MLA ’18 Topics
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We have also sorted through key content and grouped it by a few major themes. There is a lot more, but you can start here if you want to:
- deliver trustworthy health information to the public;
- build a best-in-class diverse and inclusive practice;
- become a data services expert or hone your data management skills;
- build your personal brand and advocate your services;
- support your clinical staff and make your librarian presence vital;
- empower your students with your superior teaching;
- up your career by developing your leadership skills, innovating and staying current on the latest issue affecting your library;
- stay up to date on scholarly publishing and open access;
- up your game in supporting research and evidence-based practice in your institution, including expert searching and systematic reviews;
- develop your relationship with 100 vendors, and dialog with MLA and industry leaders on issues of common importance to the profession;
- hear insightful perspectives from leaders in the inside and outside of our profession;
- impact MLA association by contributing your thoughts in open forums on Diversity and Inclusion and MLA Communities, being active in your section, SIG, and committee meetings; attending community information meetings; networking at organized events; and attending the Presidential Address, the Business Meeting, and the Presidential Inaugural Address.
Consumer Health
Clear your agenda for Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the Symposium on Health Information for Public Librarians. It is opened to all meeting attendees and is designed for public librarians and health sciences librarians to meet the urgent need to increase the quality and quantity of health information services to the public.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion will center stage throughout the meeting, in both MLA association life and in program sessions on implicit bias, health disparities, disability, outreach, empathy, and more.
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Sun 2–2:55pm | Poster |
#21 - The Transforming Landscape of Cultural Diversity in the Biomedical Literature #31 - Design and Validation of Search Filters for LGBTQ+ Populations |
| Sun 3–4:25pm | Special Content Session |
Transforming Libraries Using Implicit Bias Training This session will provide attendees with an overview of implicit bias, the impact it has in libraries and in health care, and more importantly how it stands in the way of diversity and inclusion. |
| Sun 4:30–5:25pm | MLA | Speak your views on diversity and inclusion at the Open Forum on MLA Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Goal. |
| Mon 11:35–11:50am | Program Session | Expanding Empathy, Discovering Diversity: A Librarian-Led Fiction Book Club for Health Care Employees |
| Mon 1:35–1:40pm | Lightning Talk | Participatory Leadership in Library Strategic Planning |
| Mon 1:35–1:40pm | Lightning Talk | Diversity includes Disability: An Informationist’s Role |
| Mon 5–6:25pm | MLA | Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Fishbowl Meeting (by invite only) |
| Tue 9–10:30am | Keynote | Please join us in celebrating MLA’s first African-American President, Beverly Murphy, AHIP, FMLA. Beverly will share her thoughts with us during her address at the end of the MLA Business Meeting. |
| Tue 1–1:55pm | Symposium |
Overcoming Barriers and Challenges in understanding the All of Us Research Program Providing health information to the public can be a daunting experience at first. What is my role vs. the medical practitioner? What about privacy issues and liability? What can I say or do, or can't? How do I improve my understanding of precision medicine and medical issues to effectively inform the public? |
| Tue 1–1:55pm | Poster |
#53 - Building an Assistive Technology Workspace #99 - Validating the MEDLINE®/PubMed® Health Disparities and Minority Health Search Strategy–Spotlight: Race and Ethnicity |
| Tue 2–2:55pm | Poster |
#70 - C2 Pipeline: Librarians Serving High School Students to Promote Health Literacy and Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine (STEM) Career Path Equity #34 - Immigrants in the Sciences |
| Tue 2–2:55pm | Special Content Session |
Exploring Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Research Citation Patterns The objective is to identify the most heavily cited journal titles, publication types, and subject disciplines in health disparities research. The overall goal is to assist librarians with collection assessment for diversity and disparity-related research, and to provide a resource to assist faculty with identifying potential sources for publication. |
| Tue 3–4:25pm | Special Content Session |
Transforming Libraries through Diversity and Inclusion: Leading the Way This session will provide attendees with an overview of implicit bias, the impact it has on libraries and in healthcare, and more importantly how it stands in the way of diversity and inclusion. |
| Tue 3:20–3:35pm | Program Session |
What Each of us Needs to Know about All of Us: 1 Million+ People and the Precision Medicine Initiative |
| Wed 9–10:15am | Keynote | Dara Richardson-Heron, MD Chief Engagement Officer, All of Us Research Initiative, National Institutes of Health |
| Wed 10:30am–noon | Keynote |
David Satcher, MD, PhD |
Data Management
Get Ready for Immersion: Data Science, Service, and Management at MLA ’18! Need a jump-start to provide data services and support? Or just need to supplement your expertise with new ideas from other experienced colleagues?
