Award Winners: MLGSCA Scholarships for Students/Paraprofessional in HSLs
By Laura Brown, Joan Godell, Jacque Doyle and Laura Stubblefield; MLGSCA Awards Committee MLGSCA Awards Committee is proud to be able to support four scholarship awards to our up-and-coming medical librarians during their journey thru library school. This year we added a new scholarship for paraprofessionals! The winner of the new MLGSCA Scholarship for Paraprofessionals […]
Honorary Life Membership: Nominate Now!
By Danielle Linden, Chair, MLGSCA Membership, on behalf of 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Committee The Membership Committee is now accepting nominations for Honorary Life Membership. Are you aware of a colleague who has made significant contributions to MLGSCA or the field of Health Sciences Librarianship? Would you like to recognize a peer for their outstanding professional […]
MLA Symposium: E-Patients: The Techno Cultural Revolution of Health Consumers
By Patricia Hinegardner, Ryan Harris and Dixie Jones; MLA “Librarians in the Trenches” Sub-committee The Medical Library Association (MLA) is sponsoring a symposium, E-Patients: The Techno Cultural Revolution of Health Consumers. It will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010 from 10am – 4pm. The symposium is being held in conjunction with the 2010 Annual Meeting of […]
Vote for Next Year’s MLGSCA Officers!
The election for next year’s MLGSCA Officers is now open. Voting is being done in SurveyMonkey, and you should contact Deborah Klein, Nominating Committee Chair, at Deborah.Klein@pvhmc.org if you need the ballot address or have problems voting. The ballot will be open for two weeks: March 23 – April 7, 12:15am. People who join MLGSCA […]
MLGSCA Membership: 7 Reasons to Renew!
By Danielle Linden, 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Chair and the 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Committee The 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Committee would like to extend a big “THANK YOU” to all of you who have renewed your MLGSCA membership for 2010. For those of you who have not yet renewed, we would like to take a moment of […]
JM2010 CE: Locating Cancer Information for Your Clinicians and Patients
By Carol Ann Attwood, MLS, AHIP, MPH, RN, Consumer Patient and Health Education Library, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ. Locating Cancer Information for Your Clinicians and Patients. Stephanie Fulton, MSIS, Assistant Library Director, Research Medical Library, and Elizabeth Brackeen, MSIS, Senior Librarian, The Learning Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Information on searching for […]
JM2010: Contributed Paper: Engaging Users with Powerful Visuals on the Cheap!
By Carol Ann Attwood, MLS, AHIP, MPH, RN, Consumer Patient and Health Education Library, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona Engaging Users with Powerful Visuals – on the Cheap! Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA. Ms. Ham noted that most medical librarians are involved in […]
MLGSCA Louise Darling Achievement Award – Nominate by March 15!
Please consider nominating a worthy colleague for the Louise Darling Achievement Award. Deadline was extended to March 15, 2010. “The purpose of the Louise Darling MLGSCA Achievement Award is to honor significant contributions to health sciences librarianship, as well as to the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona.” To learn more about the […]
California and Arizona Internship Programs
Whether you are a student looking for an internship, or an institution looking for an intern, check out this listing of schools’ internship programs. San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Library and Information Science Internship program Contact (non-archival internships): William Fisher, MLIS, Ph.D., MA Contact (archival internships): Lori Lindberg, MLIS, CA Lecturer The SJSU […]
Job Opportunity: Doctor Evidence; Los Angeles
Doctor Evidence specializes in providing highly customized search and database technologies/services to assist clients in making informed decisions about diagnostic and treatment evidence. Doctor Evidence is based out of the Los Angeles area. We are seeking a degreed medical librarian who is proficient in searching medical databases, business databases, Internet, etc. Hours: Full-time Location: West […]