Medical Library Association

The Medical Library Association (MLA) will create and offer a research institute for health librarians to acquire research skills and increase their research productivity. The institute will offer instruction in research design, individual mentoring, membership in an ongoing research community of practice, scholarship support and a full year of post-institute support while participants complete individual research projects. Through the grant, MLA will test and refine its institute model at a reduced cost for 40 participants, develop an infrastructure to continue the institute after the grant period ends, and develop a plan to offer online research education options, extending the institute training model to the wider librarianship community.