The latest issue of JoHILA is now available, with articles on: ๐ Doing a PhD ๐ Prince Charles Hospital Library ๐ฅ Hospital history project & more Like to be published by writing up a project / improvement / process / anything of interest to health librarians? Send...
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...
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...
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
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...
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 ๐, to A fully-fledged beautiful health librarian butterfly ๐ฆ Less entomological but...
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
Happy Library Lovers Day for 2025. While health libraries are usually stuck with displays of โHurstโs the heartโ , 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...
Report from the recipient of the ALIA / HLG Leadership Bursary which is part of the HLG Newsletter Autumn/Winterย 2024-2025 from the UK
We need your help! (for just a few minutes ...) We are updating the ALIA HLA Competencies (2018) to reflect current and likely future requirements for the specialist health librarian and health library technician workforce, and to ensure they are compatible with the...