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MLA ’24 Continuing Education: Meet Paige Scudder, the Instructor of Master Data Cleaning and Wrangling with OpenRefine and Python

By: Barry Grant

Thu February 15, 2024

In the weeks leading up to MLA ‘24 in Portland, we’ll profile the conference Continuing Education instructors and their courses. Today, meet Paige Scudder, the Instructor of Master Data Cleaning and Wrangling with OpenRefine and Python.

Blog link: MLA '24 | Stronger Together

The MLA CE Passport is Back

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu December 14, 2023

Make this your strongest professional year yet with savings on hours of MLA Continuing Education. Secure an MLA CE Passport by June 26, 2024.

Blog link: Announcements

Connecting Clinicians Searching the Open Web with Library Resources (Sponsored by Third Iron)

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu September 28, 2023

Free webinar! Space is limited so register today for the LibKey Nomad webinar all about connecting open web researchers to the full text. Don't miss out!

Blog link: Vendor Webinars

Doing More While Avoiding Burnout: Helping Medical Librarians Balance Emerging Demands (Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer)

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu September 21, 2023

Don't miss this free Wolters Kluwer webinar! We will discuss medical librarian needs, avoiding burnout, and so much more on October 4, 2023 from Noon to 1:30 p.m., central time.

Blog link: Vendor Webinars

Promoting Citational Justice in Health Sciences

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu June 29, 2023

Breanne Crumpton and Mark Coltrain emphasize the importance of citational justice, raising awareness, and advocating for change. Learn how to be an advocate today!

Blog link: Public Policy Center

Bibliotherapy for Stress Management: A Wellness Intervention for First Year Medical Students

By: Rebecca Anne Morin

Wed June 28, 2023

The results of this study provide a foundation for building a more comprehensive bibliotherapy program at the Hirsh Health Sciences Library. Read on!

Blog link: Announcements

NLM Seeks Associate Fellows

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu January 12, 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!

Blog link: Announcements

Get your MLA August CE!

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu July 14, 2022

Enjoy the warm weather as summer comes to a close - and get some MLA CE while you're at it.

Blog link: Announcements

Special Offer for MLA Members on CHLA/ABSC Course

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu March 3, 2022

MLA is pleased to share the CHLA/ABSC course The Business of Libraries to MLA members.

Blog link: Announcements

October Continuing Education

By: MLA Headquarters

Thu September 9, 2021

Check out the October offerings for webinars, instructor-led courses, and self-paced courses.

Blog link: Announcements

Focus on YOUR Future at MLA ’20: Add a CE Course

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu February 13, 2020

Come to MLA ’20 on Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16, to develop a skill in an MLA practice area and have extra time to explore Portland! MLA continuing education (CE) courses are powerful and rewarding learning experiences!

Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus

Deepen Your MLA ’19 Experience: Attend the Symposium and Add a CE Course!

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu April 25, 2019

You can register for continuing education (CE) courses at MLA ’19!

Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Deepen Your MLA ’19 Experience: Attend the Middle Management Leadership Symposium! Add a CE Course!

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu April 18, 2019

Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Enrich Your MLA ’19 Experience: Attend the Middle Management Leadership Symposium and Add a CE Course!

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu April 11, 2019

Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Enhance Your MLA ’19 Experience: Add a CE Course!

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu April 4, 2019

Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area by taking a continuing education (CE) course, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Hone Your Leadership and Management Skills at the Managing from the Middle MLA ’19 Continuing Education Symposium

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu March 21, 2019

Are you looking to improve your leadership and management skills? The Managing from the Middle: Learning to Lead from Where You Are symposium is a great place to start! Award-winning educator, author, and academic leader, Joan Gallos will present the keynote talk at the symposium.

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Upgrade Your MLA ’19 Experience: Add a CE Course!

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu March 21, 2019

Come to MLA ’19 on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

MLA Annual Meeting Courses Are Powerful Learning Experiences!

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu March 14, 2019

MLA ’19 offers you more than twenty continuing education (CE) courses and a daylong symposium about “Managing from the Middle.” CE takes place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Get Your Hands-On Learning at MLA ’19: Add a CE Course! - #mlanet19

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu March 7, 2019

Come early to MLA ’19, take a course in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to tour MLA’s home town, Chicago!

Choose from over twenty continuing education courses and a daylong symposium on “Managing from the Middle,” offered on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Elevate Your MLA ’19 Experience: Add a CE Course!

