{"id":18567,"date":"2026-01-22T20:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18567"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:10:02","slug":"call-for-proposals-mla-favorite-features-sneaky-solutions-database-tips-lightning-talks-thurs-march-5-100-230-pm-cdt-deadline-wed-jan-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-proposals-mla-favorite-features-sneaky-solutions-database-tips-lightning-talks-thurs-march-5-100-230-pm-cdt-deadline-wed-jan-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: MLA Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions Database Tips Lightning Talks (Thurs., March 5, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)–Deadline Wed., Jan. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(via Hilary Kraus, Brown University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The January 28<\/strong> deadline is approaching for you to submit proposals for the Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions database tips lightning talks! Join the User Experience and Systematic Review Caucuses of the Medical Library Association to unleash your search superpowers and inspire your colleagues! Need inspiration? Check out the lightning rounds from October 2024<\/a> and February 2025<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essential proposal details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. You must be an MLA member to present (but not to attend).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. You’ll have 10 minutes to demonstrate your feature or solution.\u00a0There will be time for Q&A.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. We only need a couple of brief sentences about your topic!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Submit your lightning round proposal via our online form<\/a> by Wednesday, January 28.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Any questions? Unable to use Google docs? E-mail Hilary Kraus (hilary_kraus@brown.edu<\/a>) or Molly Beestrum (molly.beestrum@northwestern.edu<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The webinar will take place on Thursday, March 5, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT<\/strong>. No registration is required<\/strong>; please join the event here<\/a>. All are welcome to attend, and a recording will be shared after the event–no MLA membership required!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    (via Hilary Kraus, Brown University) The January 28 deadline is approaching for you to submit proposals for the Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions database tips lightning talks! Join the User Experience and Systematic Review Caucuses of the Medical Library Association to unleash your search superpowers and inspire your colleagues! Need inspiration? Check out the lightning…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,19,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-library-associations-non-hsli","category-medical-library-association","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18568,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18567\/revisions\/18568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}