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<h2>Professional Resources</h2> <p>MLA develops resource materials and fosters relationships with allied associations, agencies, networks, and organizations that share concerns about the field of health sciences librarianship and medical information management.</p> <table class="pagenavtable"> <tr valign="top"> <td><h6 style="margin-top: 0">On this page:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#bench">Benchmarking and Library Standards</a> </li> <li><a href="#salary">Compensation and Salary Issues</a> </li> <li><a href="#search">Expert Searching</a></li> <li><a href="#healthlit">Health Information Literacy</a></li> <li><a href="#jcaho">JCAHO Accreditation Resources</a></li> <li><a href="#libpr">Library Public Relations and Marketing</a></li> <li><a href="#prof">Professional Issues</a></li> </ul> <h6>Other Areas of MLANET:</h6> <ul> <li> <em><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/members/copyright/index.html">The Copyright Law and the Health Sciences Librarian</a></em>  <img src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/images/template/icon/members-only-standard.gif" width="22" height="11" alt="[MO]" title="A members-only benefit">  </li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/core/index.html">CORE: MLA's Center of Research and Education</a> </li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/global/index.html">Global Partnerships and Initiatives</a> </li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/research/informationist/index.html">Informationist Concept</a> </li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/mentor/index.html">Mentoring Resources</a> </li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/consumr_index.html">Resources for Health Consumers</a> </li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/publish/index.html">Scholarly Publishing Issues and Resources</a> </li> <li><a 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src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/pix/2000/2000bttn_toppg.gif" width="22" height="16" border="0" alt="To top of page"></a>  Benchmarking and Library Standards</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/benchmark07/index.html">2007 Benchmarking Survey Site</a> <br> <br> </li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/bench05/index.html">2004 Health Science Library Statistics and Benchmarking Interactive Report Site</a>: Choose from 13 variables to customize six reports; charts and graphs illustrate data from 325 participants from multiple library types. Free to survey participants and via subscription to MLA members and others.</li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/members/benchmark/index.html">MLA Benchmarking Network</a>:  <img src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/images/template/icon/members-only-standard.gif" width="22" height="11" alt="[MO]" title="A members-only benefit">  View the 2004 "composite hospital library" data, data worksheets from the last two benchmark surveys, definitions, and more.</li> <li>Standards <ul> <li>Challenge to Action: Planning and Evaluation Guidelines for Academic Health Sciences Libraries [ <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/order/store/cat/product_info.php?products_id=63&osCsid=d09b83faf6c7e888a693030a9577c8a0">purchase print copy</a> ] </li> <li>Guidelines for Libraries Serving Dental Education Programs [ <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/publications/standards/dental/index.html">view</a> ] </li> <li>Guidelines for Libraries Serving Dental Hygiene Education Programs [ <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/publications/standards/hygiene/index.html">view</a> ] </li> <li>Standards for Chiropractic College Libraries [ <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/publications/standards/chiropractic/index.html">view</a> ] </li> <li>Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002 with 2004 revisions [ <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301220517/http://www.hls.mlanet.org/otherresources/standards.html">view</a> ]</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <a name="salary"></a> <h4> <a href="#top"><img src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/pix/2000/2000bttn_toppg.gif" width="22" height="16" border="0" alt="To top of page"></a>  Compensation & Salary Issues</h4> <ul> <li>Compensation Open Forum <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/resources/compensation_handout_mla03.pdf">handout</a> <img src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/common/img/software/adobe-pdf.gif" alt="[PDF]"/>, MLA '03.</li> <li class="medtext"><em>Hay Group/MLA 2005 Salary Survey</em>: [<a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/publications/hay_mla_05ss.html">Executive Summary</a> | <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/order/store/cat/advanced_search_result.php?osCsid=38ed3e5e3a329bb5b1dba1f3bdf6fe6c&keywords=Salary&x=0&y=0">Purchase information</a>] </li> <li><i>Hay Group/MLA 2001 Compensation and Benefit</i><i>s Survey</i> <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/publications/hay_mla_02ss.html">executive summary and purchase information</a></li> <li>Hay Group/MLA Study: <i>Assessing the Compensation & Skills of Medical Library vs. Information Technology (IT) Professionals</i> [<a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/order/store/cat/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Compensation%2Band%2BSkills">purchase</a> | <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/members/hay_study/index.html">portions available in the members-only area</a>]</li> <li><a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/members/98salsur/index.html">Results of MLA 1998 Salary Survey</a>  <img src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/images/template/icon/members-only-standard.gif" width="22" height="11" alt="[MO]" title="A members-only benefit">  </li> </ul> <a name="search"></a> <h4> <a href="#top"><img src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/pix/2000/2000bttn_toppg.gif" width="22" height="16" border="0" alt="To top of page"></a>  <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/expert_search/index.html">Expert Searching</a></h4> <p>The nation's health sciences librarians must continue to play a significant role in the expert retrieval and evaluation of information in support of knowledge- and evidence-based clinical, scientific, and administrative decision making at all health institutions. View MLA's policy statement about the "<a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/expert_search/policy_expert_search.html">Role of Expert Searching in Health Sciences LIbraries</a>" and other resources available for expert searchers. </p> <a name="healthlit"></a> <h4> <a href="#top"><img src="/web/20080301220517im_/http://www.mlanet.org/pix/2000/2000bttn_toppg.gif" width="22" height="16" border="0" alt="To top of page"></a>  <a href="/web/20080301220517/http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/index.html">Health Information Literacy</a></h4> <p>Many people lack the ability to understand and use the information they need to make good health decisions. 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