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MLA as Your Professional Home

MLA as Your Professional Home
Thu March 23, 2023
MLA is an association of opportunities, because of its members. We’ve come a long way and have a long way to go, but together we can continue to make those improvements. So how will you take the association to the next level?

Share your MLA | SLA ’23 Experience with the wider MLA membership by signing up to be a writer during the meeting, virtually or in-person! Our goal is to get coverage of as many happenings at MLA | SLA ’23 and are looking for volunteers to write MLAConnect articles and social media posts.
We’re so excited to see you at MLA | SLA '23 in Detroit from May 16-19! But if you can’t attend in person, there’s also a robust virtual experience to access official meeting content and connect with colleagues.

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We’re so excited to see you at MLA | SLA '23 in Detroit from May 16-19! But if you can’t attend in person, there’s also a robust virtual experience to access official meeting content and connect with colleagues.

Virtual Experience
The MLA | SLA ’23 virtual experience includes:


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Detroit is nicknamed Motown for a reason! In this edition of Detroit’s Greatest Hits, we’re excited to share some of our favorite musical haunts.
Detroit is nicknamed Motown for a reason! In this edition of Detroit’s Greatest Hits, we’re excited to share some of our favorite musical haunts.
Conversations can be challenging given the times we live in, but we always have the option to turn in to one another. Learning can be uncomfortable, and that is ok. Hear about Jorge Perez' experience at the 4th National Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC) Conference.
How does your salary compare to your colleagues' salaries? How has the COVID-19 pandemic, the "great resignation," or changing work environments over the past few years affected the financial health of health information professionals in your region or nationally?
The Research Training Institute (RTI) team is pleased to announce the new peer coaches for the 2023 RTI Online program. Learn more about the RTI program. Consider joining a welcoming and supportive network of research colleagues! We invite you to submit an RTI application by March 14!

The Research Training Institute (RTI) team is pleased to announce the new peer coaches for the 2023 RTI Online program. Learn more about the RTI program. Consider joining a welcoming and supportive network of research colleagues! We invite you to submit an RTI application by March 14!
MLA is pleased to announce that Michelle Kraft, AHIP, FMLA will give the 2023 Janet Doe Lecture at MLA | SLA ’23 in Detroit, MI.
It's not too late to apply for the 2023-24 Research Training Institute (RTI) Fellowship Program! The deadline has been extended to March 14 at 11:59 p.m., central time, so you can jump-start your career and research expertise.
In final honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting just a few of the Detroiters who have made our city the very special place it is.
Join us in Detroit during MLA | SLA '23 for an immersion session called, “Understanding and Applying the Evidence-Base in Library and Information Science” sponsored by the Clinical Librarians and EBP, Research, Medical Library Education, and Public Health/Health Administration Caucuses. 
The MLA Grants and Scholarships committee is ecstatic to announce new names for the 3 previously unnamed MLA student scholarships. For over sixty years, MLA has consistently supported qualified students in their studies at graduate library science programs.
The Contributed Content Working Group (CCWG) is seeking moderators for papers sessions during MLA|SLA ‘23.
The Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNC) of MLA first formed in 1953 as the Pacific Northwest Regional Group, made up initially of medical librarians from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
Detroit has an illustrious history as a hub of Black artistry. Continuing our Detroit’s Greatest Hits series, this post is dedicated to just a few of the spaces you can explore art created for and by Black Detroiters during your visit.
MLA is pleased to announce that Elsevier ClinicalKey is generously sponsoring a new travel grant for MLA | SLA ’23.
MLA | SLA '23 Contributed Content Sneak Peek: Accepted Immersion Sessions, Program Description and Research Papers, and Education Sessions.
As you plan your conference itinerary for MLA/SLA ‘23, also consider the array of sightseeing activities available in and just outside Detroit!
Healthcare professionals need accurate information to best care for their patients and they need it quickly.
Registration is now open for MLA | SLA ’23! Take advantage of early-bird rates through April 14, 2023. Get a sneak peek at what you can expect in Detroit and virtually with the preliminary program.
Registration is now open for MLA | SLA ’23! ake advantage of early-bird rates through April 14, 2023. Get a sneak peek at what you can expect in Detroit and virtually with the preliminary program. Registration sponsored by Wolters Kluwer.
NNLM All of Us Researcher Workbench webinar for academic libraries, hosted by All of Us Data and Research Center, takes place on February 16, 2023. Don't miss this!

NNLM All of Us Researcher Workbench webinar for academic libraries, hosted by All of Us Data and Research Center, takes place on February 16, 2023. Don't miss this!
The 2023 National Program Committee invites colleagues who are newer to the profession to submit a poster or lightning talk abstract for MLA | SLA ‘23.
The MLA|SLA ’23 submission site for posters and lightning talks is open and will remain open until January 26, 2023. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your innovative and revolutionary work with your colleagues as we meet at MLA|SLA '23 Looking back, forging ahead.
The next Living Library event will be during Experience MLA Month on February 21 from 1- 3 p.m., central time. 
The MLA Virtual Resume Clinic will be held February 20-28 during this year’s Experience MLA.
Learn the history of Detroit in preparation for MLA | SLA '23.
For more information, please visit the caucus’ member page. If you’re not a caucus member, consider joining! All times are Central.
The RTI Fellowship Program is accepting applications for the 2023-24 cohort through February 28, 2023.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) seeks early and second-career librarians within five years of graduation interested in a one-year fellowship. Apply now!
The Medical Library Association Books Panel is seeking author(s) and/or editor(s) for a book related to grant writing. The content in this book will be particularly relevant for health sciences librarians who either support academic grant writers or who are grant-seeking themselves.
The chapters in this book will provide an overview of evidence syntheses including, but not limited to, the systematic review. This book will provide a how-to guide for anyone who works with clinicians, students, and researchers who are interested in writing or interpreting knowledge syntheses.
MLA's Books Panel is seeking proposals for a book about determining the credibility and trustworthiness of information. The panel also welcomes a book that contributes to the discussion on the information-seeking behavior of major user populations. How does this behavior guide teaching practices?

