It’s that time of year again… Calling all Medical Librarians and Health Literacy Advocates! The NNLM SEA wants to make you a star! Please join us in celebrating National Medical Librarians and National Health Literacy Month by sharing your contest submission starting… now! What Do I Have to Do? Choose one of
If you have an idea for a research or assessment project in health science librarianship, the MAC Research and Assessment Committee (RAC) invites you to apply for an award of up to $2000 per year to support all or part of the costs of your research. Research projects on a wide variety
Seeking submissions from a wide array of disciplines and perspectives for Volume 48 of Advances in Librarianship which will focus on the many ways in which libraries are helping (and can help) to improve consumer health literacy and decrease health disparities. This volume will be edited by Beth St. Jean, Gagan Jindal,
Submit Virtual Projects for JMLA Column by April 15 We are inviting submissions for current, innovative, and notable technology projects in health sciences libraries for the JMLA Virtual Projects Section that is published annually in October. Submit a 200-word abstract of your virtual project to Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA, by April 15, 2019. Virtual projects must
Hypothesis: the journal of the Research Section of MLA is seeking submissions for a new column in called Hypothesis: Failure! The column is dedicated to failures, lessons learned, or mistakes that mattered. An introduction to this (hopefully) exciting new addition to Hypothesis was included on page 5 of the last issue, available at https://www.mlanet.org/d/do/13566 Submissions
We are issuing a call for applications for the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL) 2019. We are seeking novice librarian researchers who are employed by academic libraries or are librarians in a research setting, in the United States to participate in the Institute. We define “novice” broadly; if you feel
If you work with medical students, residents, fellows, or graduate level students enrolled in an allied health program, please consider spreading the word about a new Open Access journal published by and for medical students in Camden, NJ. Currently, there are no article processing fees, articles are published online under a Creative
The Erich Meyerhoff (formerly Murray Gottlieb) Prize is awarded annually by the Medical Library Association for the best unpublished scholarly paper about a topic in the history of the health sciences. The purpose of the prize is to recognize and stimulate interest in the history of the health sciences. The author of
The Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmrctcenter.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cmburda%40PITT.EDU%7C4f99297501ce4d53011c08d633a80e0f%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636753194224516017&sdata=XtY6Epvwc7WAfC%2F9FaIjOk2DXXWhzm4FGYkb%2BxVroVQ%3D&reserved=0 is coordinating an initiative on Health Literacy in Clinical Research. Additional details follow below. We are seeking case studies and examples that demonstrate how health literacy principles and best practices have been applied in the clinical research environment. For
Submit an Abstract for MLA ‘19 Submit a paper or immersion session proposal by October 24. Join us in Chicago in 2019 and share your accomplishments. We want to see your research, analysis, innovations, projects, solutions, and your failures, so submit a paper, immersion session, poster, or lightning talk and become part