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Courses & Events linked to HLA Competencies (Feb 2023 Update)
An extensive list of courses and events in 2023 that map to the eight HLA Competencies are now available (updated Feb 2023). These are useful for continuing professional development More from ALIA HLA: Browse our journal: JoHILA Connect with HLA: Facebook ...
Health Librarian awarded Qld Librarian of the Year
Congratulations to Daniel McDonald from Darling Downs Health in Qld for being awarded the ALIA Qld Librarian of the Year for 2022. Daniel's award was recognition for his work in producing the HLA journal JoHILA, editing the monthly HLA Alerts newsletter, publishing...
Open Letter regarding ALIA Professional Pathways
This open letter details several responses to the proposed ALIA Professional Pathways, and is signed by numerous health library and infromational professionals. It is available also on the Health Libraries Inc site More from HLA …HLA Twitter / HLA...
Tango vs Scribe Shootout for creating training content
Which browser extension is best for easily creating training content? Find out here. While you are there, checkout the other articles in the latest issue of JoHILA More from ALIA HLA ... HLA Twitter / HLA Facebook / HLA LinkedIn / HLA Alerts / HLA Elist / JoHILA...
Submission to urge NLM to update their indigenous MeSH term
A statement has been submitted to the US National Library of Medicine to urge a change to the relevant MeSH term to better reflect Australia's Indigenous communities. View the Statement
Winner 2022 HLA/MedicalDirector Innovation Award is …
John Prentice, Library Manager, ANZCA For his project – Automated interlibrary loan/document delivery (ILL/DD) database for health libraries Using MS Access, John Prentice has created a low-cost interlibrary loan/document delivery database that automates...
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Several Systematic Searching Seminars over first half of 2024 ….
These are being run by Lancaster University Library in the first half of 2024. If you register, you can watch the recording later at your leisure (the time difference between the UK & AU is not live friendly). They are also open to anyone Details / bookings for...
High Impact, Low Budget Library Makeovers (Wed 27 Mar, 2024)
Innovation is not dependant on generous funding! In this two-hour workshop Kevin Hennah demonstrates this with sophisticated and highly creative ideas for display and interior decoration which draw inspiration from retail, museums and art galleries highlighting that...
How Librarians are implementing & supporting AI in their institutions (8am Mar 6)
Free MLA Fireside Chat | March 06, 2024 | 8:00 am (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney) 👉 REGISTER Note - If you are interested in this area, consider joining the HLA AI Community of Practice or one of several other HLA CoP's Artificial intelligence (AI) is a...
Getting the most out of LibGuides in Health Libraries (Wed 17/04/24)
Come and hear from two different libraries on how they utilise LibGuides for their library services. LibGuides are used across the world and have many hidden features you may not know about. Come and learn from others with localised examples. Presenters - Eunice Ang...
Health Libraries Inc (HLi) Conference – Friday 18th Oct in Marvellous Melbourne
Couldn't make it to the recent HLA Conference? There's still a chance to get some health librarian professional development in before 2025 ... 🔎 View the Program ✍ Register 🙂 Bonus conference - free Victorian Healthcare Week runs the two days prior (Wed, Thu) to the...
Leveraging Wikipedia for Health Research Dissemination (3-4 pm 06 Jun)
Wikipedia is the most frequently consulted resource for medical information on the internet. Engaging with this platform is crucial for disseminating health and social care information to a lay audience. The National Institute for Health and Care Research's project...
About HLA
Health Libraries Australia (HLA) is the national professional organisation representing librarians and information professionals working in all health sectors including: hospitals and other clinical facilities, research institutes, regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, government departments, regional health services, professional colleges, universities, cooperative research centres, not-for-profit and community organisations, and parts of public library services. The vision of Health Libraries Australia is that all Australians benefit from health library and information professionals’ expertise that is integral to evidence based health care.
Who are Health Librarians
Health Librarians are health information professionals who focus on the services and systems that deliver research-derived data, information and knowledge to healthcare clinicians, managers, policy-makers, educators and researchers. They contribute to the development of knowledge through research services, from reference consultations and literature searching to advanced forms of evidence synthesis. They manage the research knowledge base published in all formats, as well as grey literature. Their responsibilities extend to advancing the application of evidence-based practice through health literacy and teaching, knowledge management and translation services, facilitating the links between clinical decision-making, policy/guideline/protocol development, and health research, i.e. translating evidence into practice. Health librarians are responsible for the delivery of services that are the only dedicated, secure, permanent and trustworthy source of authoritative information, critical and fundamental to an organisation’s information governance structures.
HLA Executive Committee
The HLA Executive Committee brings the work of ALIA Health Libraries Australia Group to the fore at Board level. The members of the committee advise the ALIA Directors about topics of interest and concern to health libraries and nurture relationships with allied associations, in Australia and internationally. HLA Executive – Contact Information / HLA Executive – Terms of Reference