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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
The 2023 HLA/Telstra Health Digital Health Innovation Award winners are …
... Alice Anderson & Cassandra Gorton, winners of the 15th HLA/Telstra Health Digital Health Innovation Award. Please join Health Libraries Australia in congratulating them The 2023 award will support Monash Health in delivering an interactive digital...
CoP – Artificial Intelligence in Health Library & Information Services
InvitationALIA Health Libraries Australia (HLA) would like to invite you to participate in our new Community of Practice (CoP) on Artificial Intelligence in Health Library & Information Services. Why a CoP?The purpose of this community of practice is to bring...










