Call for Nominations: Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award for 2023

***Please excuse the cross postings. *** Consumer health librarians focus on the continuum of health information services that benefit patients, caregivers, and individuals interested in optimal health and health care for themselves and their families. Established in 2017, this award recognizes those who demonstrate excellence in consumer health information services, promote innovation

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Applications for the Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship

The Medical Library Association (MLA) is now accepting applications for the Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship. This fellowship aims to stimulate research into the history or discoverability and dissemination of information in the medical or health sciences, recognizing that this key knowledge area helps practitioners and researchers interpret the present and prepare for the future. The fellowship

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Ida and George Eliot Prize – Nominations wanted

How do medical librarians make a difference? What are the standards for our profession…and where can we do better? Who has shown us the data that will help shape our future? The Ida and George Eliot Prize is presented annually for a work published in the preceding calendar year that has been

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Seeking Nominations: MLA Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Health Sciences Librarian of the Year  

Seeking Nominations: MLA Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Health Sciences Librarian of the Year Do you know a mid-year academic health sciences librarian who is an MLA member with outstanding contributions to academic health sciences librarianship? The Estelle Brodman Award jury is calling on the MLA membership to nominate a colleague

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Job Posting: Research Data Informationist at Johns Hopkins University

The Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Research Data Informationist who will work with researchers and stakeholders to cultivate data literacy, support responsible data practices, and collaborate with other data support units at Hopkins to offer scalable and sustainable research data services, with a particular focus on services

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Applications are being accepted for the Rittenhouse Award – DEADLINE October 15, 2023

Applications are being accepted for the Rittenhouse Award – DEADLINE October 15, 2023 The Rittenhouse Award, is presented annually by the Medical Library Association (MLA) for the best unpublished paper or web-based project on health sciences librarianship or medical informatics, submitted by a student in an ALA-accredited program of library and information

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MLA/SLA 2023 Research Award Winners Presentation Webinar Oct 3

Please excuse cross-posting! Join us for brief presentations by the 2023 MLA/SLA Research Award Paper and Poster winners as they give introductions to their research.  Zoom Information: Time: Oct 3, 2023 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210204464?pwd=SDhjZDBSNER2QXV3RzMwRUJKY0NpQT09 Meeting ID: 822 1020 4464                         Passcode: clebp23   MLA/SLA 2023

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