2010 LWB Grant

The International Cooperation Section is pleased to announce the 2010 MLA Librarians Without Borders® Grant. The grant supports health science librarianship in HINARI Access to Research Initiative eligible countries, by funding training opportunities and/or the purchase of materials that further the use of biomedical resources for education, research or clinical practice.

Completed applications must be received in the Medical Library Association office on or before December 1, 2009. Maximum funding under the grant is $5,000 (USD). For complete information and application instructions, http://www.mlanet.org/resources/global/lwb_mla_grant.html

Questions: please contact Daniel Dollar (ICS Section Chair), daniel.dollar@yale.edu 

2011 Cunningham Fellowship Applications Due December 1, 2009

Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship. The Fellowship is awarded annually to citizens or permanent residents from countries outside the United States and Canada who have both an undergraduate degree and a master’s level library degree and are working or preparing to work in a health sciences library in their home country. The program consists of a three-week stay including one week at MLA’s 2011 annual meeting and an optional one to two week stay at library host sites. Further details including an application and fact sheet are located at www.mlanet.org/awards/grants. For additional information, contact Assako N. Holyoke, Jury Chair, at holyokea@slu.edu.

Veterinary Medical Libraries Section, International Cooperation Section, Public Services Section

Diseases without Borders: Information for Global Epidemiology

Invited speaker and contributed papers

Description: Disease knows no boundaries, and neither does information. This session will look at ways that libraries working with other libraries and agencies worldwide can respond quickly to disease outbreaks and potential pandemics by sharing up-to-date information.

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MLA '10 in Washington, DC!

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May 21 –26, 2010, in Washington, D.C., for the premier event of the year!

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Grace Ajuwon receives first MLA Librarians Without Borders® Grant

The first MLA Librarians Without Borders® Grant for $5,000 has been awarded to Grace A. Ajuwon, MLS. Grace is the Reference and Information Services Librarian at the E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library, College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan in Ibadan, Nigeria.

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