MLA 2013: CAPHIS Awards

CAPHIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD Are you interested in your own professional development as a consumer health librarian? Is funding at a premium this year for your health care organization? Consider applying for the CAPHIS Professional Development Award. CAPHIS CONSUMER HEALTH LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD Are you aware of a consumer health

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Library Interview Questions Repository

Have you gone on a library interview lately? Please consider reporting the questions you were asked on this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TrsRfxyUJQhKHMDJ9gydDoF9ulkiClC1n-tCilegbKE/viewform The goal of this project is to build a repository for library interview questions, which could then be used by both interviewees and interviewers to prepare. If you’d like a little more

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Call for Applicants: PH/HA Travel Stipend to Attend MLA in Boston!

PH/HA will be offering a travel stipend again this year to attend MLA. If you are interested, please fill out the application form and submit it to Joseph Nicholson. The form is available on the PH/HA website at: http://www.phha.mlanet.org/blog/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-travel-stipend/ The deadline for applications is in 11 short days: March 22, 2013! The winner

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AMIA Journal Club

The American Medial Informatics Association (AMIA) is offering *free* journal club webinars each month for members and non-members to engage is discussions around one article. The next event is Thursday, March 7 at 3PM to discuss “Federated Queries of Clinical Data Repositories: the Sum of the Parts does not Equal the Whole” If

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Job Posting: Public Services Librarian, Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington, MN

DESCRIPTION The Public Services Librarian provides and promotes access to the library’s resources and services for students, faculty, and staff using print, e-mail, social media, and web communications. The Public Services Librarian also manages the daily function of the circulation/information desk, including reserves, coordinate reference services, and provide formal and informal instruction

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Job Posting: Social Work Librarian, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore

The Social Work Librarian leads the Library’s efforts to anticipate and fulfill the research, learning, and information management needs of the School of Social Work.  S/he provides leadership and expertise in the areas of evidence-based research, course development, instruction, health literacy, scholarship and scholarly communication, and social work informatics.  Guided by the

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