Hospital Librarian Award nominations
Posted on | October 25, 2014 | No Comments
We want to recognize an exceptional, dynamic hospital librarian! Is that one of your colleagues, or is it you? Take a few minutes to recognize the person you feel is a visionary hospital librarian, and be sure to consider yourself for the Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship. Self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged.
This award recognizes a member of the Association who has made significant contributions to the profession through overall distinction or leadership in hospital library administration or service; production of a definitive publication related to hospital librarianship, teaching, research, or advocacy; or development or application of innovative technology to hospital librarianship. This award was first presented in 1991, but in 1999 it was renamed in honor of Lois Ann Colaianni.
The nomination form is available on MLANET – https://www.mlanet.org/about/awards-and-honors Direct any questions to Jennifer Walker, Jury Chair at jennifer_walker@unc.edu
Nomination deadline is November 1.
NN/LM Midcontinental Region/Technology Coordinator (Kansas City, KS)
Posted on | October 25, 2014 | No Comments
The A.R. Dykes Library at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) seeks a dynamic, customer-focused individual for the position of NN/LM Midcontinental Region Kansas/Technology Coordinator. This position works as the National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region (NN/LM MCR) coordinator for the state of Kansas, and will provide outreach and training to medical librarians, healthcare professionals, and the public. This position also serves as a co-coordinator of technology in collaboration with the Technology Coordinator at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah. As a co-coordinator of technology for the NN/LM MCR, the individual in this position will be responsible for identifying emerging technologies and is responsible for promoting and supporting the use of technology throughout the region. This position requires travel.
For a complete job announcement and application details, please visit https://pa124.peopleadmin.com/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=391320. Applications are currently being reviewed and will be accepted until the position is filled.
Measuring Your Impact by Michelle Kraft
Posted on | October 21, 2014 | No Comments
Michelle Kraft is a Senior Medical Librarian at Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library and is our Guest Blogger. She recently did a webinar on The Affordable Care Act and the Librarian’s role. Feel free to respond to and comment on Michelle’s blog.
Many librarians track the number of searches they have conducted and sometimes include the number as part of their annual report to administration. Similar to gate counts, circulation statistics, and e-journal usage, these numbers as a whole don’t tell the whole story. These statistics mean little to the non-librarian and really don’t illustrate how our professional expertise is being used. At best it tells administration that people used the library. In this era of shrinking budgets, spaces, and collections, simple usage of the library is not enough when people can also use Google.
We need to find ways to illustrate the impact of our library services, not just the numbers. The numbers are the outline of our story, we have to find ways to fill in the details. Librarians need to collect more information beyond our traditional numbers. The Health Science Information Consortium of Toronto Task Force on Evaluating Library Services has created a guide containing information and tools to help teaching and community hospitals, public health units, and other health care institutions to demonstrate the value of their library services and information knowledge to the supporting institution. The guide can be found at http://guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/libraryvaluetoolkit. While the guide is not the only place to find tools and information it is another great resource for medical librarians to illustrate the impact of the library services.
MLA 2015 Poster/Paper submissions due 11/3
Posted on | October 17, 2014 | No Comments
Don’t spend Halloween crafting your MLA Paper & Poster abstract –do it now!
MLA’s Research Section will award prizes for the best research-based papers and posters. Please check your submission to ensure that you have selected the type of research that best represents your work.
Deadline for abstract submission by authors is Monday, November 3rd @ 7PM CDT.
You can find paper session themes here:
http://mla15.meeting.mlanet.org/about/section-program-themes
The online submission website: (This is for both papers and poster submissions)
https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/login.asp?EventKey=FDGUECHE
Helpful tips for both papers and posters:
Papers FAQ: http://mla15.meeting.mlanet.org/sect_prog/paper_faq.html
Posters FAQ: http://mla15.meeting.mlanet.org/sect_prog/poster_faq.html
Abstracts for papers and posters must be submitted using the structured abstract template.
Research Librarian for the Health Sciences (Irvine, CA)
Posted on | October 17, 2014 | Comments Off on Research Librarian for the Health Sciences (Irvine, CA)
The University of California, Irvine Libraries seek a creative, knowledgeable, proactive, collaborative, and user-oriented Research Librarian for the Health Sciences to develop and manage electronic and print collections and plan and deliver innovative liaison, reference, and instruction services in the health sciences for the Ayala Science Library on the main campus and the Grunigen Medical Library at the UCI Medical Center in Orange.