More than 30 instructors and presenters will highlight medical librarians’ activities with data science, services, and management in Atlanta.
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Sat 8am–noon | CE Course | CE 501 - Introduction to Data Visualization Principles |
| Sat 10am–5pm | CE Course | CE 500 - What Did You Hear? Qualitative Data Analysis |
| Sat 1–5pm | CE Course | CE 503 - Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization with R |
| Sat 1–5pm | CE Course | CE 201 - Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards Resources and Services at NLM |
| Sun 3:10–3:15pm | Lighting Talk | Transform Data into a Visual Story |
| Sun 4–4:05pm | Lighting Talk | Leading the Data Discovery Charge: A Cross-Institutional Collaboration to Index Research Data |
| Mon 10:30–10:35am | Lighting Talk | Using Data to Transform and Lead Library Instruction |
| Mon 10:50–11:05am | Program Session | Adapting Data Management Training to Support Clinical Research |
| Mon 10:59–11:11am | Program Session | Needs Assessment for Data Services and Training at a Research University |
| Mon 11:05–11:20am | Program Session | Establishing a Secure Data Core for Medical Research and Data Curation |
| Mon 11:11–11:23am | Program Session | Many Hands Make Light Work: Leveraging Campus Expertise to Provide Data Science Support |
| Mon 1–2:25am | Special Content Session | Collecting Data in the Field: Overview and Stories from Investigations |
| Mon 1–2:25am | Special Content Session | Show Me a Story: Data Storytelling Using Familiar Tools |
| Mon 1:05–1:20pm | Program Session | A Pilot Project to Facilitate the Development of Data Services at Health Sciences Libraries |
| Mon 1:20–1:35pm | Program Session | Standardizing Documentation and Curation Practices to Improve Reuse of Data from Structured Searches and Systematic Reviews |
| Mon 1:30–1:35pm | Lighting Talk | Need Stats Support? We've Got Students for That |
| Mon 1:55–2pm | Lighting Talk | Data Papers: How Librarians Can Promote Data Sharing |
| Mon 2–2:05pm | Lighting Talk | Harvard's Legacy for Data Services |
| Mon 2:30–3:25pm | Poster | #76 - Using Data Interviews to Inform Improvements in Research Data Management Infrastructure and Services |
| Tue 2–2:55pm | Poster | #106 - The Center for Data to Health (CD2H): Leveraging Library Expertise |
| Tue 3:15–3:20pm | Lightning Talk | Hailing Your Champions: Interdisciplinary Reproducibility in Action |
| Tue 3:25–3:30pm | Lightning Talk | I’m a Real Boy Now: Moving from Excel to Factor Analysis for Analyzing Survey Data |
| Tue 4:05–4:10pm | Lightning Talk | The National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Health Research Data Management for Librarians Online Course: A Student’s Perspective |
Scholarly Publishing and Open-Access
Staying up to date on scholarly publishing and open access is an essential part of being a leader. Learn, share, and dialog with your peers on the latest developments,
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Fri 1–5pm | CE Course | CE 600 - Dissemination in Action: Communicating Research in a Digital World |
| Sun 3:53–4:05pm | Program Session | Ephemeral Citation in Biomedical Literature, a Comparative Content Analysis |
| Sun 4:05–4:17pm | Program Session | Leading Easy Access to Content: RA21 Pilots Transform Researcher Productivity and Privacy |
| Mon 11:20–11:35am | Program Session | Regarding Retractions: The Representation of Retracted Publications in Mental Health Literature |
| Mon 11:35–11:47am | Program Session | Using an Adapted Tool to Transform Medical School Faculty Evaluation of Open Access Journals and Lead to Wider Campus Acceptance of Open Access Publishing |
| Mon 1:05-1:10pm | Lightning Talk | Building a Framework to Guide Residents through Scholarly Activities |
| Mon 2:05–2:20pm | Program Session | Wolf in the Fold: Quality of Databases and Digital Repositories Post-Beall’s List |
| Sun 2-2:55pm | Poster | #35 - Developing a Protocol for Tracking Publications by Grant Numbers |
| Mon 2:30-3:25pm | Poster | #132 - Communicating the Concept and Value of Open Science |
| Tue 3:50-3:55pm | Lightning Talk | Scholarly Connections: Assessing Interdisciplinary Collaboration through Citation Data Exploration |
| Tue 1-1:55pm | Poster |
#25 - An Innovative Tool for National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy Compliance (Tuesday, May 22 1:00 PM – 1:55 PM) #113 - Prevalence of Publication in Predatory Journals at Emory University #141 - Searching by Author Affiliation: Challenges in Tracking Faculty Research Output #145 - Taking Action for Open Access: Upload-a-Thon at the Faculty of Dentistry #157 - Transforming Print to Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
| Tue 2-2:55pm | Poster | #42 - Development of a Writing and Publishing Series for National Institutes of Health and US Department of Health and Human Services Analysts, Clinicians, Fellows, and Researchers |
Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Providing information that supports the research and evidence-based practice in your institution is one of the critical roles of a librarian. Strengthen your expertise in expert searching, systematic reviews, and more.
