If you are interested in publishing, you might try wiiting for the MLA News Technology section in 2008. It is the perfect opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise with other medical librarians.

MLA News Technology section is looking for two specific types of articles:

1. Write an article for our TECHNOLOGY column.
It can be a topic review, a case study, or a report on the state of a technology. Recent topics: distance education applications, data mining, Web-based reference management tools, and library podcasts.
Some of the topics we're interested in for 2008 include:

• GIS for health information
• Responsible disposal or reuse of equipment
• The InfoButton
• Anatomy of a query URL: If I run it again tomorrow, will it still work?
• Productivity software: alternatives to Office
  

Your own topic suggestions are, of course, welcome as well. Maximum
length: 700 words.

2. Develop an annotated webliography on a single topic for the Internet Resources column.
The topic can be clinical or something of interest to information professionals. Subjects for 2007 have included melanoma, personal health records, nursing theory, and answering clinical questions. Columns contain 6-10 URLs, with 1-3 sentence annotations each.
Maximum length: 500 words.