MLA FALL 2020 UPDATE Lisa Traditi, AHIP MLA 2020/21 President - October 29, 2020 - Medical Library ...

MLA FALL 2020
          UPDATE
      Lisa Traditi, AHIP
MLA 2020/21 President
        October 29, 2020

LISA TRADITI, AHIP

1,100+ attendees (1,500+ with exhibitors)
“...NEVER BEFORE HAVE I
ENGAGED, TAKEN AS MANY
NOTES, MET AS MANY          more than 500 attendees accessing through
COLLABORATORS, AND          institutional packages
FOSTERED NEXT STEPS AS I
HAVE WITH MLA 2020'S        40 no-charge financial assistance
VCONFERENCE
...OVERALL THE EXPERIENCE   150+ new members or first-time meeting attendees
OF TRULY ABSORBING
CONTENT IN THE QUIET OF
MY OWN HOME ALLOWED ME
TO GET SO MUCH MORE OUT
OF THIS MEETING.”

MLA ’21 VCONFERENCE SCHEDULE

MLA ’21 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
   Visit https://www.mlanet.org/page/mla-'21-faq-contributed-content
         for the Contributed Content FAQ and submission links

  Round One: Paper and       Round Two Opens:       Round Two Closes:
  Immersion Session          Poster and Lightning   Poster and Lightning
  Submissions Due            Talk Submissions       Talk Submission Due
                             Accepted

  21 Oct. 2020; 6:00pm CST         11 Dec. 2020     22 Jan. 2021; 6:00pm CST

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MLA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
https://www.mlanet.org/page/making-mla-diverse-and-inclusive

 Xan Goodman, AHIP                                                                           Tomi Gunn
         Chair             Majid Anwar, AHIP   Kelsa Bartley, AHIP        Michael Fitts     Staff Liaison

Jane Morgan-Daniel, AHIP      Gurpreet Rana    Monica Riley      Jessica Sender, AHIP     Amy Taylor
     Chair-designate          Board Liaison

        Diversity and Inclusion are the threads of the fabric of the Medical Library Association

MLA COMMUNITIES
      Members: caucus memberships are free—join as many as
      you like: https://www.mlanet.org/page/caucus-landing-
      page
      Take a look at caucus public pages:
      https://www.mlanet.org/page/mla-caucuses
      Three new caucuses formed this year:
          Accessibility and Disability
          User Experience (UX) Caucus
          Scholarly Communications
      See domain hub teams, projects and initiatives:
      https://www.mlanet.org/page/team-domain-hubs

New pathways available for caucuses and domain hubs to
    host informal “Meet Ups” or more formal CE credit
                        courses!
https://www.mlanet.org/page/caucus-and-domain-hubce

JOIN THE MOSAIC! BECOME AN
  “I AM MLA” AMBASSADOR!

To learn more about these MLA ambassadors and how to become one yourself,
      please visit https://www.mlanet.org/page/i-am-mla-campaign-home

    STRONGER TOGETHER!

Visit MEDLIB-ED at http://www.medlib-ed.org/ for MLA Educational Offerings

New RTI ONLINE program coming in 2021!
For more information, visit the Research Training Institute site at https://www.mlanet.org/page/rti-overview

                       Lead Faculty                               Research faculty:
                                                                  •Katherine G. Akers, Shiffman
                                                                   Medical Library, Wayne State
                                                                   University, Detroit, MI
                                                                  •Karen Gutzman, Galter Health
                                                                   Sciences Library, Northwestern
                                                                   University, Chicago, IL
                                                                  •Shanda Hunt, Bio-Medical Library,
                                                                   University of Minnesota–
                                                                   Minneapolis
                                                                  •Mark MacEachern, Taubman Health
                                                                   Sciences Library, University of
                                                                   Michigan–Ann Arbor
   Jodi Philbrick, PhD, AHIP      Emily Vardell, PhD, AHIP

MLA INSIGHT INVITES YOU
TO LISTEN AND
PARTICIPATE IN OUR FREE
UPCOMING FALL FORUMS!
OCTOBER 29 & 30
FIRST TOPIC: EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE

Visit https://www.mlanet.org/page/insight for the application link.

• MLA Rising Stars
                    Applications

                  • MLA Award
                    Nominations
DUE NOVEMBER 13

APPLY FOR
    AN MLA
 COMMITTEE!
Watch the MLA homepage
  and MLAConnect for the
application before the end
               of the year.

Renew this
fall or join   MEMBERSHIP MATTERS!
    today!!

OCTOBER IS
 OCTOBER IS NATIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARIANS MONTH!!
     GET IMAGES TO PROMOTE YOUR LIBRARY AT
HTTPS://WWW.MLANET.ORG/PAGE/NATIONAL-MEDICAL-LIBRARIANS-MONTH

October 21: Deadline for Round One
Papers and Immersion Sessions

October 29 & 30: Insight Open Forums

November 13: MLA Award Nominations Due

                                             KEY DATES TO
November 13: Rising Stars Applications Due
                                              REMEMBER!
December 11: Round Two Opens
Posters and Lightning Talks

December 31: MLA Membership Fees Due

January 22, 2021: Round Two Closes

THANK YOU!
mlapresident@mail.mlahq.org
             or
 LisaTraditi@cuanschutz.edu