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Fri 10am–5pm | CE Course | CE 100 - Advanced Searching Techniques and Advanced Strategy Design |
| Fri 1-5pm | CE Course | CE 502 - Statistics 101: A Primer in Statistical Methods for Health Sciences Librarians |
| Sat 8am-noon | CE Course | CE 103 - Effectiveness and Efficiency in Exhaustive Searches |
| Sat 10am-5pm | CE Course | CE 101 - Performing Systematic Reviews in Resource- Limited Settings |
| Sat 1-5pm | CE Course | CE 104 - Trials without Tribulations: Identifying Clinical Trials for Systematic Reviews and Other Clinical and Research Questions |
| Mon 10:50-10:55am | Lightning Talk | Benchmarking Participation of Veterinary Librarians in Systematic Reviews and Scoping Reviews |
| Mon 11:35-11:40am | Lightning Talk | Leveraging Our Strengths: Building Capacity for Sustainable Integration into Systematic Review Projects |
| Mon 1:35-1:40pm | Lightning Talk | Leading Nurses Up the Clinical Ladder |
| Sun 2-2:55pm | Poster |
#19 - Cost, Quality, Access, and Policy: Creating a Portal for Health Services Researchers #23 - Covidence vs. Rayyan: A Comparison of Systematic Review Tools #31 - Design and Validation of Search Filters for LGBTQ+ Populations #43 - Development of Bioinformatics Services in the Library: Understanding Researcher’s Bioinformatics Support Needs #51 - Different Research: Different Searches #55 - Digital Tools for Managing Different Steps of the Systematic Review Process #63 - Doing It Right: Assessing the Impact of a Multi-Day Systematic Review Retreat for Researchers #87 - Evaluation of Tools Used in Systematic Review Study Selection and Evaluation |
| Sun 3-4:25pm | Special Content Session | Research Roadmap: Understanding the Research Process |
| Sun 3:05-3:10pm | Lightning Talk | Impacting the Spiritual Health of Patients through Research |
| Sun 3:20-3:25pm | Lightning Talk | Precision Medicine Tool Kit |
| Sun 3:25-3:30pm | Lightning Talk | Talking ORCID |
| Sun 3:23-3:41pm | Program Session | Forecasting Science: Identification of Research Needs through Collaboration |
| Sun 3:29-3:41pm | Program Session | Creating New Research Services: Library Support for Electronic Lab Notebooks |
| Sun 3:41-3:53pm | Program Session | Developing a Program for Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Compliance: Benefits for Researchers and Libraries |
| Sun 3:59-4:17pm | Program Session | Information Science Solutions to Communicating Public Health Research Findings to the Public |
| Mon 11:35-11:50am | Program Session | Reproducibility Guidelines and Medical Librarians: Adapting Expertise, Transforming Services, Leading Change |
| Mon 1:20-1:35pm | Program Session | Standardizing Documentation and Curation Practices to Improve Reuse of Data from Structured Searches and Systematic Reviews |
| Mon 1:23-1:41pm | Program Session | Giving Us Our Due: Are Librarians Acknowledged for Their Work in Nursing Systematic Reviews? |
| Mon 1:41-1:59pm | Program Session | Empowering Nurses and Mentors with an Innovative, Online Roadmap for Evidence-Based Practice |
| Mon 1:59-2:17pm | Program Session | Is This a Systematic Review? A Librarian Assessment of Adherence to PRISMA Guidelines in Published Systematic Reviews |
| Mon 2:30-3:25pm | Poster |
#24 - Adapting Research Impact Assessment to Laboratory Practice Guideline Development Projects #28 - Transformations in Research Support for Public Health Scholars #40 - Transforming the Library's Education Services One Systematic Review at a Tim #76 - Using Data Interviews to Inform Improvements in Research Data Management Infrastructure and Services |
| Tue 1-1:55pm | Poster |
#17 - Adapting a Game for Teaching Research Methods #29 - Ask the Research Experts: Everything in One Convenient Location @ the Lamar Soutter Library #45 - Building Resilience through Research: National Institutes of Health Disaster Research Response Project #72 - Pieces of the Professional Puzzle: Systematic Review Competence as Professional Competence #117 - Provision of Research Assessment Services in Academic Health Sciences Libraries #149 - Adapting to New Needs in a Complex Research Environment #152 - Research Impact Core: A Research Impact Initiative at the University of Michigan #169 - Transforming the Systematic Review Service |
