WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:

Reviews (systematic or scoping) are a great way to answer research questions or summarise evidence on a topic, but they take a long time and are a lot of work. Fortunately, there are now tools and methodological innovations that can help with doing reviews. One of these tools available is the Evidence Review Accelerator (TERA) built in Australia by a team at Bond University. TERA improves the speed of conducting reviews by accelerating all the tasks in a review. This workshop will cover all the tools available in TERA, but will focus on using the tools of most value to information specialist/librarians.  Attendees will gain practical experience using TERA quickly design and run precise search strategies, while also gaining background information on the other review tasks to better enable review support at their institution. TERA is available at the following website: https://tera-tools.com/, and a 12-month subscription to TERA is included in the workshop fee.

🗣️ PRESENTER:

The workshop will be presented by Justin Clark, a Research Fellow in Evidence Review Acceleration and lead of the Automation program at the Institute for Evidence-Based Practice (IEBH) at Bond University, Gold Coast Australia. He is also the Cochrane Information Specialist for the Acute Respiratory Infections Group, was a member of the Cochrane Information Specialists Executive and the Co-Lead of the search group of the Living Evidence Network. He is one of the inventors of the Two-Week Systematic Review (2weekSR) method, a founding member of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) and leads the development of the Evidence Review Accelerator (TERA), a suite of automation tools that accelerate the production of evidence synthesis.  His research focuses on improving evidence synthesis methods to reduce the resources needed to conduct reviews of the evidence. For more information about Justin’s research please visit his Research Profile: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55311800800

💸 COST: ALIA – $120; Non-ALIA – $180

🕧 TIME: 10am – 4pm (face to face)

WHAT TO BRING:

BYO laptop; lunch (or head to nearby eatery at lunchtime)

🌏 WHERE: Face to face in either Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney

Melbourne

Tuesday May 26^th 2026

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Skills & Education Space

250/290 Spring St, East Melbourne VIC 3002

Register here: Advances in Systematic Review Automation Methods – Melbourne Workshop

Brisbane

Thursday May 28^th 2026

Pathology Queensland (CSIRO site)

Block 1 (make yourself known at security)

39 Kessels Rd, Coopers Plains QLD 4108

https://maps.app.goo.gl/14zowXMdZuUg6w61A

Register here: Advances in Systematic Review Automation Methods – Brisbane

Sydney

Friday June 12th 2026

Royal North Shore Hospital – Kolling Institute

10 Westbourne Street, St Leonards NSW 2065

Register here: Advances in Systematic Review Automation Methods – Sydney Workshop

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Join us for an engaging lunchtime session exploring the vital role health libraries play in safeguarding organisational history.

Discover practical strategies for building and caring for historical collections, and learn how to access National Library of Australia Community Heritage Grants to support preservation and digitisation projects.

Whether you’re starting a collection or planning a heritage initiative, this session will provide actionable tips and inspiration to keep your health service’s story alive.

🗣️ Presenters

Pat Stott – Eastern Health

Michelle Pitman – Grampians Health 

Tania Barry – Northern Health 

Cherish Mcdonald – Hunter New England Local Health District 

Pat graduated as a Library Technician and worked extensively in primary schools. Joined Eastern Health in about 2008 as a Technician. Completed a Librarian Degree in 2017 with an interest in archives. Gained a Masters Degree in Data Management. Loves learning new stuff, loves discarding and weeding stuff, doesn’t want to specialise, and has a paint and art supply addiction.

Michelle qualified as a late-in-life librarian from Curtin University in 2019 and has worked at the Horsham campus of Grampians Health since November that year. This role has her straddling the vicissitudes of being, simultaneously, a “solo” librarian, while also being part of the library team at the Ballarat campus. She’s however, very grateful for this support or it would get very challenging very quickly!  Her professional interests are library marketing, health history and generative artificial intelligence in health and scholarly communications. Her personal interests are her cat ‘Lola’, sourdough bread making, reading Sci-Fi & epic fantasy novels and watching endless YouTube chateau renovation channels!

Tania is an experienced information and knowledge professional with over 20 years’ experience across academic, local government and health sectors. Her work focuses on strategic leadership, workforce development and building high-performing teams that deliver inclusive, community-focused services.  In her current role at Northern Health, she leads library and information literacy services, ensuring staff, students and community members can access and apply evidence-based information to support health outcomes.
  
