Innovation, Transition, & Growth: Thriving in a Shifting Health Ecosystem
Health libraries and librarians are continuously adapting to an evolving landscape of healthcare, technology, and information management. How can we embrace change, drive innovation and support our clients and our own wellbeing?
The Lakeside Hotel and conference centre is 10 minutes’ walk from Macquarie Centre. Sydney Olympic Park is a 20-minute drive, and Sydney International Airport is a 35-minute drive away. Free on-site parking, free Wi-Fi and restaurant.
Adjacent to Macquarie University Hospital and Macquarie University and Macquarie Shopping Centre with 120 spacious rooms with private kitchenette, free Wi-Fi and restaurant.
The modern air-conditioned suites boast a well-equipped kitchenette or kitchen where you can enjoy preparing a fresh home-cooked meal. Each suite has a spacious seating area with a flat-screen TV, internal laundry and free Wi-Fi.
Corner Epping Road and Herring Road, Marsfield, NSW
Nightcap at the Ranch Hotel offers 15 comfortable and affordable 3.5-star guest rooms with free Wi-Fi. Nightcap at the Ranch Hotel features a bistro and two bars.
The location of the hotel makes it ideal for servicing businesses and residents in North Ryde and Macquarie Park with 192 rooms. Free Wi-Fi, Free Express Start™ Breakfast or a Grab & Go option.
Sophie Scott OAM | Adjunct Professor The University of Sydney Sydney School of Public Health | Prevention Research Collaboration Faculty of Medicine and Health Keynote Speaker & Mental Wellbeing & Neuroscience Authority
SOPHIE SCOTT OAM is an international speaker, award-winning broadcast journalist, educator, Associate Professor Author, TedX speaker and was named a TopVoice on LinkedIn. Sophie understands public health and how to communicate it effectively. She has been a leading voice on Australian TV, radio and online in health and science for more than 2 decades. She’s won numerous awards for her ground-breaking health journalism and has a strong reputation for integrity and balance. She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (an award instigated by Queen Elizabeth ll) for services to Australian broadcasting and community health. Her professional expertise is health journalism, patient safety investigations and advocacy for health prevention. She was awarded an Australian Museum Eureka Award for excellence in medical reporting in 2004. She is a skilful communicator, with a strong history as a keynote speaker at leading medical conferences, a TEDx speaker and now presentation coach for health and science experts. Sophie has degrees in history, a Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology and has written 3 science-based health books.
Dr. Susan McLaine | Creative Director of Bibliotherapy Australia
Dr. Susan McLaine is a leading advocate and practitioner of bibliotherapy, which uses literature and storytelling to promote wellbeing. For nearly 20 years, she has researched, delivered, written, and spoken about bibliotherapy both in Australia and internationally. Dr. McLaine has offered bibliotherapy in a facilitated, self-reflective format for both adults and children through programs at St Vincents Health Australia, the State Library Victoria, BUPA, and Vision Australia. Her innovative podcasts have been described by The Guardian as “the closest thing to a hug.” Additionally, she travels across the country and offers online training for professionals and non-professionals looking to enhance their wellbeing practices.
Brisbane: Monday June 16, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Bank, Brisbane Melbourne: Wednesday June 18, The Events Centre, Collins Square, Melbourne CBD Adelaide: Friday June 20, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide CBD
The upcoming CAUL Exhibition Event, is an invaluable opportunity for library staff, particularly those with an interest in acquisitions, collections, and procurement.
Building on the success of previous years, this event offers a fantastic chance to connect with up to 35 key exhibitors, network with fellow library professionals, and stay updated on the latest trends and innovations in the library sector.
The event will be hosted in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide in June this year. Best of all, it’s completely free for library staff from all sectors, not just higher education. We would love to see library staff from public, school, TAFE, special, government, 👉 health, law, and corporate libraries.
I encourage you to register and join us for this exciting and informative event.
The 2024 HLA Conference theme is: Wicked Problems, Innovative Solutions.
Join us for an exhilarating exploration of the multifaceted challenges facing our libraries. Don’t miss the opportunity to join the conversation, collaborate with others and emerge equipped with new knowledge and strategies to navigate the wicked problems of today’s health libraries.
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 issues including;
Open access publishing
AI technologies
Advocacy and community engagement
Digital transformation
Equity of access
Copyright and intellectual property
Funding and budget constraints
Changing user demands
Addressing these wicked problems requires innovative solutions that often go beyond traditional approaches. They require librarians to be innovative, adaptable and collaborative to provide effective solutions.
Program available for download here (updated 21/08/24)
Program booklet with presenter abstracts and bios available for download here
Prof Mark Hutchinson has been recently appointed as the Director of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS).As a Professor of Biomedicine and lead the Neuroimmunopharmacology laboratory at the University of Adelaide, Prof Hutchinson has a strong record of leadership of successful teams. His expertise spans diverse basic science methods for human and animal research, including biomarker identification, multiomics and complex data analytics. He has a strong record of engagement with consumers and industry and an advocacy for their involvement in research. Hutchinson has a strong record of commercial translation between basic science and knowledge utilisation.