The Research Librarian for the Health Sciences supports the educational, research and clinical needs for the School of Medicine and additionally works with a team to support programs in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nursing Science, and Public Health. Working in a collegial environment with other librarians for the health sciences, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing print and electronic collections, and will participate in a team approach to provide liaison, outreach, instruction, and reference to faculty, researchers, staff, and students.
The Research Librarian for the Health Sciences will be based in the Ayala Science Library and will be a member of the Collection Development Department, reporting to the Head of Collection Development. Further information about job duties can be found at http://www.lib.uci.edu/about/jobs/descriptions/Research-Lib-Health-Sciences.html.
To Apply: Qualified applicants who wish to be considered for this position should submit the information requested (cover letter; complete résumé; and the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of three references, with a statement of each reference’s professional relationship to the applicant) via UC Recruit at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02617. Applications received by October 27, 2014 will receive first consideration, but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
Knowledge Management Librarian (New York, NY)
Posted on | October 17, 2014 | Comments Off on Knowledge Management Librarian (New York, NY)
The NYU Health Sciences Library is recruiting for a Knowledge Management Librarian with a concentration in research data management services. This faculty position will be part of a growing data management team. Refer to the online posting for more information and application instructions: http://hsl.med.nyu.edu/content/knowledge-management-librarian
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled but priority will be given to those received by November 14, 2014.
Quint Meeting schedule up!
Posted on | October 7, 2014 | Comments Off on Quint Meeting schedule up!
Wondering what to do at Quint*Essential? Check out the schedule of events at https://quintessential2014.sched.org/! Hover your mouse over event names to see brief details such as speaker names, times, and locations. Click on events to see full details like speaker biographies and abstracts. Wondering if your friend or favorite exhibitor will be there? Check the Exhibitors and Attendees tabs. The Meeting Information tab has maps and a hospitality guide to help you find where to go.
To make your own schedule, click the “Sign Up” button and create your own Sched account. You can link your Sched account with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Foursquare, to easily find friends going to the meeting and share your schedule on those social networks. Watch this brief video to learn how to use Sched: https://quintessential2014.sched.org/help#.VDQjEE1Mvcs.
There will be no printed programs available, so take some time to get familiar with Sched and plan your meeting.
See you in Denver!
HLS/MLA Professional Development Grants
Posted on | October 7, 2014 | Comments Off on HLS/MLA Professional Development Grants
The purpose of the HLS/MLA Professional Development Grant is to provide librarians working in hospitals and similar clinical settings with the support needed for educational or research activities, which includes developing and acquiring the knowledge and skills delineated in Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success:The Educational Policy Statement of the Medical Library Association and The Research Imperative: The Research Policy Statement of the Medical Library Association.
The HLS/MLA Professional Development Grant may also be used to support reimbursement for expenses incurred in conducting scientific research, such as professional assistance in survey research design, statistical analyses, etc.
ELIGIBILITY
- The applicant must have been employed as a health sciences librarian within the last year in either a hospital or other clinical care institution.
- The applicant must not have previously received an HLS/MLA Professional Development Award.
- The applicant must not have received an MLA grant, scholarship, or other award within the last year.
- It is preferred that applicants be a member of the Hospital Libraries Section/MLA.
TERMS
- Applications must be received at MLA headquarters by December 1.
- An applicant can receive only one award per year.
- An award will be made to no more than one employee per institution per year.
- Awards will not be given to support work toward a degree or certificate program.
- The amount of the award will not exceed the actual expenses associated with attending the meeting, program, or course, for which the grant is requested, including tuition, travel or materials, or the specific research support activity, and in any case will not exceed $800.00.
- The period of disbursement will not exceed one year past the MLA annual meeting.
- The number of awards granted will be up to two per year. If no applicants meet the minimum general criteria, an award will not be given.
- Expense statements and receipts must be presented to designated MLA headquarters staff. Monetary awards will be distributed as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred, within the limits described above.
- Applicant must identify a specific education program, describe its scope, duration, level of study and budget. In the case of support for scientific research, the applicant must describe the research project including title, goals, objectives, methodology, budget, the project’s contribution to the field of library and information practice, and identification of a research mentor. The statement must also show how the educational program or research project will aid in achieving objectives set forth in the Educational Policy and Research Policy statements referenced above.
- Applicant must indicate how skills obtained may result in a specific outcome (e.g. planned research study, publication, change in library operations, etc.)