| Tue 3:05-3:23pm | Program Session | Exploring the Role of DistillerSR in Successfully Completing Systematic Reviews |
| Tue 3:17-3:29pm | Program Session | Providing the Updated Evidence for Medical Cannabis Recommendations |
| Tue 3:53-4:05 | Program Session | What I Wish I Had Known When I Designed My First Clinical Trial and Now Share during Reference Interactions with Novice Researchers |
| Tue 3:05-3:20pm | Program Session | Institutional Research Impact Assessment: How I Learned That Good Can Be Better than Perfect |
| Tue 3:23-3:41pm | Program Session | Common Barriers to Replicability and Retrieval in Systematic Review Search Strategies |
| Tue 3:41-3:59pm | Program Session | Librarians in Systematic Review Teams: Extracting Patterns of Roles and Tasks from the Published Literature |
| Tue 3:55-4pm | Lightning Talk | Writing Test Items for National Board of Medical Examiners Shelf Exams: Innovative Involvement in Medical Education Assessment |
| Tue 3:59-4:17pm | Program Session | Literature Search Methods and Reporting in Highly Cited Systematic Reviews |
Marketing and Outreach
Innovate to make your library a must-go-to space and to build your personal brand.
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Fri 1–5pm | CE Course | CE 600 - Building Partnerships with Faculty, Clinicians, and Other Stakeholders |
| Sat 8am–noon | CE Course | CE 301 - Peeking Under the Hood: Understanding, Assessing, and Improving Your Library’s Website and LibGuides |
| Sat 1–5pm | CE Course | CE 104 - Upping Your Reference Game: Technologies and Strategies for Value-Added Reference Services |
| Sun 2–2:55pm | Poster | #127 - Hospital Library Benchmarking Study |
| Sun 3:55–4pm | Lightning Talk | Clinical Informationist Phoenix Rises to Deliver Quality Library Service for Virtua |
| Sun 4:05–4:10pm | Lightning Talk | Transforming the Archives into a Celebration: Nurses’ Week |
| Mon 10:35–10:47am | Program Session | Making Space for a Makerspace: 3D Printing and Scanning in a Health Sciences Library |
| Mon 1:15–1:20pm | Lighting Talk | From Transactional Service Model to Programmatic Approach: The Design, Implementation, and Measurement of Engaging User Experiences in a Knowledge Center |
| Mon 1:20–1:25pm | Lighting Talk | It’s Crunch Time: Adapting and Transforming Hospital Libraries to Support Institutional Budget Goals |
| Mon 1:40–1:45pm | Lighting Talk | The 4Be’s: A First-Year Medical Librarian’s Strategy for Immersion in a Liaison Area |
| Mon 2:30–3:25pm | Poster |
#112 - What's All The Buzz? A Library-Sponsored Spelling Bee #158 - Transforming Library Communications with a Tap: Using iBooks to Familiarize Students, Faculty, and Staff with a New Health Sciences Library |
| Tue 1–1:55pm | Poster |
#61 - Leading Students to the Library with Search Services |
| Tue 2–2:55pm | Poster |
#26 - Introducing High School Students to the Library Profession#150 - In Their Own Words: Physicians and Staff Share How They Use and Value the Library #54 - Getting Attention: How We Used an Anniversary to Promote the Library to Our Hospital System and Beyond #86 - The Role of Libraries in Community Wellness Programs#131 - Developing Library User Personas for Strategic Planning and Advocacy #122 - Librarians as Health Advocates in Health Fairs |
| Tue 3:10–3:`5pm | Lightning Talk |
Developing a Library Exhibit on Local Public Health History |
| Tue 3–3:55pm | Poster |
#61 - Leading Students to the Library with Search Services |
Clinical Support
Librarians provide essential support to clinical staff in a hospital environment. Take a continuing education course or hear from colleagues how they make their librarian presence vital.
