Please join us for our next R4 Connections session on Tuesday, January 20, featuring an engaging presentation on SolarSPELL Health: Information Access for Healthcare Workers and Communities Around the World. The Solar Powered Educational Learning Library (SolarSPELL) is an ultra‑portable, solar-powered, open-access digital library designed to support information literacy and meet the needs of communities often described as “information deserts.” By emitting an offline WiFi hotspot, SolarSPELL allows any WiFi-capable device to freely browse tens of thousands of curated resources—no internet, data plan, login, or subscription required. In addition to its education and agriculture collections, the SolarSPELL Health library provides 

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Apply for the 2026 Research Training Institute (RTI) Program

Are you eager to enhance library services and patient care?
Do you want to increase your confidence, credibility, and impact?
Would you value being part of a supportive network of peers and mentors that will provide guidance and inspiration?
If so, your research journey starts here. 

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From: Sapp, Alysha <[log in to unmask]>

Greetings,
My name is Alysha Sapp, and I am a Medical Librarian at TCU Burnett School of Medicine, and my colleague is Meghan Hupe, who is the Director of Information and Delivery Services at Georgetown Medical Center. We are members of the Leadership & Management Committee for MLA (Medical Library Association). We have been tasked to find a speaker who can present on Leading Your Library to Success with AI. We are interested in a leader/manager who utilizes Artificial Intelligence to successfully manage library services, such as innovative ideas, management tasks, department collaboration, etc. Please contact 

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Exploring the Needs of MLA Research Caucus Members

Informed Consent

You are invited to participate in a research study about the membership of the MLA Research Caucus. We are hoping to gather data on what members appreciate in the caucus and what more we can offer to make membership more rewarding. This study is being conducted by members of the Research Caucus leadership: Lindsay Blake, Margaret Hoogland, Molly Montgomery, Martha Earl, Jonathan Eldredge, and Tara Brigham. 

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Hello again SCC friends and colleagues,

The deadline for submissions for the December issue of the South Central Connection is coming up quickly; remember to send your news items to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by December 9th.

Thanks and have a great day!

Editorial Team (Jamie Dougherty, Tara Malone, Shari Clifton)

Tara Malone, MLIS

Associate Professor | Health Sciences Library & Information Management | Graduate College 

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Non-Thanksgiving week send out 😊

Happy Fall and Happy Thanksgiving Fellow Armadillos!

I am reaching out today because we are in need of a taskforce for planning upcoming Virtual meetings. While UT Southwestern did a wonderful job during the pandemic at throwing together great conferences, we’d like to do a little advanced planning or the future. 

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Happy Fall and Happy Thanksgiving Fellow Armadillos!

I am reaching out today because we are in need of a taskforce for planning upcoming Virtual meetings. While UT Southwestern did a wonderful job during the pandemic at throwing together great conferences, we'd like to do a little advanced planning or the future. 

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