Cherish a wearer of multiple hats, she can wax an eyebrow (was a beauty therapist in a past life) while doing a literature review (poorly, area of PD) and whip up a smart-looking CANVA graphic to market library services. Cherish is passionate about equity of access to health information and library services, a good espresso, the collection and maintenance of organisational history, and library marketing. She recently completed a Master of Library & Information Science at CSU, and is on the organising committee for the Hospital Librarians COP. Most importantly, she has an honorary PhD in snack collection for her two chaotic children and French bulldogs, in the words of Em Rusciano, a “maximalist power queen” and very tired.

✅ ALIA HLA Competencies

CA3: Resources

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🕐 When

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

 1-2pm (Vic/NSW/TAS/ACT/QLD);

12:30-1:30pm (SA/NT);

11am-12pm (WA);

3-4pm (NZ)

🗺️ Where

Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.

This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.

💵 Cost

ALIA Members – Free (One of 14 reasons to consider HLA Membership)
Non-Members – $30

✍️ Register

Register / Additional Information

🧗‍♀️ Professional Development

One CPD hour towards Health Professional Development Scheme

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This hands-on workshop will show you how to use Canva to create engaging and professional videos for library promotion and education resources. This session covers:

• Editing a Canva video template
• Image and text editing, animations and effects 
• Using Canva record and screen capture
 
By the end of this training, you will have created your own short video ready to share for library promotion or educational purposes.
 
People who have prior experience with Canva will get the most out of this session. There will be hands-on activities. Participants will need access to a Canva account prior to the webinar.

👉 Numbers restricted to 40 participants – get in quick

🧑‍🏫 Trainers

• Eunice Ang – Medical Librarian, Northern Health
• Keren Moskal – Clinical Librarian and Education Lead – Monash Health

✅ ALIA HLA Competencies

C4: Leadership and management
C6: Health literacy and teaching
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🧗‍♀️ Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Worth 1 hour towards the Health Professional Development Scheme

🕐 When

Tuesday, 5 May 2026   1:00 pm – 2:15 pm AEST  (75 minutes)

🌏 Where

Online Zoom webinar – a link will be sent the day prior.

💸 Cost

ALIA Members – $40 (savings of $35 if you were an HLA Member)
Non-Members – $75

✍️ Register

Register / More information

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Registration is free and includes the full schedule of symposium sessions. All sessions will in English, held on Zoom, with Zoom-integrated captioning and transcripts available.

Shortly before the event, you will receive an access link for the LESSS Zoom event by email

Registration closes on June 11, 2026.

Sessions (except for networking events and roundtables) will be recorded with transcripts, but presenters may chose to not release that recording for viewing after the conference

View the Symposium home page

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In this session, we’re shining a spotlight on the creative and impactful ways hospital libraries are reaching out to their communities. You’ll hear from passionate professionals who are doing fantastic work through pop-up libraries and outreach services in their health settings. Each speaker will share their unique approach—how they’ve brought library services beyond traditional walls, connected with staff in new ways, and made health information more accessible and engaging.

Whether you’re looking for inspiration, practical ideas, or just curious about what’s possible, we hope you come along and learn from others and share your own successes with us all.

📢 Presenters

• Cherish Mcdonald – Hunter New England Local Health District
• Megan Giles & Sue Bethune – Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
• Michelle Pitman – Grampians Health

Cherish a wearer of multiple hats, she can wax an eyebrow (was a beauty therapist in a past life) while doing a literature review (poorly, area of PD) and whip up a smart-looking CANVA graphic to market library services. Cherish is passionate about equity of access to health information and library services, a good espresso, the collection and maintenance of organisational history, and library marketing. She recently completed a Master of Library & Information Science at CSU, and is on the organising committee for the Hospital Librarians COP. Most importantly, she has an honorary PhD in snack collection for her two chaotic children and French bulldogs, in the words of Em Rusciano, a “maximalist power queen” and very tired.

Megan is a librarian with a special interest in hospital librarianship, committed to partnering with clinicians, students and partner organisations to enable improved health outcomes through evidence-based practice, research and collaboration. Coupled with extensive experience as a psychologist (organisational) and health professional, she is passionate about creating a welcoming learning environment, enabling access to contemporary evidence, and leveraging ‘teachable moments’ to build capacity and confidence amongst library clients.

Sue is a passionate health sciences librarian who uses her extensive background in education to foster self-efficacy and independent learning in library clientele. This is achieved through recognition that all learning environments must be non-threatening, relaxed, and based on hands-on activities if new skills and ideas are to be embedded. Sue particularly enjoys the intricacies of specialised librarianship and has worked in law, music, health and university libraries.