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Sat 8am–noon | CE Course | CE 601 - Learning to Liaise with Health Professions |
| Sun 2-2:55 | Poster |
#27 - Creating Quality LibGuides Using Best Clinical Resources #135 - Impact of a Collaborative Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Education Program on Clinical Operations |
| Sun 3:30-3:35 | Lightning Talk | Expanding Question Safari: Reaching New Frontiers |
| Sun 3:41–3:59pm | Program Session | Adapting a New Model for Library Orientation: The Clinical Case Presentation |
| Mon 10:35–10:50am | Program Session | “HEALWA”: Increasing Awareness of a Statewide Health Information Resource for Health Professionals |
| Mon 11:05–11:20am | Program Session | Bringing an Academic Library to the Point of Care: The Reno Experience |
| Mon 11:20–11:35am | Program Session | Curating the Evidence: Medical Librarians Collaborate with Physicians to Create a Clinical Decision Support System |
| Mon 1:05–1:20pm | Program Session | Identifying the Role of the Medical Librarian in Clinical Competency Entrustment |
| Mon 1:10-1:15pm | Lightning Talk | Development of a Mobile-Friendly Website to Strengthen Clinical Decision Making |
| Mon 1:15-1:20pm | Lightning Talk | Improving Health Outcomes with Embedded Diagnostic Consultation Services |
| Mon 1:20–1:35pm | Program Session | Library Tools at the Nurses’ Station: Exploring Health Information-Seeking Behaviors and Needs of Nurses in a War Veterans Nursing Home |
| Mon 1:35–1:50pm | Program Session | Mind the Gap: Identifying What Is Missed When Searching Only the Broad Scope with Clinical Queries |
| Mon 1:50–2:05pm | Program Session | Partnering with Performance Improvement to Transform Patient Care through Care Redesign |
| Mon 2:30-3:25pm | Poster |
#12 - Another Genome Project: Medical Library Services for Genetic Counselors and Genetic Counseling Students #20 - Teaching Evidence-Based Practice: Leading Nurses in Transforming Care #48 - Transforming Clinicians to Published Authors: How Librarians Lead Students in Research and Scholarly Communication #84 - Power of Nurse-Librarian Collaboration: Aligning Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Innovation to Sustain a Magnet Culture #95 - Clinical Medical Librarian Licensure: Pros and Cons #104 - Clinical Librarians and Their Essential Services in Academic and Health Care Settings: A Comparative Survey |
| Tue 1-1:55pm | Poster |
#37 - Barriers to Students' Access to Clinical Information Resources #77 - Meeting the Emerging Information Needs of Precision Medicine: Enhancing Health Librarians’ Knowledge and Search Skills to Support a New Clinical Service #97 - Patient-Centered Rounding in an Inpatient Pediatric Setting #85 - Opportunities to Grow: Adapting Services, Transforming Relationships, and Leading the Informational Way on the Magnet Journey #125 - Recovery-Oriented Collection Development: Results of a Qualitative Study on Mental Health Information Needs in a Patient Library |
| Tue 2-2:55pm | Poster |
#94 - Does the Availability of Medical Marijuana Decrease Opiate Prescribing? Surveying the Landscape #102 - The Art of Conversation: A Comparative Analysis of Best Practices and Guidelines for Reference Interviews and Medical Interviews |
| Tue 3:45-3:50pm | Lightning Talk | Reflecting Art in Nursing Practice: Developing a Program to Support Mid-Career Nurses |
Teaching
Innovate to make your library a go-to space for education.
