Help Choose Your Leaders — Call for Nominations for MLA Offices

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 →

Discussion, sharing experiences and questions on how to improve visibility and promote services

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 →

Proposed Membership Dues Increase

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 →

Information Treasure Hunt Workshop: A follow-up

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 →