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu February 28, 2019

Come early to MLA ’19, develop a skill in an MLA practice area, and have extra time to explore MLA’s home town, Chicago!

Choose from twenty-two continuing education (CE) courses offered on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Award-Winning Author Joan V. Gallos Keynotes Managing from the Middle MLA ’19 Continuing Education Symposium

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu February 21, 2019

Award-winning educator, author, and academic leader Joan V. Gallos, will present the keynote at the MLA ’19 symposium, Managing from the Middle: Learning to Lead from Where You Are, sponsored by the Leadership and Management Section.

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu February 7, 2019

MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL, will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu January 31, 2019

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Fri January 18, 2019

MLA ’19 ELEVATE continuing education (CE) courses in Chicago, IL will take place on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2019. CE courses support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Research4Life Training in New Orleans: Feb 28 and Mar 1 2019

By: Elaine Ricketts Hicks

Wed January 16, 2019

The goal of Research4Life (R4L - www.research4life.org) is to reduce the knowledge gap between high- and low- and middle-income countries (LMIC’s) by providing free or low-cost access to online scholarly, professional and research information in five programs...

Blog link: International Cooperation Blog

MLA ’19 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Fri November 30, 2018

Blog link: MLA '19 | Elevate

Seven Blind Mice and Systematic Reviews: An MLA Webinar on Teaching through Storytelling

By: Lisa M. Acuff, AHIP

Mon October 15, 2018

How does the children’s story, Seven Blind Mice, relate to instruction on doing systematic reviews? Or to the many other health information concepts and skills medical librarians teach? Hint: Think stories!

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Transform Your MLA ’18 Experience: Add a CE Course!

By: Barry Grant

Mon April 30, 2018

Come early to MLA ’18, develop a skill in an MLA competency, and have some extra time to tour Atlanta!

Choose from twenty continuing education (CE) courses offered on Friday and Saturday before the start of the meeting on Sunday.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

Do You Know How to Search for Clinical Trials?

By: Julie May Glanville

Fri April 27, 2018

If you know how to search for clinical trials, you probably know that trials registers are becoming a standard information resource for systematic reviews, comparative effectiveness research, and evidence-based guidelines and that AHRQ, Cochrane, and others recommend or mandate searching trials

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

Peek Under the Hood of Your Website and Learn How to Unleash Its Power!

By: Andy Hickner

Thu April 26, 2018

Your library or organization’s website is your most powerful way of publicizing and offering your services. Taking Peeking Under the Hood at MLA ’18 is a powerful way for you to advance the reputation of your library, become your library’s in-house expert on web matters, and enhance your resume.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

Learn to Liaise at MLA ’18!

By: Carolyn Schubert

Tue April 24, 2018

Health information professionals in academic libraries and in health care facilities spend much of their time collaborating and communicating with faculty, clinicians, and other professionals. There are over eighty health professions! Each has unique standards and cultures of practice.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

See the Big Picture of Data Visualization!

By: Jean Song, AHIP

Mon April 16, 2018

Having the software skills to create data visualizations is one thing. Understanding the difference between a poorly designed visualization and a well-designed visualization is another. Introduction to Visualization Principles gives you both!

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

Partnerships Are a Vital Part of Librarianship: Let Us Help You Build Them!

By: Gwen S. Wilson, AHIP

Wed April 11, 2018

If you are a medical librarian in an academic or hospital setting, you know that establishing partnerships and working on joint projects with professionals outside of your library are essential parts of your practice.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

Five Questions to Ask Yourself about Research Dissemination and Impact

By: Patricia L Smith

Fri April 6, 2018

If you are wondering whether Dissemination in Action: Communicating Research in a Digital World is the right MLA ’18 continuing education course for you, take this quick self-assessment:

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

Do You Want to Be a Library Director? (What Does a Director Do, Anyway?)

By: Heidi Heilemann, AHIP

Wed April 4, 2018

Our popular continuing education course, “Do You Want to Be a Library Director? Knowledge, Skills, and Career Paths for Library Leaders,” will help you answer these questions, plan your career, and connect with current and future leaders and directors

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

MLA ’18 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Fri March 30, 2018

Join your colleagues at MLA ’18 in Atlanta, GA, for courses that will support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments, transforming their collections and service models, and leading important new changes

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

Learning R Can Change Your (Professional) Life!

