There are three membership types in MHSLA: Personal, Institutional, and Student Members. The MHSLA Brochure has details about the benefits specific to each level.
The Membership Application is available here for printing and mailing.
Unsure about Membership Level? Questions relating to membership should be directed to the MHSLA Membership Chair.
Personal membership is open to anyone interested in health sciences libraries, or in any aspect of health information management. Membership includes, but is not limited to, medical librarians in academic and hospital settings, informationists, library staff of all levels, library science students, and health information product sales representatives, to name just a few. According to the bylaws, personal membership grants the benefits of:
Institutional membership is open to health sciences libraries or libraries in allied fields. The authorized representative of an institutional member must be designated in writing by the institution at the time of payment, but may be transferred during the year upon written notification. According to the bylaws, institutional membership grants the benefits of:
MHSLA membership may be required to participate in some MHSLA group purchase agreements. Although MHSLA strives to provide equal services to all of its Members, certain Members may be ineligible for certain services due to geographic or other restrictions imposed by vendors.
We welcome current graduate students in library and information science programs to join our organization! Student membership is free. We encourage you to also join our sister organization, the Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group, where you will receive free reciprocal student membership in both MHSLA and MDMLG! Once graduated, we hope you'll choose to become personal members with us!