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Winner – Anne Harrison Award 2022
The administrators of the Anne Harrison Award take great pleasure in announcing that the winner for 2022 is Keren Moskal with her project EBP Training Syllabus for Health Libraries Design and implementation of an overarching evidence-based practice (EBP) syllabus that...
Guidelines for Australian Health Libraries, 5th edn 2022
The Guidelines for Australian Health Libraries (5th edn, 2022) have now been published. Feedback is open until 30th April 2022. The Guidelines will be updated on an ongoing basis as new evidence comes to hand.
Presentation on new health library guidelines
Watch this 12 min video on the upcoming 2022 guidelines, presented by Ann Ritchie Browse our journal: JoHILA Connect with HLA: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter aliaHEALTH e-list
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Seven tools for when your library clients are roaming wild 🐘 on the Internet (06 Sep 2023)
Topic 📚 Clients access a lot of content away from the Library website. Hear how several different tools can be used to connect clients on the general internet with library subscribed content. Tools Talked To 🔨 Bibliograph: Hannah Armitage (Uni Melb. VIC)Lean Library:...
Filters for study designs: making the most of the ISSG Search Filter Resource (13 Sep)
Presenter: Julie Glanville Search filters are sets of search terms designed to find studies of a specific design. They are an essential tool in searching for evidence. Filters may be sensitive/broad and are useful in identifying studies for evidence syntheses such as...
Program & Registration for HLA/HLi Conference (19-20th Oct, Melb)
View the Conference Program, and - because it's so great - Register for the Conference This year's big event is the joint HLA / HLi conference being held in Melbourne in late October. This is an in-person 👩 event only so it could be a good time to consider setting...
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