By: Barry Grant

Fri March 30, 2018

These days, it seems everyone is talking about learning to program. To find out more about a popular language, R, and what it’s like to learn it, we did an email Q&A with Lisa Federer, AHIP, who is teaching Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization with R at MLA ’18.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

You Can Support Systematic Reviews Just about Anywhere in the World

By: Sarah Young

Thu March 22, 2018

Register for the Performing Systematic Reviews in Resource-Limited Settings at MLA '18. This course will demonstrate how you can make substantial contributions to systematic reviews without access to the resources of a major university.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

MLA ’18 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Wed February 28, 2018

Join your colleagues at MLA ’18 for courses that will support health sciences librarians and other information professionals in adapting to rapidly changing environments, transforming their collections and service models, and leading important new changes in education, research, and librarianship.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

MLA ’18 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Wed January 31, 2018

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

MLA ’18 Continuing Education

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Thu November 30, 2017

Continuing education (CE) courses during MLA ’18 Adapting Transforming Leading in Atlanta, Georgia, will encourage health sciences librarians to move out of their comfort zones into new roles.

Blog link: MLA '18: Adapting | Transforming | Leading

MLA ’17 Continuing Education Courses

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Fri January 13, 2017

Join your colleagues May 26 and 27 for the MLA ’17 continuing education (CE) courses in Seattle, Washington. These courses will provide health sciences librarians with a great way to explore new roles and stay at the forefront of the health information profession.

Blog link: MLA '17 Dream Dare Do

The Future of Education at MLA is Signed, Sealed, and Soon to be Delivered: Please Welcome Medlib-Ed!

By: Barry Grant

Wed August 24, 2016

MLA has partners with LearnSomething for our new learning management system (LMS) that will host all MLA educational offerings starting in early 2017.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Beginning Well: The Guiding Principles of the Expanded MLA Education Program

By: Barry Grant

Thu June 23, 2016

The guiding principles of MLA's education program are defined around five simple concepts that will turn MLA education upside down: "intentional", "learner-centric", "member-focused", "excellence" and "resource savvy".

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

The True Meaning of Impact

By: Kevin Baliozian

Wed June 8, 2016

The growth of MLA's planned curriculum expansion will require investment to cover course development expenses until the courses begin generating revenue. MLA will use the Shaping our Future Fund in an innovative way.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

MLA Welcomes 2016-2017 Rising Stars to a Sparkling New Program

By: Amy Gische Lyons

Wed March 9, 2016

The new Rising Stars curriculum uses best practices in professional development and MLA’s growing expertise in education to support a more immersive Rising Stars program.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

The Education Department Is Off the Blocks!

By: Barry Grant

Wed December 9, 2015

Full speed ahead. Exactly! Readers of this blog will know that the MLA Board has established a strategic goal of serving the mission and growth of MLA by increasing the breadth, depth, and quality of MLA education offerings and expanding our audiences.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Boosting MLA's Education, Part 2: A New Director

By: Kevin Baliozian

Thu September 24, 2015

Meet Barry Grant, who will be leading the effort to make that vision real as MLA's new director of education starting September 28.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Upping Our Online Learning Game

By: Debra Cavanaugh

Tue September 15, 2015

We improved your online learning experience by adding student/teacher interaction into the instructional design of MLA's first asynchronous online course, “Library Statistics: Data Analysis for Librarians.”

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

We Need Your Feedback: Professional Competencies

By: Elizabeth Lund

Wed July 29, 2015

Please share your input on the needs of our profession to support MLA's initiative to revise our Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Filling the Half-Empty Glass: Boosting MLA Education

By: Kevin Baliozian

Wed July 22, 2015

MLA’s strategic goal #3 is all about education, and how to seriously raise the bar on how we support you in your professional development. Just as the new MLANET website and community platform will put you at the center of the experience, our plan for MLA education will have you at the center.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Using Your Words: Professional Competencies

By: Paula Raimondo, AHIP, FMLA

Wed June 10, 2015

Over 100 people attended the open forum, “Revitalizing the Professional Competencies for Lifelong Learning” in Austin. Attendees weighed in on the direction they would like to see MLA take in responding to our professional development needs.

Blog link: Full Speed Ahead

Three Ways to Help Build MLA’s Educational Future

By: Paula Raimondo, AHIP, FMLA

Wed April 8, 2015

In January, the MLA Board established a task force to revise the “Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success” policy to keep up with the evolving needs of MLA members and the changing environment in which we work.