Michelle qualified as a late-in-life librarian from Curtin University in 2019 and has worked at the Horsham campus of Grampians Health since November that year. This role has her straddling the vicissitudes of being, simultaneously, a “solo” librarian, while also being part of the library team at the Ballarat campus. She’s however, very grateful for this support or it would get very challenging very quickly!  Her professional interests are library marketing, health history and generative artificial intelligence in health and scholarly communications. Her personal interests are her cat ‘Lola’, sourdough bread making, reading Sci-Fi & epic fantasy novels and watching endless YouTube chateau renovation channels!

✅ ALIA Competencies

C2: Reference and Research Services
C6: Health Literacy and Teaching

🕐 When

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

 1:00-2:00 pm (VIC / NSW / TAS / ACT)

12:00-1:00 pm (QLD)

12:30-1:30 pm (SA)

11:30-12:30 pm (NT)

11:00-12:00 (WA)

3:00-4:00 pm (NZ)

🌏 Where

Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.

This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.

💲 Cost

ALIA Members – Free
Non-Members – $25

✍ Register

Register | Additional information

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🎓 Doing a PhD

👑 Prince Charles Hospital Library

🏥 Hospital history project

& more

Like to be published by writing up a project / improvement / process / anything of interest to health librarians?

Send an email to Daniel McDonald who will guide you through the process

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This session will demonstrate how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance grant writing. Attendees will discover techniques to leverage AI for developing ideas, creating initial proposal drafts, enhancing content quality by improving clarity and aligning language with funder priorities, and developing supplemental documents such as letter of support, budget development. We will also briefly discuss challenges and responsible use of AI for grant writing. 

Leila is a senior research librarian and a published researcher with over twenty years work experience in academic and health libraries. Leila has extensive knowledge and deep understanding of research paradigm and methodology, research process, dissemination, and implementation. During her career, Leila has been supporting research and teaching needs of staff and students from established researchers to HDR students. She has contributed to large scale research projects such as national level public health research, international polices, clinical guidelines developments and systematic reviews as a consultant and co-author. Leila supports researchers’ needs through research life cycle and provides consultation and assistance with literature reviews, grant applications, data management planning, scholarly publishing and open access, research promotion and impact assessment. As part of her current role, Leila is a scholarly communication advisor for Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) supporting research staff and faculty conjoints in conducting and publishing research projects.

🗓️ When

Wednesday 6 August 2025
1.00pm to 2.00pm (AEST)

🌍 Where

Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.

This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.

💲 Cost

ALIA Members – Free
Non-Members – $22. Another reason to consider HLA Membership

📝 Register

Register | Additional Information

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Catchii is a web-based software for systematic review screening, developed here in Australia. It supports all stages of the screening process, from duplicate removal to data extraction, and includes features such as multi-user collaboration, advanced keyword highlighting and AI-assisted screening. Most importantly, Catchii is completely free to use, offering a viable alternative to paid tools while remaining comparable in functionality. This session will present Catchii’s features and demonstrate its use in systematic reviews. For more information: https://catchii.org

🗓️ When

Wednesday 23/7/25
1:00pm – 2:00pm AEST 

🌍 Where

Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.

This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.

💲 Cost

ALIA Members – Free. Another reason to consider HLA Membership
Non-Members – $22

📝 Register

Register | Additional Information

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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

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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 aside time ⏲, perhaps planning a holiday 🚢 around the event.

As a bonus, it’s in wonderful Melbourne (3rd most livable city in the world, leaving poor old Sydney in its wake …)

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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: Hannah Shelley (ACU)
Libkey Nomad: Reeti Brar (University of Notre Dame, WA)
Endnote Click: Caroline Ondracek (Royal Children’s Hospital, VIC)
PubMed OTool: Hannah-Lee Obst (South West Healthcare, VIC)
Google Scholar: Jane Van Balen (Macquarie University, NSW)
Bookmarklets: Cheryl Hamill, (South Metropolitan Health Service, WA)

When ⏲

Wednesday, 6 September 2023   1-2 pm AEST                                                

Where 🌏

Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.

This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.

Cost 💲

ALIA Members – FREE

Non-Members – $15 (another reason – in addition to 12 others – to consider HLA membership)

Register ✍

Register here

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Is it dis-information or mis-information? (Tue 28 Nov)

Event information

As access to AI tools becomes a part of everyday life the areas of teaching and learning have been central to a raft of concerns and potentials. How might students or teachers use these tools? What are the ethical implications or concerns? How can AI aid in effective and efficient education? What role might it have in academic integrity, in creating adaptable learning, or in relation to student work, assessment or feedback? What are the emerging strategies or tools being used?

 And what is the library role in supporting teachers and students in these areas?

Join us for this webinar which looks at current initiatives and approaches to AI in support of teaching and learning across School, Vocational and Academic libraries in Australia.

