Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting early-career medical and health sciences librarians to participate in a research study exploring the impact of remote work on onboarding experiences.
Are you eligible? We are seeking input from individuals who:

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Are currently employed as a medical or health sciences librarian
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Are considered early career (0-5 years of experience in the field) 

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Forwarded by request

Are You Interested in Doing Research?

The MLA Research Agenda Committee completed its third round of agenda setting and had 15 questions stand-out as key research topics. Now, we are recruiting colleagues to design and conduct the research based on these 15 questions (listed below). If you are interested in participating, please visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mlanet.org/article/are-you-interested-in-doing-research/__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_yMuQynFlgdCNIhcIjVxqeJXrtOftpvg5e43WicodJ4rRsT96vWR2ADkw27nADWN74c8Kx_WdJDmVfs1a-NZ-_XY7A$ [mlanet[.]org] to view the 15 MLA Research Agenda Questions and complete the survey. 

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On behalf of the NNLM Reading Club team, we are pleased to announce the September 2025 theme, Mental Health and Social Media.

We are pleased to be featuring three new books related to this topic:

* The Anxious Generation<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nnlm.gov/reading-club/book/anxious-generation__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!68mtgTPK7l1u6fxf9KWQJ9WiWzTPEvSypCqG957UQjH9m3AMgnapjhiz5HBnBecNQcnnI-cxDpvBTsMnzH8W_XwmnVY3eckK$ [nnlm[.]gov]> by Jonathan Haidt
* Stolen Focus<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nnlm.gov/reading-club/book/stolen-focus__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!68mtgTPK7l1u6fxf9KWQJ9WiWzTPEvSypCqG957UQjH9m3AMgnapjhiz5HBnBecNQcnnI-cxDpvBTsMnzH8W_XwmnfHWM2Ld$ [nnlm[.]gov]> by Johann Hari
* Girls on the Brink<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nnlm.gov/reading-club/book/girls-brink__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!68mtgTPK7l1u6fxf9KWQJ9WiWzTPEvSypCqG957UQjH9m3AMgnapjhiz5HBnBecNQcnnI-cxDpvBTsMnzH8W_XwmnVtlgjJd$ [nnlm[.]gov]> by Donna Jackson Nakazawa 

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**Please feel free to share with your community!**
Please join us for a 30-minute webinar that is designed to help students, faculty, and staff advance their research skills and support their scholarly activities. Registration is open to anyone interested in attending. All sessions are recorded, posted on our YouTube channel<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/@scholarlysnippets7834__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!-Lb5kmpe-0dNLq428d27gtNwUV4NFLxSm8Z2d2FAW7R67tae3B9ElshoGsPSRGlCEAdUauXQxYn4v6Gv4mL4QHw6EQ$ [youtube[.]com]>, and emailed to all registrants (so we encourage you to sign-up even if you can't attend live!). 

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Morning All:
This is just a quick reminder that Early Bird registration ends Sept. 5th. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sccmla.org/Meetings/2025/registration__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!8b058h_uPq_aaVQ8XdK4qzaS0FlArs9-HaZUVQ8eNSFYGG8-MIivV9ITguUSRxriUn4bKjYJXXzaxNvOUpcirzLfxpv2NL8$ [sccmla[.]org]

Regular registration will begin Sept. 6th.

We have great speakers lined up and fun, educational wellness events planned. We look forward to seeing you all in Little Rock! Susan

Susan C. Steelman, MLIS, AHIP
Head of Education & Research Services, UAMS Library
IACUC Librarian
Professor 

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