New issues of JEAHIL, JCHLA (reviews of Lens, DynaMed, OpenAlex etc) New Aaron Tay posts: The Blank Box Problem: Why It's Harder Than Ever to Know What to Type Into an AI Search Bar Deep Research, Shallow Agency: What Academic Deep Research Can and Can't Do Model...
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Survey of health librarians on the use of topic & methodological search filters
I am working on a research project about health librarians’ knowledge and use of topic & methodological search filters in Australia and New Zealand. This research project was one of the winners of the HLA Anne Harrison Award in 2024. The aim of the survey is to...
Latest Issue of JoHILA Now Available – with Articles on 🎓 👑 🏥 🖼️ & more …
The latest issue of JoHILA is now available, with articles on: 🎓 Doing a PhD 👑 Prince Charles Hospital Library 🏥 Hospital history project & more Like to be published by writing up a project / improvement / process / anything of interest to health librarians? Send...
Medical Libraries included in the new 2025 NHMRC Good Institutional Practice Guide
Health libraries / librarians are now mentioned several times in NHMRC Good Institutional Practice Guide : A guide for promoting an institutional research culture that supports the conduct of high-quality research (2025). This was due to an ALIA HLA submission to the...
NSQHS Standards are being updated – Zoom meeting to discuss (1:00 pm, 04 Sep)
Following on from the consultation message further below, we hope people have had time to ponder what they want the NSQHS Standards to look like and how library services might be embedded in them. To encourage participation and to ensure that the ALIA HLA submission...
HLA Library Checklist (use to demonstrate value) now available
This Value Checklist has been developed to help health librarians systematically* collect evidence to demonstrate the success and value of their services Full details and access to the checklist are available here *a favourite word for health librarians
HLA/Telstra Health Digital Health Innovation Award (submissions close 30 June)
Submissions are open for the HLA/Telstra Health Digital Health Innovation Award Submit your application using the online form by 30 June 2025. The HLA/Telstra Health Digital Health Innovation Award is funded by Telstra Health and maintained by...
Events & courses mapped to 8 health librarian competencies (Mar 2025)
An extensive list of courses and events that map to the eight HLA Competencies are now available Many can be done anytime online Useful to progress from: A health librarian caterpillar 🐛, to A fully-fledged beautiful health librarian butterfly 🦋 Less entomological but...
JoHILA – 1st 🥇 issue of 2025 now available for your reading pleasure
The brand new shiny 1st edition of 2025 is now available Various articles of interest including an overview of 22 AI tools, State updates, request management and more There is an Archive available and you can also search for past articles
Quiz – 📚 Library 💑 Lovers 🌞 Day (Submit answers by Fri 21 Feb)
Happy Library Lovers Day for 2025. While health libraries are usually stuck with displays of “Hurst’s the heart” , this year something a little extra. A quiz, of sorts, from Health Libraries Australia. Below are nine appalling arrogations of famous love poems or love...