We’re excited to welcome you to MLA ‘23: Looking Back, Forging Ahead, May 16 - 19, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan! It’s been 33 years since MLA was last held in Detroit and we are so excited for you to join us. Remember to check out this blog as the conference approaches!
MLA’s authors have been busy! Some recent books published by MLA’s partner publisher Rowman & Littlefield have been reviewed in the latest issue of JMLA.
The MLA 125th Anniversary Committee is hard at work planning and preparing for the celebrations that will begin at MLA ’23. One project that the Caucus/Chapter History workgroup is leading is to collect significant moments in the existence of MLA’s caucuses and chapters.
The 2023 National Program Committee invites abstract submissions that support the annual meeting theme “Looking back, forging ahead.” The MLA|SLA ’23 submission site for Poster and Lightning Talks is now open will remain open until January 26, 2023.
The NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy Guidance Working Group has developed a toolkit to help librarians ensure they are meeting the updated Data Management and Sharing Policy, which goes into effect January 25, 2023.
MLA is pleased to offer support to enable members to join colleagues in Detroit for MLA | SLA '23: Looking Back, Forging Ahead.
The newly published Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses, edited by Margaret J. Foster and Sarah T. Jewell aims to be the definitive text on systematic reviews for librarians, information professionals, and expert searchers.
The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) will only be available in digital formats starting with the 2023 editions.
The RTI Fellowship Program is accepting applications for the 2023-24 cohort through February 28, 2023. Anyone with an interest in the RTI Fellowship Program is invited to our upcoming Drop-In Session to get your questions answered and receive feedback on the application process.
If you are concerned about health equity and want to develop searching skills and knowledge that will enable you to become a collaborator and partner in health equity research, the MLA instructor-led course, Health Services and Policy Research: Sources and Search Strategies 2022, is for you.
Make a submission for upcoming issues of the Hypothesis Research Journal for Health Information Professionals, produced by the Medical Library Association’s Research Caucus.
Meet the latest I Am MLA spotlight! Get to know Sunny Chung.
The abstract submissions for Round 1 are in! Both MLA and SLA volunteers are hard at work now, reviewing all the abstracts. We will be notifying submitters for Round 1 submissions in early December.
Save the date for the 2022 Joseph Leiter NLM/Medical Library Association Lecture will be held December 6, 2022.
You're invited to a free webinar sponsored by Third Iron LLC. Join Kendall Bartsch, Third Iron Co-founder and CEO, for a webinar to learn more about LibKey Nomad. Kendall will review the LibKey technology, show how medical libraries are using LibKey Nomad, and share results libraries are seeing.
Apply to MLA’s Research Training Institute.
Terri Givens will give the 2023 John P. McGovern Lecture at MLA | SLA ’23 in Detroit, Michigan.
Thank you all for your thoughtful submissions. Round 2 submissions open December 15, 2022.
Get to know Layal Hneiny, our latest I Am MLA individual!
Get to know our latest I Am MLA member, Hilary Jasmine.
Join an Open Forum event to learn more about MLA’s Research Training Institute Fellowship Program. The application will be open from November 1 to February 28, 2023.
To hear more about the 125th anniversary planning, plan to attend our Open Forum on January 18th, 2023, 1:00-2:00 p.m. During this session, you will have an opportunity to hear updates from these four groups engaged in anniversary activities.
It's time to get those abstract submissions in! Abstracts for the first round of submissions are due October 31, 2022. The MLA | SLA '23 National Program Committee (NPC) is excited to read your proposals! Get started today.
Meet another member of MLA! Learn about Stephanie Swanberg and consider submitting your profile today.
MLA is pleased to invite you to a complimentary webinar sponsored by Wolters Kluwer. 
MLA will sunset the Disaster Information Specialization on April 30, 2023. More than 275 librarians, first responders, members of the military, and others have earned a DIS since we partnered with NNLM to offer it in 2012.
Before we jump into the good news, a quick reminder: Round 1 abstract submissions for MLA | SLA '23 contributed content are due October 31, 2022. It's time to get that proposal finished and turned in!
The Be Well MLA initiative to promote wellness hosted another excellent session last week. Learn more about all upcoming Be Well MLA events.
Adorée Hatton is this week's I Am MLA featured member. Help your colleagues get to know you better and submit your own profile- share how you are MLA!
Sign up to review papers, posters, and lightning talk abstracts for the MLA | SLA ’23 annual conference. The due date to fill out the form is October 25, 2022.
Searching for an Effective and Efficient Expert Method for Conducting Exhaustive Searches? Look no further.
This could be your year to present at the annual meeting! Submit your abstract by October 31!
The 2022/23 Nominating Committee is identifying potential candidates for the 2023 election. Submit a nomination by October 31.
The Grants and Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that MLA David A. Kronick and Charles W. Sargent Visiting Fellowship has undergone some exciting changes! Applications for this year's Fellowship will be accepted until November 15, 2022.
I Am MLA comes out each week to bring you closer to your MLA colleagues. This week, get to know Kay Strahan.
Recognize your institution or organization today and submit a nomination. All MLA Awards and Honors nominations are due October 15.

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