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Sewell stipend to attend APHA

Librarians with an interest in public health, make this the year you attend the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.  Stipends funded by The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund for this purpose will be awarded to at least 10 librarians in 2014.  This year’s APHA meeting will take place in New Orleans, LA from […]

MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award

From left to right: Robert Johnson, Mary White, Danielle Linden, and Nita Mailander.

MLGSCA wins MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award

MLGSCA is the winner of the 2014 Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year award for its execution of the ‘Substance over Style’ 2013 MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Meeting held at University of California, San Diego. Our chapter will be honored at the Awards Luncheon at MLA ‘14, Building Our Information Future on Monday May 19 from 12 […]

MLGSCA Paraprofessional Scholarship Award winners

Congratulations to the winners of the MLGSCA Paraprofessional Scholarship Award! Juan Jamie (Paraprofessional Student) expects to complete his MLIS degree in June 2016 at UCLA.  He stated that “from a young age, libraries have always been a large part of my life, and as a library assistant at the (UCLA) Biomedical Library for the past […]

Professional Development Awards

Congratulations to those awarded a Professional Development Award at yesterday’s spring Business Meeting!  Each award was for $500. Mary White: tuition for Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in EBP for Medical Librarians Sue Espe: to help cover classes/expenses at MLA 2014 Megan Rosenbloom: research on death from a history of medicine perspective for a forthcoming […]

Outstanding Paraprofessional of the Year

Rosemarie Murray (Left), Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Library Specialist for Cedars-Sinai Medical Library, is our Outstanding Paraprofessional of the Year for 2013.  Her manager Janet Hobbs nominated her for her excellent services to her customers. Recentl,y the library added a new service involving podcasting.  Its success is due largely to Rosemarie, who assists in the cataloging, […]

Nominate a Colleague – STAT!

The Louise Darling Award deadline is coming up on February 15! There are currently no nominations, so please nominate an awesome colleague who: Contributed significantly to the advancement of health sciences librarianship through service, publications, presentations, or projects Is a current MLGSCA member and has been a member for at least 2 years   Please […]

The Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grants Facilitate Lifelong Learning Opportunities

Are you working on research or an educational activity? The HLS/MLA Professional Development Grants award encourages continuing education opportunities allowing members to learn new skills or develop specializations and/or expanding the role of the medical librarian. The Hospital Libraries Section and MLA want to support you! The Professional Development Grants, sponsored by the Hospital Libraries […]

Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year award deadline Nov. 1, 2013

The Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year award recognizes an MLA Chapter for excellence in special projects or innovative operation programming demonstrating advocacy, leadership, service, technology, or innovations that contribute to the advancement of the health sciences librarian. The recipient chapter receives a cash award of $500. Deadline for applications is November 1, 2013. Complete […]

Sewell Stipend Call for Applicants

Librarians with an interest in public health, make this the year you attend the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.  Stipends funded by The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund for this purpose will be awarded to at least 11 librarians in 2013.  This year’s APHA meeting will take place in Boston, MA from November […]

The Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Meeting Grant

Submitted by Eileen Wakiji, CSULB University Library First announced at MLA ’13, the Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Meeting Grant was established to recognize and honor the many contributions of Ysabel Bertolucci to several MLA Sections, her Chapter – NCNMLG, to the Medical Library Association, and to health sciences librarianship in general. MLGSCA also benefited from […]

MLGSCA Professional Development Award

Each year, MLGSCA provides monetary assistance to members who are looking to update their skills, add new skills to their repertoire or perhaps develop leadership skills.  This year, the Awards Committee is pleased to announce that three of our four Professional Development Awards were given out.  Congratulations to Danielle Linden ($500), Lisa Marks ($500) and […]

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