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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
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...
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...
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...
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...










