Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:

Please inform your readers of the following opportunity.

JMLA, peer-reviewed journal of the Medical Library Association, is calling for papers to include in a focus issue devoted to the history of the health sciences. Papers must meet guidelines for submission to JMLA, which are available at http://www.mlanet.org/publications/jmla/jmlainfo.html . For this focus issue, papers are not to exceed 6000 words (not including abstract and references). Deadline for all submissions is June 7, 2010, to meet a target publication date of January 2011. The following topical themes are deemed appropriate: History of medical libraries and/or librarianship; history of the book, printing, reading as it relates to the health sciences and medical bibliography; history of special collections in health care professions (e.g., nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine); or articles related to the professional concerns of librarians in managing historical collections (innovations, outreach, best practices). Those interested should send manuscripts in MS Word or MS Word-compatible format as an e-mail attachment to the issue organizer, Michael A. Flannery at flannery@uab.edu.