Welcome to week 4 of the HLA medical librarians month quiz. For this week, correctly identify five members of the Health Libraries Australia Executive from their avatars digitally generated through Canva. The prompt was [firstname lastname] medical librarian. Was...
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Third Friday Quiz – Medical Librarian’s Month (October 2026)
Welcome to week 3 of the HLA quiz celebrating medical librarians month. Welcome to week 3 of the HLA quiz celebrating medical librarians month. All submissions correctly answering all 5 questions will go in the draw to win a not-Nintendo not-gameboy with 108...
Second Friday Quiz – Medical Librarian’s Month (October 2026)
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...
First Friday Quiz – Medical Librarian’s Month (October 2026)
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...
How open access agreements are transforming hospital research in Victoria
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,...
New JoHILA – Clinician researching, 50 librarian things, ELIZA effect & more
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...
HLA + HLi Conference (15 -16 Oct, Melb)
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...
ALIA HLA Competencies 2026 for Librarians & Technicians Now Available
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
Odds & Ends of Possible Interest (updated – 7th Sep 2026)
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...
Latest JoHILA – Cheryl, Megan, Demonstrating Value, Ukraine …
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...







