CAHSL: Professional Resources

MLA Mentoring Program

Whether you are new to the profession, in mid-career, or exploring the profession, the Medical Library Association (MLA) can help you meet your career goals. Search online to find a mentor or sign up to become a mentor to your peers.

The MLA Mentor's site will help you find tip sheets, suggested websites, and guidelines to help you be an effective mentor.

• Mentor Agreement
  Complete the Mentor Agreement to receive Academy points
• Mentor Guidelines
• Mentor Tip Sheet
• Mentoring Brochure

Visit a Health Sciences Library

There are medical libraries throughout Connecticut that would love to give you an opportunity to see more! You may want to speak with a medical librarian about what it is they do or perhaps you'd like to visit a medical library. 

All mentoring opportunities offered by CAHSL conform to the standards and guidelines of the Medical Library Association. Appropriate paperwork and agreement forms must be completed prior to the inception of any mentor/mentee relationship.

Organizations

• MLA (Medical Library Association) & select Caucuses
• NAHSL (North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries)
• ALA (American Library Association)
• MAHSLIN (Massachusetts Health Science Library Network)
• CLA (Connecticut Library Association)
• AAHSL (Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries)
• ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) & select Special Interest Groups
• RDAP (Research Data Access & Preservation)
• AMHL (Association of Mental Health Librarians)

Resources for Development & Education

• Resources for Hospital/Health Sciences Libraries | NNLM
• Available Classes | NNLM
• MLA (MedLib-Ed)
• Library Juice Academy
• MSK Advancing Authorship Series (quarterly webinars, tend to get announced in various MLA listservs, too)
• Taubman Library Talks (webinars by UMich Health Sciences Librarians)
• Therapeutics Initiative at the University of British Columbia (mostly webinars on drugs/prescribing, but occasionally EBM/EBP content)