Welcome to the second week of Medical Librarians Month for 2026. Congratulations to Luke Everson from LaTrobe University, who was victorious in the week 1 quiz. He was randomly selected from 21 entries who correctly answered all 5 questions, out of a frankly...
Welcome to Medical Librarians Month for 2026. To celebrate, Health Libraries Australia is offering the highest of all art forms... a quiz. Each Friday in October there will be a 5 question quiz. All correct answers will go in the...
A new initiative has helped Victorian health service staff publish 57 open access papers while avoiding more than $345,000 in publication fees. Visit VHLC Article Authors: Cassandra Gorton is a health librarian, the Manager - Access & Discovery at Monash Health,...
The latest issue of the Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia (JoHILA) includes: An interesting, thoughtful, entertaining editorial (The Moon Under Water)An insight into the history and applicability of the ELIZA effect A clinical psychologist’s...
Jump To Program | Registration | Keynote Speakers | Sponsors | Location, Times, Transport Program We're excited to share our full program for the HLA & HLi Joint Conference on 15-16 October at the William Angliss Institute in Melbourne. The full program contains...
The Competencies have been updated, and now have 9 competencies (previously 8) New InCite article 👉: Reframing the Profession: The Updated HLA Competencies (Siemensma, G. 2026) They can be viewed on the HLA Professional Development page
The latest issue of the Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia (JoHILA) includes: An interesting, thoughtful, entertaining editorial (The Moon Under Water) An insight into the history and applicability of the ELIZA effect A clinical psychologist’s...
View the latest articles published in JoHILA (Vol 6(1) 2026) - Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia Have a half thought about publishing something of interest / you or your library has done / reflections? Just send an email to Daniel - he will guide...
Dear HLA members, Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete the recent HLA member survey. We received 55 responses, and the feedback clearly demonstrates strong engagement, generosity of insight, and deep commitment to the health librarianship profession. Below...
Details of the Award are available on the ALIA Awards site You may also be interested in the HLA Telstra Digital Health Innovation Award (value up to $3k) which also closes 31 Jul 2026