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Send the completed application, along with supporting documents (email applications and documents will be accepted as PDF or MS Word files only) to:
Email: grants@mlahq.org; OR
Fax: 312.419.8950; OR
Mail: Medical Library Association
ATTN: Grants and Scholarships
65 E. Wacker Place, Ste. 1900
Chicago, IL 60601-7246
MLA will acknowledge receipt of all applications. All applicants must receive an email notification that materials were received by MLA on or before December 1 for applications to be considered. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Now accepting applications for MLA scholarship
Posted on | October 6, 2014 | Comments Off on Now accepting applications for MLA scholarship
A scholarship of up to $5,000 will be granted to a student entering an American Library Association-accredited library school or a student with at least one-half of the requirements of the program remaining to complete in the year following the granting of the scholarship. The applications are due to MLA by December 1, 2014. The website to find additional information about the MLA Scholarship and application forms:
https://www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/scholar.html
MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grants
Posted on | October 3, 2014 | Comments Off on MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grants
Practicing health sciences librarians are encouraged to apply for the MLA Research, Development or Demonstration Project Grants. Through grants ranging from $100.00 to $1,000.00, the Medical Library Association (MLA) aims to support projects that promote excellence in the field of health sciences librarianship and information sciences. Grants will not be given to support an activity that is operational in nature or has only local usefulness. More than one award may be granted in a year.
Applications must be received by December 1st. Application form, eligibility criteria and submission details are available at: https://www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/research.html.
Looking for examples? Research, Development or Demonstration Project Grants have funded the following:
- “A research study: Does exemplary library services to patients and their family members, friends, and caregivers influence patient satisfaction scores?”
- “The efficacy of digital conversion of audiotape collection to CD format measuring change in use and evaluating user satisfaction”
- “An investigation of electronic book use in an Academic Medical Center”
- “The publication rate of poster entries and abstracts from MLA annual meetings in peer-reviewed or respective professional and trade journals”
- “A study of the experiences and opinions of Loansome Doc Libraries and end-users in the Midwest United States”
- “Issues surrounding the administration of a credit course for medical students: Survey of US academic health science librarians”
Quint is almost here!
Posted on | October 3, 2014 | Comments Off on Quint is almost here!
We’re just 9 days away from the start of the Quint meeting, which is going to be great, and we want you to be there!
One CE class – Fundamentals of Data Visualization – has reached its enrollment cap so it is no longer available, but there is still plenty of space in the other classes.
If you’re wondering about specific meeting content, we will be launching an online program planner soon. But in the meantime, here are some themes that emerged:
- Fostering connections between unique groups: the medical library and the community, the medical library and patients, and the medical library and compliance agencies.
- Systematic reviews: how librarians can aid patrons in conducting systematic reviews, a systematic review of librarians’ practices in teaching evidence-based practice, and experiences of healthcare professionals and librarians collaborating to write systematic reviews.
- Health outreach to unique populations: inmates, low-income populations, and Native American individuals.
- Embedded librarianship: clinical rounding, assessing a long-standing embedded librarian role, and combining clinical and basic sciences in embedded roles.
- Instruction: flipped classrooms, interactive tutorials, and gamification.
In addition to speakers and member-contributed content, the meeting will include an update on National Library of Medicine activities, an update on Medical Library Association activities, a panel session with AHIP credentialing representatives, and an update on National Network of Libraries of Medicine activities.
So please register now!
http://www.regonline.com/quint2014
Full conference site here: http://quint2014.mlanet.org
Janet Doe Lectureship nominations
Posted on | October 3, 2014 | Comments Off on Janet Doe Lectureship nominations
The Janet Doe Lectureship Jury invites nominations for the 2016 Janet Doe Lectureship. One of the most prestigious awards given by the Medical Library Association, the lectureship recognizes an outstanding MLA member who has contributed to the Association in ways that reflect the vision and values of Janet Doe, and offers a unique perspective on either the history or the philosophy of medical librarianship.
The recipient of this award will deliver the lecture at the 2016 Annual Conference held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. If you have an MLA colleague—or someone whose work admire—please consider submitting a nomination. This is your opportunity to highlight the accomplishments of an outstanding MLA member, and enable their dissemination and preservation.
Nominations should address the criteria specified in the award description available at https://www.mlanet.org/awards/honors/doe.html. A list of former recipients is available at the same link. Please submit nominations to Maria Lopez – awards@mlahq.org – before November 1.