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Sat 8-10am | CE Course | CE 301 - Innovations in Nursing Information Literacy: New Technologies, Approaches, and Ideas |
| Sat 8am-noon | CE Course | CE 303 - Evidence-Based Teaching: Finding and Applying the Best Evidence to Instruction |
| Sat 8am-5pm | CE Course | CE 300 - Not Just Numbers: Teaching Students to Think Using Practical Curriculum Exercises |
| Sun 2-2:55pm | Poster |
#11 - Communication, Collaboration, Consistency, and Campus Culture: How Librarians and Nurses Worked Together to Bridge the Information Literacy Gap #71 - Embedded with Problem-Based Learner Medical Students #79 - Engaging Students during Grand Rounds through Live Chat #107 - Flipping the Classroom for Graduate Medical Education: Library/Residency Program Collaboration #167 - Integrating into the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program: A Case Study in Librarian Immersion #175 - Just Enough Irons in the Fire: Using an Evidence-Based Block Rotation to Increase Internal Medicine Residents' Knowledge and Usage of Mendeley |
| Sun 3:40-3:45pm | Lightning Talk | Leveraging the Librarian in a Nurse Residency Program |
| Sun 3:45-3:50pm | Lightning Talk | Connecting the Dots between Evidence-Based Practice and Shared Decision Making: Growing Medical Students’ Information Skills |
| Sun 3:59-4:17pm | Program Session | Adapting to the Real World: Transforming Nursing Information Literacy Education in Four Intermountain West Universities |
| Mon 10:30-11:55am | Special Content Session | From Abstract to Tangible: Shifting Health Sciences Instructional Mindsets Using the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy |
| Mon 10:30-11:55am | Special Content Session | Design, Play, Learn: A Special Content Session to Design a Game for Database Instruction (Flipped classroom) |
| Mon 10:35-10:40am | Lightning Talk | Using Data to Transform and Lead Library Instruction: Hospital Librarians Utilize Learning Needs Assessment Survey Results to Adapt to the Learning Needs of Nursing Staff |
| Mon 10:35-10:50am | Program Session | Assessing Medical Students' Ability to Find and Evaluate Online Health Information Using the Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA) |
| Mon 10:50-11:05am | Program Session | Building a Communication Skill Program for Residents: A Unique Contribution to Training Resident Competency by a Clinical Librarian |
| Mon 10:55-11am | Lightning Talk | The Personal Librarian Program: Transforming Our Relationship with Our Medical Students |
| Mon 11-11:05am | Lightning Talk | Transforming Information Literacy Training by Adapting to Students’ Clinical Placements: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice in Nursing Education with E-Learning |
| Mon 11:05-11:10am | Lightning Talk | Teaching PubMed: Staying in the Shallows or Diving Deep |
| Mon 11:20-11:35am | Program Session | Curricular Transformation Using an Instructional Design Model: A Medical Informatics Elective Course Case Study |
| Mon 11:23-11:10am | Program Session | Up All Night: The Accreditation-Driven Trend toward 24-Hour Access among Medical School Libraries (Survey and Self-Study) |
| Mon 11:25-11:30am | Lightning Talk | Utilizing Virtual Reality as a Method to Facilitate Learning |
| Mon 11:35-11:50am | Program Session | Developing a Framework for Competency Integration across the Curriculum |
| Mon 1:05-1:23pm | Program Session | Best Practices in Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine: A Qualitative, Multi-Site Study |
| Mon 1:05-1:10pm | Lightning Talk | Critiquing and Communicating: Assessing the Impact of a Librarian/Physician-Led Evidence-Based Medicine Project on Medical Student Confidence around Critical Appraisal and Effective Patient Communication |
| Mon 1:10-1:15pm | Lightning Talk | Comics in the Medical School Classroom: Health Literacy, Empathy, and Reflective Practice |
| Mon 1:20-1:25pm | Lightning Talk | Humanities Reading Selective for Medical Students: Reflecting on the Human Side of Medicine |
| Mon 1:45-1:50pm | Lightning Talk | Students Editing Wikipedia |
| Mon 1:50-1:55pm | Lightning Talk | Transforming Health Sciences Education with Virtual Reality |
| Mon 2:30-3:25pm | Poster |
#4 - Transformative and Translational: Supporting a New PhD program #16 - Teaching Graphic Medicine to Undergraduate Students #68 - Transforming Anatomy Education Using Virtual Anatomy Table Services at the Library #128 - On the Road Again: Improving Health Education by Logging 3,300 Miles of Windshield Time to Meet with Nursing Students and Faculty at Remote Locations across Montana #140 - Meeting Students Where They Learn: Out of the Lecture Hall and Into the Simulation Lab |
| Tue 3:05-3:10pm | Lightning Talk | Anatomy Touch Table Project |
| Tue 3:20-3:35pm | Program Session | Leading the Way Using Virtual Reality in Medical Education to Teach Empathy |
| Tue 3:35-3:40pm | Lightning Talk | Improving the Accessibility of Instructional Videos...Not as Scary as You Think |
| Tue 3:35-3:50pm | Program Session | Nurturing Statistical Literacy in Medical Students |
| Tue 3:41-3:53pm | Program Session | Transforming Health Information Literacy from Academic to Activist at a Health Zine Workshop |
| Tue 3:50-4:05pm | Program Session | Social Media and Online Professionalism in the Medical School Curriculum |
| Tue 4:05-4:20pm | Program Session | Using Pre- and Post-Questions about Prior Information-Seeking Frustrations to Assess Student Learning |
Leading Your Library
Fuel your career by developing your leadership skills, innovating, and staying current on the latest issue affecting your services.
