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...
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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...
Latest JoHILA – PICO / DSpace / Video tools / SR’s / Researchers Toolbox & more
Vol 4 No 3 (2023) of JoHILA has just been published, and in addition to the above, there is plenty more including mis/dis/info, GratisNet, Ovid Synthesis etc Inspired by any of these, or would like more people to know about something you have developed? You are...
Events & courses mapped to 8 health librarian competencies (July 2024)
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 🦋 (and more prosaically,...
Aaron Tay’s Latest – All about citation chasing and tools for chasing them …
All about citation chasing and tools that do citation chasing like Citation Gecko, Connected papers, Research Rabbit, LitMaps and more Like learning? There just happens to be a...
Free online course – Evidence Synthesis for Librarians and Information Specialists
Free (for a limited time) online: Evidence Synthesis for Librarians and Information Specialists (additional information) Some related presentations at the fast approaching HLA Conference: Reducing research waste and improving access to quality evidence...
Call for Abstracts (by 29/04) – HLA Conference (29-30 Aug) – Caboolture Hospital Qld
This year the theme is: Wicked Problems Innovative Solutions. Libraries face a myriad of complex challenges in today’s dynamic information environment. Often described as ‘wicked problems’ due to their multifaceted and interconnected nature, these encompass diverse...
The HLA Anne Harrison Award (valued up to $10,000) is open (closes Fri 03 May)
The Award was established as a perpetual tribute to a person whose foresight, skill and courage helped found health librarianship in Australia. With the assistance of the Award, others may be encouraged to make their own contribution. Awards are intended to...
Conducting Accelerated Systematic Reviews – Online via Bond Uni
the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, is once again offering a series of ONLINE live interactive workshops on how to do systematic reviews with a focus on how to improve the speed and efficiency of the review process. The search session will showcase our new...
Upcoming Events (May/Jun) + Tell us what you would like to see (or present on …)
Coming up over the next couple of months: May What I love about being a health librarian - Peter Murgatroyd, Glynis Jones, Alana McDonald, Fiona Jones(Above interesting? Then you might like to view the video Why I Love Being a Hospital Librarian (from MLA) or the...