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Medical Library Association
A diverse array of special guests share their insight into MLA career discovery, networking opportunities and professional development. A monthly podcast, your hosts have a half-an-hour (or so) conversation about MLA-related topics and take a deep look into services, products, and issues affecting the health information community. Whether you want to learn more about MLA, are navigating networking opportunities, or want more information on the profession, this is the podcast for you.
Join host Sally Gore in her discussion with Aidy Weeks, Ruby Nugent, Stephanie Roth, and Rebecca Orozco, where they discuss their Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies project. The transcript for the episode is available here. Resources mentioned:
- Latinx Caucus with Links to Search Hedges and MeSH Terms
- Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Projects Technical Report
- Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project
One of the surprising experiences during the pandemic was about office plants. Should you care for them in the office or bring them home? How can caring for plants be a form of self-care? Join host Emily Hurst in her conversation with Adela Justice and Kelsa Bartley on taking care of plants during the pandemic. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Resources mentioned:
- Adela's ChicaPlantz Instagram
- Kelsa's PlantKrew Instagram
- 10 Things Nobody Tells You About Fiddle-Leaf Fig Trees
- Poltergeist (1982 film)
- Bringing the Outdoors In: The Benefits of Biophilia
- Horticultural Therapy
- Public Services Caucus
Join host Sally Gore in her conversation with Beverly Murphy and Shannon Jones on diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries and their 2019 book Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Resources mentioned:
- Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success, edited by Shannon Jones and Beverly Murphy
- 2021 Janet Doe Lecture: Diversity That Defines Us: The View Through A Crystal Lens, by Sandra G. Franklin, AHIP, FMLA
- How Diversity Makes Us Smarter, by Katherine W. Phillips
- High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
- The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
- Hear to Slay podcast
- Call for contributors to Shannon and Beverly's next book, Cultural Humility in Libraries
Join Sally Gore and Matthew Noe in their conversation about graphic medicine, the Graphic Medicine website, and the scoping review of graphic medicine in medical education project. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Resources mentioned:
- Graphic Medicine website
- Mapping the Use of Comics in Health Education: A Scoping Review of the Graphic Medicine Literature
Episode 006: Join Emily Hurst in her conversation with Amy Lyons where they discuss career and leadership opportunities for librarians. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Career and leadership development opportunities mentioned:
- MLA Rising Stars
- Harvard Graduate School of Education Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians
- MLA Professional Development
- Network of the National Library of Medicine Free Training Opportunities
- Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellows and Scholarships
Join Emily Hurst in her conversation with Molly Knapp and Beth Whipple to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their work, life, and caregiving. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Resources mentioned
- African American Medical Librarians Alliance Radical Self-Care and Wellness for Information Professionals Series
- African American Medical Librarians Alliance Caucus
- The Wheel of Emotion by psychologist Robert Plutchik
- The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations Tips for Helping Your Child During the Pandemic
- https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/Pyramid/overview/resources.html
- Network of the National Library of Medicine free training opportunities
Episode 004: Sally Gore interviews Lisa Federer about MLA's DSS specialization. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Resources mentioned:
- NIH Data Sharing Policy
- MLA Data Services Specialization
MLA Podcast 003: Sally Gore interviews Kim MacKenzie and finds out what it is like starting a new job in a pandemic. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Hurst had a great conversation about library services in light of COVID-19 with Blevins and Craven, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine–Indianapolis. The transcript for the episode is available here.
Gore sat down with Suelzer, MCW Libraries, Medical College of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, to learn about the fascinating 2019 JAMA Network Open article she coauthored, “Assessment of Citations of the Retracted Article by Wakefield et al with Fraudulent Claims of an Association Between Vaccination and Autism.” The transcript for the episode is available here.