Prof Hutchinson has diverse leadership and Ministerial appointments, including being a member of the Prime Minister’s National Science and Technology Council, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), President of the Science and Technology Australia (STA), Members of the ARC Legislative Review, the ARC CEO Advisory Council, and the Australian Economic Accelerator Board. He also serves as the chair of the Safeguarding Australia through Biotechnology Response and Engagement (SABRE) Alliance and is the chair of the Australian Pain Solutions Research Alliance board. His exceptional leadership of the program of research has been recognised with multiple awards: 2022 Inaugural Coppoc ONE Health Lecture, College of Veterinary Med, Kansas State Uni; 2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement – A Culture Of Impact, Uni Adelaide; 2015 James McWha Award of Excellence, Uni Adelaide; 2013 Psychoneuroimmunology Res Soc, Robert Ader Young Investigator Award.
Professor Paul Glasziou
Prof Paul Glasziou is Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University and was the Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in Oxford from 2003-2010. His key interests include identifying and removing barriers to using high quality research in everyday clinical practice and improving the clinical impact of research by reducing the more than $85 Billion annual loss from unpublished and unusable research (Chalmers, Glasziou, Lancet 2009). He co-founded the International Society for Evidence-based Health Care and the RACGP’s Handbook of Non-Drug Interventions. He has authored over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles and 7 books.
Location / Transport / Accommodation:
Caboolture Hospital – 124 McKean St, Caboolture
Venue: Education Centre, Caboolture Hospital (🌎 View Map – Education Centre is at bottom middle and slightly to the right when viewing map). Registration is available from 8:30 am in the Education Centre
Transport: Paid car parking is available in the main car park (P2) – top right in Map above. Alternatively, public transport is available (scroll down the page to see bus, train, taxi / ride share optons).
Caboolture Hospital is part of Queensland’s public health service Metro North Health (MNH). MNH is the largest Health Service in Australia made up of and servicing a population approaching 900,000, from north of the Brisbane River to north of Kilcoy. At the end of 2023, Caboolture Hospital opened a new $350M Clinical Services Building adding an additional 130 beds, an expanded Emergency Department, Palliative Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit, operating theatres and stage one recovery spaces, Cardiac Care Unit, a specialised Chest Pain Assessment Unit, two medical wards and space for a future 20 bed Rehabilitation Unit. In addition, 2024 brings targeted refurbishment of the existing hospital including an enhanced and expanded Special Care Nursery, New Medical Day Stay Unit, expanded medical records facility, plus expansions for pharmacy and pathology. The hospital also supports 2 Satellite Hospitals and forms part of the MNH Caboolture, Kilcoy and Woodford Directorate.
The Health Libraries Australia Conference is being held in the Hospital’s Education and Simulation Centre consisting of a 100+ seated lecture theatre, open spaces and a range of flexible lecture rooms all fitted with the latest information technologies.
Caboolture
Caboolture is situated equidistance from Brisbane and Sunshine Coast airports, the Hospital is an easy 30-minute drive on the M1. Train services with bus connections run every 30 minutes. There is a multi-storey paid car park on site plus café and a 5 -minute walk to the Central Lakes Shopping Village hosting restaurants, Woolworths supermarket, shopping, and a range of health and beauty services.
Accommodation
Caboolture Central Motor Inn (3.5 star) 11 Lower King Street, Caboolture Ph: (07) 3067 6064 info@caboolturecentral.com.au
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 issues including;
Open access publishing
AI technologies
Advocacy and community engagement
Digital transformation
Equity of access
Copyright and intellectual property
Funding and budget constraints
Changing user demands
Addressing these wicked problems requires innovative solutions that often go beyond traditional approaches. They require librarians to be innovative, adaptable and collaborative to provide effective solutions.
Join us for an exhilarating exploration of the multifaceted challenges facing our libraries. Don’t miss the opportunity to join the conversation, collaborate with others and emerge equipped with new knowledge and strategies to navigate the wicked problems of today’s health libraries.
Presentations, we invite you to submit abstracts addressing the wicked problems above with your innovative solutions in 150 – 300 words using the following format if possible: background/introduction, objectives, methods, results, conclusions. Presentations will be 20 minutes long incorporating slides or you may wish to use other technologies for your presentation.
Workshops, we invite you to submit proposals for workshops that emphasise and provide hands-on opportunities to develop skills in areas addressing the themes above. Priority will be given to proposals that are creative, topical and offer opportunity for skill development. Workshop proposals must include: title, description of the topic covered, workshop outcomes, brief biography of the facilitator (name, contact details, affiliation), planned format, duration (max 1.5hr) and details of past presentations of the workshop.
Abstracts and workshop proposals should be sent to the HLA Conference Committee at HLA@alia.org.au by 5.00pm (AEST), Monday 29 April 2024. All abstract and workshop proposals will be reviewed by the conference committee.
