Transforming Research 2020 Conference

Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is the virtual host for the Transforming Research 2020 Conference. There are great Keynote speakers such as Brian Nosek from the Center of Open Science and Charlene E. Le Fauve, from the NIH’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion to go along with panels in Open Science,

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NLM History Talk by Cynthia Connolly: Sulfonamide Revolution and Children’s Health Care Delivery in the US, 1933-1949

You are cordially invited to the next NLM History Talk, to be held virtually next Thursday, October 15, at 2pm ET https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=35410. Join us online to welcome Cynthia Connolly, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, Rosemarie B. Greco Endowed Term Chair in Advocacy, and Associate Director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study

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Call for Book Proposals: Cultural Humility in the Health Sciences Library

The MLA Books Panel is seeking author(s) or editor(s) for a book on topics related to cultural humility, “Cultural Humility in the Health Sciences Library.” Cultural humility “incorporates a lifelong commitment to self-evaluation and self-critique…and to developing mutually beneficial and nonpaternalistic clinical and advocacy partnerships with communities on behalf of individuals and

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Ph.D. Student (Fully Funded) at UNC School of Information & Library Science

The Equity in the Making (EITM) Lab<https://eitm.unc.edu/&gt; at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science<https://sils.unc.edu/&gt; has an opening for a fully funded Ph.D. student at SILS beginning Fall 2021. Funding is secured through a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award that will support a graduate student. The project is entitled, “Equity

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Now Accepting Nominations for 2021 Darling Medal for Collection Development — Due 11/1

The Medical Library Association (MLA) Louise Darling Medal jury is now accepting nominations. The Louise Darling Medal is presented annually to recognize distinguished achievement in collection development in the health sciences. Awards can be for specific activities (publication, teaching) or for overall leadership and achievement in this area.  The recipient(s) will be

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Eric Meyerhoff Prize nominations

It’s time to submit your nominations for this award! The Eric Meyerhoff Prize This prize was established in 1956 by Ralph and Jo Grimes of the Old Hickory Bookshop, Brinklow, MD, in memory of Murray Gottlieb, a New York antiquarian book dealer. Since 2010, this award has been sponsored by the MLA

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Call for Nominations – T. Mark Hodges International Service Award

2021 T. Mark Hodges International Service Award – Call for Nominations T. Mark Hodges (1933-2006) was a lifelong believer in the importance of international connections between librarians. The T. Mark Hodges International Service Award was established in 2007 to honor outstanding individual achievement in promoting, enabling, and/or delivering improvements in the quality

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Funding opportunity: MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant.

The Medical Library Association (MLA) is now accepting applications for the MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant. The purpose of this grant is to provide support for research, development, or demonstration projects that will help to promote excellence in the field of health sciences librarianship and information sciences. Grants range from $100

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Call for nominations: MLA Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award

The Medical Library Association is now seeking nominations for the Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award. The MLA Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award recognizes organizations whose exemplary actions have served to advance health information research and evidence-based practice in health sciences libraries. Honorees will have created and sustained a

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