| Date/Time | Type | Description |
| Sat 10am–5pm | CE Course | CE 400 - Do You Want to Be a Library Director? Knowledge, Skills, and Career Paths for Library Leaders |
| Sun 3-4:25pm | Special Content Session | Hospital Libraries: Looking Backward to Stimulate Forward Momentum |
| Sun 3:05-3:17pm | Program Session | Advancing, Transforming, and Leading Innovation through an Academic Health Sciences Library’s Innovation Space |
| Sun 3:35-3:40pm | Lightning Talk | An Experiment to Address Staffing Fluctuations by Insourcing Professional Librarians |
| Sun 4:30-5:25pm | Open Forum | MLA InSight Initiative Summit 1 Outcomes |
| Mon 2:30-3:25pm | Poster | #168 - Leadership in the Interim or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Uncertainty |
| Mon 3:29-3:41pm | Program Session | What We Talk about When We Talk about Collaboration: A Scoping Review |
| Mon 3-1:55pm | Poster | #56 - Risky Business: Medical Humanities Programming Pays Off at a New Medical School |
| Tue 2-2:55pm | Poster |
#153 - Warm Fuzzies: Boosting Staff Engagement with a Traveling Gopher #134 - A Paradigm Shift: Transforming Collection Development to Meet the Needs of Users |
| Tue 3:40-3:45pm | Lightning Talk | Library as Tenant: A Born Digital Library Embedded in a New Medical School Building |
Industry Connections
The MLA annual meeting brings together over 100 industry vendors and 1,200+ librarians. Don’t miss:
- Sunrise Seminars: learn about the latest vendor offering and have breakfast too!
- Technology Showcase: discover the latest technological development in rapid-fire, 30-minute sessions on the exhibit floor
- MLA InSight Initiative Open Forum: join the open discussion on the outcomes of this new initiative, on the topic of “User Experience”
Click here for detailed information.
Perspectives from Leaders
MLA ’18 features four invited keynote speakers as well as addresses from the outgoing and the incoming MLA presidents.
| Date/Time | Speaker |
| Sun 9–10-15am |
Barbara Epstein, AHIP, FMLA, and MLA President (outgoing) Welcome Address Barbara Epstein will welcome meeting attendees, present awards and recognitions, and share with the audience the key MLA accomplishments and challenges of the last year. |
| Sun 10:30–11-55am |
John P. McGovern Award Lecturer - William Powers, best-selling author and research scientist Sponsored by EBSCO Health - Click here for detail. |
| Mon 9–10am |
Janet Doe Lecturer - Elaine R. Martin, on Social Justice and the Medical Librarian Click here for detail. |
| Tue 9–10:15am |
Beverly Murphy, AHIP, FMLA and MLA President (incoming) Presidential Address Beverly Murphy will share with the audience MLA's vision for the future, as well as her personal thoughts on being MLA's first African-American President. |
| Wed 9–10:15am |
Dara Richardson-Herron, MD - Chief Engagement Offier of the All of Us Research Program Click here for detail. |
| Tue 3–4:25pm |
David Satcher, MD, PhD - Physician-Scientist, Public Health Administrator, 16th Surgean General of the U,S, Click here for detail. |
