Building Our Information Future, Building MLA's Future
www.mlanet.org
Ethical Awareness Task Force
www.mlanet.org/about/ethics4.html
MLA’s Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians websitehttps://www.mlanet.org/resources/vital/
Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region https://www.mlanet.org/resources/vital/
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region http://guides.nnlm.gov/hosplibtoolkit Colorado Council of Medical Librarians
http://www.ccmlnet.org/resource/marketingFor more information on advocacy for hospital libraries, and other ways MLA can be of
assistance, please contact
Mary Langman, at MLA headquarters
Hospital Library Initiatives
Promote and Market Your Services!
www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/
Affordable Care ActOnline Resources for Librarians
OCLChttp://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/preparing-libraries-affordable-care-act.html
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services https://www.healthcare.gov/
WebJunction’s eHealth projecthttp://webjunction.org/explore-topics/ehealth.html
MedlinePlushttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthinsurance.html
NN/LMhttp://nnlm.gov/
Legislative News
2014 NIH/NLM funding-contact your elected officials!
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 (FASTR)
Pick up an Action Alert at the MLA booth or view online at www.mlanet.org/government/
Five Fall Webinars
Wednesday, September 25, 2013Topic: Making Your Library Promotion Pop: Practical Design Principles and Tools for the Non-DesignerPresenter: April Aultman Becker, Education Coordinator, Research Medical Library, MD Anderson Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Topic: AssessmentPresenter: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Professor & Coordinator, Information Literacy Services and Instruction, University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Wednesday, December 11, 2013Research 101: Formulating a Research Plan Through CollaborationPresenter: Heather Holmes, AHIP, Information Services Librarian, Medical Library, Summa Health System
Wednesday, November 20, 2013Topic: The Evolving Librarian: Responding to Changes in the Workplace and HealthcarePresenter: Michelle Kraft, AHIP
Wednesday, November 6, 2013Topic: Understanding the Business of Your OrganizationPresenter: Kristen DeSanto, AHIP, Manager, Library Services, Clinical and Research Library, Children's Hospital Colorado–Aurora
Watch live, then view on demand!www.mlanet.org/education/
Building a New MLANET
MLA’S SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
MLA RESEARCH TASK FORCE
Improve mentor presence on MLANET Identify and recruit researchers to serve
as mentors Change best paper and poster awards
from section to national awards—funded by MLA
Increase online research training courses Develop an annual research mentor award
Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship
MLA’s 2012 Compensation and Benefits Survey
www.mlanet.org/members/pdf/mla_salary_survey.pdf
“Just today, my supervisor informed me that I will receive a
9 plus percent market adjustment based on the MLA
2012 salary survey." —member comment, Library Data &
Reporting Survey
MLA’s Rising Stars Program
Applications due October 31, 2013
Apply online at www.mlanet.org/members comappf.html
Join an MLA committee!
Get involved!
E-conference now available!
www.mlanet.org/am/am2013/about/index.html
MLA President Dixie A. Jones, AHIP
MLA President’s Page
www.mlanet.org/about/leaders president_13-14/
Building Our Information Future, Building MLA's Future
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