Engage with McGovern Lecturer Prior to MLA 14
It is crunch time and I know everybody going to MLA 14 in Chicago is scrambling to tie up lose ends at work or for Chicago. But as you go over your schedule for MLA you might want to check out the McGovern Lecturer, Dr. Aaron Carroll’s blog or his Facebook page. Dr. Carroll has invited MLA members and attendees to begin a conversation with him in advance of the annual meeting on topics of interest by posting on his blog, friending him on Facebook, following him on Twitter, or emailing him.
For his lecture, Dr Carrol will be addressing issues on the Affordable Care Act and health care policy. His blog, “...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - May 5, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Annual Meeting Source Type: blogs
Become an Embase Screener
The Cochrane Collaboration is looking for people to help identify reports of randomized control trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs from Embase for publication in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL).
The Cochrane Collaboration wants to develop and implement a screening task that is crowd sourced. A web-based screening tool has already been created. No prior experience is necessary. “A quality-control system has been developed so that all records will be viewd by at least two screeners. Records viewed by ‘novice’ screeners will need three consecutive agreements on the record’s...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - April 30, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Other Medical Library Stuff Source Type: blogs
Hospitals Still on Windows XP Could Mean Loss of HIPAA Compliance
Roughly two weeks ago MLA released a new version of its website. Right away librarians stuck (due to institutional standards) on IE 8 started complaining that the new MLA site did not display properly on IE 8. The good news is that the folks at MLA know of this problem and are working with the web developer to fix it and others. The bad news….the number of librarians stuck on IE 8 might be indicate a bigger problem for hospitals as a whole. My guess (and this is totally hypothetical) is that a many people who are stuck on IE 8 are stuck because they can’t upgrade to IE 9+ because they are on Windows XP....
Source: The Krafty Librarian - April 28, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Other Medical Library Stuff Technology Source Type: blogs
MLA Has a New Website
Last week MLA rolled out its new website. The old site was long overdue for an update, and this new site is a bit of a change. As with all new site changes, the new version is going to take some getting used to. MLA wants your thoughts https://www.mlanet.org/about/mlanet_update.html on the new website.
What are some of the “show stopper” issues or missing information.
What is a “show stopper?” A show stopper is a fundamental problem with a website that makes it or important parts of it totally unusable. Some examples with this site are:
Browser compatibility problems – While it is dif...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - April 22, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Learn More About MLA Sections and Chapters in Chicago
Every other year at the annual meeting MLA used to hold the Section Shuffle where each of the sections would man a table and talk to members about their section. Often there were themes and the sections would dress up or have candy and little prizes at the their table to try and entice members over to their table so that they could talk about everything the section is doing and encourage the member to join their section.
Section Council and Chapter Council decided to conduct a survey to determine what members were getting out of Section Shuffle, why people became a member of a Section or Chapter, why they continued (or d...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - April 21, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Annual Meeting Behind the Scenes Source Type: blogs
Help Choose the MLA Leadership
Do you know somebody who is innovative, inspiring, and basically would make a great leader within MLA? Well time to step up and take action. The MLA Nominating Committee is identifying potential candidates for the 2014/15 election. That means if you know of somebody you think would be good as a Board Member or President, then you need to submit their name (or yours), current current curriculum vitae and a paragraph outlining why the recommended person (or you) would be a good candidate.
This information must be sent to one of the members of the Nominating Committee (see below) by May 12th.
This is the perfect opportuni...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - April 16, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Annual Meeting Behind the Scenes Source Type: blogs
MLA Party With a Purpose
At this year’s annual meeting the final party will be slightly different. It is a “Party with a Purpose.”
National Planning Committee is hosting a Silent Auction and the goal is to highlight the creative talents, passions (rare books, memorabilia) and other interests of attendees. Proceeds will benefit the MLA Scholarship fund, Section Project of the Year award, and the Chicago adult literacy organization Literacy Works (www.litworks.org/mission_and_history.html).
Ways you can donate…and what the NPC is looking for:
Do you have gift cards from places that you will never use? Example: I hate coffe...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - April 7, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Annual Meeting Source Type: blogs
