Research
The association believes research is the foundation for
excellence in health information practice, for new and expanded roles
for health sciences librarians, and for attracting excellent people to
the profession.
MLA Research Resources
- Awards
Several of MLA's awards honor research in the field.
- Grants and Scholarships
Support your next research project with a grant.
- JMLA
MLA's scholarly journal publishes research in the field.
- Research Section
MLA's Research Section offeres guidelines for writing abstracts, mentoring in research, and more.
- The Research Imperative:
The Research Policy Statement of the Medical Library Association
- 2008 Research Agenda
A list of top-ranked questions submitted by MLA leaders in 2008; developed by the Research Agenda Committee of MLA's Research Section.
Projects and Studies
- Benchmarking
Network
Available to MLA members and survey participants, MLA's Benchmarking
Network offers data and resources for benchmarking library services. Results of MLA's 2007/08 benchmarking survey will be available Fall 2008.
- Salary and Compensation Surveys
- Informationist
Concept Website
Explore the informationist concept with materials from MLA's Informationist
Invited Conference, including slides, papers, and videos; plus MLA's Study to Explore Information Specialist in Context (ISIC) Roles.
- MLA User Surveys
MLA conducts internal surveys on the organization and
various association services.
- Value
of Using Library and Information Services Study
Contracted study offers librarians the opportunity to explore and replicate
the contributions of library and information services (LIS) in hospitals
and academic health sciences centers.
For further information about MLA's research projects,
contact Kate Corcoran, corcoran@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x12.
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