including…
MLA Hosting Webinar “Searching with Ease: A Guide to Effective and Efficient Searches” on February 8
(via the Medical Library Association) Terry Ann Jankowski, AHIP, FMLA, one of the preeminent educators on expert searching, guides novice and intermediate searchers on how to conduct any search with ease. Participants will learn how to translate search requests into strategies, identify the right steps and tools for the request and themselves, and use their…
Six Sessions of “PubMed for Librarians” Course Offered in January and February
(via Molly Olmstead, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Training Office (for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine) is now offering six sessions of the “PubMed for Librarians” webinar course in January and February. Details and registration links for each session are below. Note that all sessions take…