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Medical Library Association

MLA is a nonprofit, educational organization with more than 4,000 health sciences information professional members and partners worldwide. MLA provides lifelong educational opportunities, supports a knowledgebase of health information research, and works with a global network of partners to promote the importance of quality information for improved health to the health care community and the public.

What's New


New Blog from MLA President Jerry Perry
2011–2012 MLA President Gerald (Jerry) Perry, AHIP, is blogging during his year as president at http://jerryperry.tumblr.com/. Read his latest posts and subscribe via RSS to read new posts as soon as they’re published.

 

Getting ready for MLA '12 in Seattle? Check out the official MLA '12 blog for the latest on the meeting, Seattle insider tips, and more. Join the conversation about MLA '12 on Twitter with the #mlanet12 hashtag.

MLA '11 Online Meeting Content Now Available
The new, improved online meeting content library is open for meeting attendees and and e-Conference registrants (individual or institution). Visit the MLA '11 website for the viewing schedule, registration options, and to log in.

Continuing Education

Call for MLA '13, ICML, ICAHIS, and ICLC Continuing Education Course and Symposia Ideas: Submit ideas for thought-provoking and innovative courses and symposia to offer at the federated and international meeting in 2013. Ideas are due December 16.

MLA eLearning Opportunity: Shifting Skills Webcast
If you missed MLA's "Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon: Finding Our Way in New Biomedical Research and Health Care Environments," you can now purchase the program through the MLANET Online Store.

If you missed MLA's "ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library," you can now purchase the program on DVD through the MLANET Online Store.

MLA's Online Boot Camp for New Health Sciences Librarians

Publications

Have you added the latest MLA publications to your professional library? Be sure to check out The Patient Safety Perspective (available in ebook and print editions), The MLA Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in the Health Sciences, and The MLA Guide to Managing Health Care Libraries, 2nd Edition.

The January issue of the MLA News is now online. [MO]

The January 2012 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association is online at PubMed Central.

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Current Edition of MLA-FOCUS, MLA's electronic newsletter

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