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...

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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...
The ALIA Connection: Reflections of the ALIA Leadership Bursary
Report from the recipient of the ALIA / HLG Leadership Bursary which is part of the HLG Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024-2025 from the UK
HLA Competencies 👉 3 Minute Survey (closes 2nd Dec)
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...
Why I Love Being a Hospital Librarian! – 2 Recordings 🎦 Now Available (US + AU)
1. US Version Thanks to the MLA Health Libraries Caucus View Recording Passcode: !HUG9msT Speakers: Michele Matucheski, Caroline Marshall, Amanda Schwartz, Mary Beth McAteer, Amy Six-Means, Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, Tomi Gunn Note: "The transcript contains errors that...