2014 MAC Scholar: Mendy Ozan

Reflections on Mendy’s MAC Scholar Experience Thanks to a generous scholarship from MAC, last month I traveled to Alexandria, VA for the 2014 MAC/MLA Annual Meeting. This was my first MAC meeting and a wonderful way to learn more about the organization and meet other health sciences librarians. I knew about MAC and

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2014 Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association is excited to announce David Nolfi as the winner of the 2014 Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award.   David is the Health Sciences Librarian and Library Assessment Coordinator at Duquesne University’s Gumberg Library.  To quote a nomination for this award, “David goes above and

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2014 MAC/MLA research papers and posters recognized

The MAC Research & Assessment Committee reviewed and judged submitted research papers and posters presented at the annual meeting in Alexandria. Recognized papers for excellence in research are: 1st place TITLE: A Booster Shot for Health Science Librarianship: Using Canvas and PechaKucha to Flip the Library Classroom. AUTHORS:  Alexander J. Carroll, Agriculture & Natural Resources Librarian,

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MAC Vision Scholarship Report – submitted by Nick Clements, University of Pittsburgh student

The MAC-MLA annual meeting was an excellent experience as a student currently attending library school. The CE courses provided a wonderful opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of highly specialized topics and tools. The infographics CE course provided information about a number of excellent resources for me to discover, and the active

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Call for applications: 2015 EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant

In order to enable more librarians to attend Medical Library Association (MLA) annual meetings, EBSCO Information Services has generously donated money to the MLA Scholarship Endowment to provide stipends up to $1,000.00 each to four (4) librarians for travel and conference-related expenses, to be known as the EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant. ELIGIBILITY

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