Raquel Abad
Raquel Abad has been a health sciences librarian at the University of California Davis Blaisdell Medical Library since August 2010. She has also worked as the Project Coordinator for the annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposia since 2009, and is the Managing Editor for the Journal of Continue reading
I used the NCNMLG Professional Development Grant to cover a portion of the expenses that were incurred by attending the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA). This meeting was held May 3-May 8, 2013, but I attended from May 4-May 8. This was my second time attending the MLA conference, but my first time was in 2008, which was about two months after I had just begun my career as a medical librarian, so I am sure you can imagine I was somewhat overwhelmed and the experience was a whirl! While that first experience was certainly a valuable learning experience, this year’s meeting gave me an opportunity to build upon the years of professional experience that I have acquired since that first meeting. When considering the meeting in retrospect, two themes particularly stand out: relationship building and professional inspiration. Continue reading
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Minutes from Feb. 19, 2013 Business Meeting | Professional Development | Treasurer’s Report | Increasing Revenue | Archives | Membership Update, SurveyMonkey, and SurveyMonkey Guidelines | Nominating Committee | Outreach Committee | Professional Dev Committee | Misc
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Agenda: Min. from 3/11/13 Bus. Mtg | Joint Mtg | Treasurer’s Report | Nominating Committee | Communication Committee | Archives | Membership | Continuing Ed | Prof. Dev. Committee | MLA Mtg |
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Below is the feedback that I have received to date regarding the proposed membership dues increase, for your consideration. I will add to this as I receive more feedback. Thanks to everyone so far who has weighed in on the topic!!
Are you interested in moving MLA forward? Do you love where MLA is going? Do you not love where MLA is going? Do you want a voice in the direction of our profession and be able to have your concerns heard, voiced, and addressed? The 2013 MLA Nominating Committee is excited to identify potential candidates for the 2013/2014 election, but we need your help! If you would like to recommend someone to be nominated for President or the Board, or would like to be Continue reading
As librarians and information specialists, we have been witnessing an evolving information infrastructure. In recent years, many of us heard people question the need for libraries in the future. Some have questioned the need for libraries as a physical space. Many potential library users believe they can independently find the information they need. We have watched big information centers and Continue reading
During the last NCNMLG Business Meeting held on February 19, there was a discussion regarding increasing the annual NCNMLG Membership Dues from $25.00 to $35.00. It was decided during this discussion to put this increase forward to the general membership for a vote at the next Business Meeting (which has yet to be scheduled). Continue reading
Agenda: Minutes from Dec. 11 Exec. Board Mtg |Treasurer’s Report | Increasing Chapter Revenue | Professional Development | Membership | Outreach | EBSCO New Products | Misc | Announcements
Evidence-Based Practice is all about information management for providing quality patient care. Understanding the principles and concepts behind Evidence-Based Practice can help us enhance the services and resources we provide to our health care workers. There are lots of ways to do this within the constraints of budgets and staffing. Some examples:
• Using the PICO framework when conducting a reference interview for a literature search
• Using the PICO framework to formulate the search strategy
• Reinforcing this process by appending the PICO and search strategy to the Continue reading
