4/28 11am- An SCMLA Early Career Librarians Initiative Event: Open Shelf Conversations with Christine Willis, MLIS, AHIP

 Do you know any entry-level or transitioning librarians who could really use some friendly and honest conversations about getting started in this dynamic profession? Don’t let them miss out on our upcoming Open Shelf Conversation with Christine Willis. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable insights and ask questions during the Q&A at the end. Join the SC/MLA ECLI for a safe and meaningful conversation!

An SCMLA Early Career Librarians Initiative Event: Open Shelf Conversations with Christine Willis, MLIS, AHIP

Get ready for candid stories, real talk, and wisdom from the pros. This informal, story-driven series will feature experienced health sciences librarians sharing their professional experiences. Please help us welcome this month’s speaker, Christine Willis, who is a Clinical Information Librarian at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where she has been for 6 years. She has been in hospital librarianship for more than 16 years. We are thrilled to uncover her journey to becoming a health sciences librarian.

This event is open to all—please share with anyone who might find this information relevant to their career trajectory.

Open Shelf Conversations, Christine Willis

Date: April 28, 2026

Time: 11am CST

Contact Kelly Johnson  (kelly.johnson2@thedacare.org) for Zoom Link

Rescheduled: MLA Collection Development Caucus Forum- Open to Non-MLA Members

 

The Medical Library Association’s (MLA) Collection Development Caucus has rescheduled its forum on collection development policies. It is now scheduled for Thursday, March 12 at 10am (PT) / 1pm (ET). Please contact gaukh@vcu.edu for the Zoom link.

The session will start with brief presentations from librarians who will talk about how their collection development policies were developed, what their policies include, and some of the challenges they faced in developing them. We will hear from:

 

• Yumin Jiang, Collection Management Department Head, University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus (Collection Development Policy)
• Robyn Gleasner, Resource Management Librarian, University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center (Collection Development Manual)
• Liz Kellermeyer, Director of Library & Knowledge Services, National Jewish Health (Collection Development Policy)
• Ramune Kubilius, Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Collections Philosophy)

 

Following the presentations, there will be time for Q&A and discussion. Kayce Gill, from Vanderbilt University and Chair-Elect of the Caucus, will facilitate the session.

 

Non-MLA members are welcome to attend and participate in the discussion. The session will not be recorded to encourage open conversation. 

 

See you there!

Attend the MLA UX Caucus' FREE event: EBSCOhost Idea Exchange!

 Many (if not most) libraries have moved to the new EBSCOhost user interface. Now that you and your patrons are using it regularly for both novice and expert searching …

• Do you have questions about which features have vanished and which are just hiding from you
• Have you found solutions or workarounds for things you thought the new UI couldn’t do?
• Are you running into system errors or missing functionality?

All are welcome at the EBSCOhost Idea Exchange! Join this open forum to share your challenges and strategies. Help us compile a crowd-sourced resource matching problems to solutions, listing outstanding issues, and brainstorming enhancement requests.

Save the date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025, from 12:00 – 1:30 pm Central Time, hosted by the MLA User Experience (UX) Caucus. Zoom information is included below.

 

Topic: EBSCOhost Idea Exchange

Time: Nov 19, 2025 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88632776538?pwd=eDkb6o1M5MqsZnQMu5Losr30OkZ0OK.1

Meeting ID: 886 3277 6538

Passcode: uxc2025

Dive into AI with the UW-Madison iSchool & WiLS October Webinar Series

Hello, health science librarians! This October, WiLS and the UW-Madison iSchool are joining forces to bring you a tech series that’s as groundbreaking as Frank Netter’s illustrations. Get ready to explore AI in libraries like never before!

Here’s what’s on the docket:

• Oct 3 – AI & Libraries: A Very Short Introduction: Your fast track to AI basics.
• Oct 10 – Navigating the AI Landscape: Information literacy in our digital age.
• Oct 17 – Uses and Abuses of AI in Libraries: (Free for WiLS members!) The highs and lows of AI in action.
• Oct 24 – Unlocking Tomorrow’s Libraries: The future with generative AI.
• Oct 31 – Can AI Be Fair?: The ethics of AI in libraries.

Grab the full series for just $150 (normally $200) if you're a WiLS member. And don’t miss the free October 17th webinar—open to all WiLS members!

**Ready to register?** Sign up for the full series here and use the discount link, or get your free pass for the October 17th session here. One registration per link, but feel free to register as many people as needed!

Not sure if your organization is a WiLS member?  Check here  or join for free! For questions, contact us at information@wils.org.

Let’s map out the future of libraries with AI—just like Frank Netter mapped out the human body! 

 

 

Webinars for WHSLA Members

Online deals don't get much better than FREE webinars for WHSLA members!  

Act now!  Supplies are limited and going fast!

Thanks to WHSLA Professional Development Coordinator Dora Davis for this cheeky flyer and reminder to contact her at Dora dot Davis at phci dot org for your code!  

 

Free Copyright Webinar 13-part Series Runs through the end of 2020

 

The Miami University Libraries copyright webinar series starts in September! 

In our first webinar  Hope O’Keeffe, Associate General Counsel of the Library of Congress, will be talking about copyright and legal issues associated with 3D scanning and printing [This one is already past.] 

We'll be hosting 13 other webinars in the coming months that cover a variety of copyright topics, including:

  *   Copyright and Online Education
  *   Works Made for Hire
  *   Copyright as Professional Development
  *   Uncovering Copyright Training/Needs Data
  *   The Surprising Power of “Such As” and “Include” in the Fair Use Clause
  *   Developing a Copyright Instruction Program from the Ground Up
  *   Copyright Support for Open, Multimodal Assignments
  *   Using a Multi-Modal Project to Teach Ethical and Legal Use of Information
  *   Considering DMCA 1201 in 2020 and Beyond
  *   Legacy Video Access after Section 108
  *   The Threat to Perpetual Access: Licensed Electronic Resources & Open Access
  *   Copyright Coffee Series at the World Bank Group Library
  *   A Research Forum/Virtual Poster Session

You can learn more about these webinars and register for them through our website.

Information about webinar presenters.  

Posted to the Medlib-L on Aug. 28, 2020.