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View article: Improving and expanding Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) during times of social change
Improving and expanding Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) during times of social change Open
In the summer of 2020, the Latinx Caucus of the Medical Library Association focused on addressing bias in medical subject heading terminologies by establishing the Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project. Two project teams were for…
View article: Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MEd, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023
Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MEd, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023 Open
In this profile, Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MEd, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023, is described as someone who “takes chances on people, valuing those others might not see as valuable" -MJ Tooey. Jones embraces life…
View article: ¡Presente!: Affirming Latinx voices within health sciences library scholarship
¡Presente!: Affirming Latinx voices within health sciences library scholarship Open
Increasing diverse author representation within medical librarianship scholarship among BIPOC information professionals is an important endeavor that requires closer examination. This commentary looks to examine the ways in which the profe…
View article: Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall
Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall Open
Health sciences librarianship has historically benefited from avoiding critical conversations around the role of race in the profession, reflected through a select few number of articles on the topic. The purpose of this study was to add t…
View article: Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project
Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project Open
The Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project was in response to a series of calls to action by the Medical Library Association's Latinx Caucus in the summer of 2020. This endeavor included two project teams that reviewed Hispanic/La…
View article: UNLV Libraries’ Peer Mentor Cohort: A Model for Successful Allyship and Support amongst Womxn Faculty
UNLV Libraries’ Peer Mentor Cohort: A Model for Successful Allyship and Support amongst Womxn Faculty Open
In 2020, 10 womxn from a variety of racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds formed an unique support network for faculty librarians hired between June 2019-July 2020 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries (Fig 1 & 2 &…