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The '''Medical Library Association''' ('''MLA''') is a nonprofit educational organization in the United States with more than 3,400 health-sciences information professional members. |
The '''Medical Library Association''' ('''MLA''') is a nonprofit educational organization based in the United States with more than 3,400 health-sciences information professional members. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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[[File:Medical Library Association Historical Marker 1420 Chestnut St Philadelphia PA (DSC 3248).jpg|thumb|Medical Library Association Historical Marker, 1420 Chestnut St. Philadelphia PA]] |
[[File:Medical Library Association Historical Marker 1420 Chestnut St Philadelphia PA (DSC 3248).jpg|thumb|Medical Library Association Historical Marker, 1420 Chestnut St. Philadelphia PA]] |
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Founded on May 2, 1898, the Association of Medical Librarians, as it was known until 1907, was founded "to encourage the improvement and increase of public medical libraries."{{cite journal|url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2047412&blobtype=pdf |format=PDF|title=George Gould: Medical Libraries1|date=4 May 1898|pages=15–19|pmc=2047412|access-date=2015-09-27|pmid=18340740|volume=1|issue=4|journal=Med Lib|last1=Gould|first1=G. M.}}{{dead link|date=July 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Its charter members included four librarians: [[Marcia Croker Noyes|Marcia C. Noyes]], [[Margaret Ridley Charlton|Margaret R. Charlton]], [[Elizabeth Thies-Meyer]], and Charles Perry Fisher, and |
Founded on May 2, 1898, the Association of Medical Librarians, as it was known until 1907, was founded "to encourage the improvement and increase of public medical libraries."{{cite journal|url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2047412&blobtype=pdf |format=PDF|title=George Gould: Medical Libraries1|date=4 May 1898|pages=15–19|pmc=2047412|access-date=2015-09-27|pmid=18340740|volume=1|issue=4|journal=Med Lib|last1=Gould|first1=G. M.}}{{dead link|date=July 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Its charter members included four librarians: [[Marcia Croker Noyes|Marcia C. Noyes]], [[Margaret Ridley Charlton|Margaret R. Charlton]], [[Elizabeth Thies-Meyer]], and Charles Perry Fisher, and five physicians: [[George M. Gould]], John L. Rothrock, E. H. Brigham, [[William Osler]] and William Browning.{{Cite journal |last=Doe |first=J. |date=1949 |title=The Development of Education For Medical Librarianship |journal=Bulletin of the Medical Library Association |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=213–220 |issn=0025-7338 |pmid=16016868|pmc=194818 }} MLA is the second oldest special library association in the United States. |
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The MLA Exchange was one of the founders' earliest and most important projects, helping build medical libraries in the United States and many other countries by exchanging duplicate publications. The organization has subsequently developed a variety of programs to serve the needs of health information specialists. |
The MLA Exchange was one of the founders' earliest and most important projects, helping build medical libraries in the United States and many other countries by exchanging duplicate publications. The organization has subsequently developed a variety of programs to serve the needs of health information specialists. |
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'''Future Meetings''' |
'''Future Meetings''' |
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* 2026 Milwaukee, WI May 19-22 |
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* 2027 Denver, CO May 25-28 |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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