Note – this is an ALIA event, not a HLA event

Presenters

Dr Kay Oddone – Course Director and Lecturer in Teacher Librarianship CSU

Kay has over twenty-five years’ experience in the fields of education and librarianship. Having taught at all levels from Prep to Post-Grad, she worked in higher education since 2015, holding several different roles including lecturer and learning designer. Her research interests include personal learning networks, networked and connected learning, critical and digital literacies and critical digital and open pedagogies. Her professional portfolio- which includes materials examining AI alongside Kay’s other professional interests – can be found here: https://www.linkinglearning.com.au/

Jacque Quinn – Senior Library Adviser (QUT)

Jacque is a highly experienced and accomplished professional in the field of Library Science and Information Management.

Her role as a QUT representative on CAUL Digital Dexterity Champions showcases her commitment to staying at the forefront of digital trends. (written by ChatGPT, based on my CV)

Emma Nelms – Liaison Librarian for QUT Business School and AI champion

Emma is an experienced liaison librarian with a proven track record in facilitating information literacy and learning. Over the years, she has coordinated workshops, orientation programs, and built strong relationships with academic units. As an AI and Digital Dexterity Champion, Emma has promoted knowledge sharing and engagement with emerging technologies, such as ChatGPT, to enhance library services. (written by ChatGPT, based on my CV)

Nadia Koren – Academic Integrity Lead state-wide (HE & VET), TAFE NSW

Nadia leverages her teaching and leadership experience in tertiary education to shift the fear-driven perception of academic integrity towards a more student-centred, positive approach. She is keen to encourage educators to embrace Generative AI, tools once viewed as threats to academic integrity but can be harnessed to minimise breaches. As an educator, her primary focus was to create an inviting learning environment that would draw the students to attend classes. She achieved this by making sure students felt cared for, respected, understood, and connected with their peers. Additionally, she loved to take the challenge to teach complex concepts in simple and practical ways.

Matthew Jones – Librarian, TAFE NSW

As well as being a librarian Matthew has also been a part-time Teacher in Information Technology, Business Studies, and Career Pathways Aboriginal Languages, Employability Skills, and of course Library and Information Services. He has delivered courses in a range of facilities including students in correctional facilities, at remote townships, online and via videoconference. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at CSU for the Advanced Graduate Management Certificate 2010-2012. 

Often described as an early adopter of technology, Matthew would describe himself as being curious of technology and interested in seeing how it can be used and adapted to libraries, education and entertainment. 

Matthew has seen great change in the technologies used to deliver library services and education in VET. When he started at the beginning of the century CDs, text based Dynix, satellite TV, and VHS, were still all mainstream library technologies. Now it is MS Teams, streaming video, eResources, ChatGPT, BARD and Virtual Reality!

Jo Clark – Manager Library Services (South and Sydney), TAFE NSW

 Access to information and customer service are two key passions and are intertwined in Jo’s current role of Manager Library Services – South, Sydney and Customer Service.

 Having spent a considerable amount of time in regional locations, Jo is very aware of the information divide that exists between those with access to multiple libraries and educational institutions and those with limited access. The internet has allowed this divide to be narrowed somewhat, but with the wave of content comes the need to be able to decipher and determine what is current, accurate and relevant.

 Jo believes this is where libraries and customer service come into play. Finding ways to reach VET students and help them to navigate to the resources they need is a fundamental role VET libraries play. In her role AI tools now provide another challenge, not only in the way we search for information, but also to issues of integrity and ethics.

When

Wednesday 1 November 2023   1-2pm  AEDT                       

Cost / Register

$0.00 – HLA members

$30.00 non-members (another reason to consider HLA Membership …)

What to expect once you have Registered

The Zoom link will be emailed the day before the webinar.

The webinar will be recorded and made available to all who registered.

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🎦 Watch the Recording Passcode: uy1*wypS

💘 What I love about being a health librarian

Come along and hear from colleagues about why they love being a health librarian – celebrate the profession and learn from colleagues about what inspires them.

(If you haven’t seen it yet, you may also be interested in the 🎦 US version of this (courtesy of MLA)

Presenters:

Peter Murgatroyd 

Peter is the Group Manager for Library and Knowledge Services at Health New Zealand.  He is a Fellow of LIANZA and a member of the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disaster Health Special Interest Group . He is also a member of the JoHILA Editorial Board.  Peter believes in the power of shared knowledge to transform lives and communities. 

Alana McDonald

Alana McDonald (she/her) is Senior Librarian at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, where she has been working for nine years. Prior to this she worked as a Research, Education and Liaison Librarian at Federation University Australia (previously University of Ballarat). Before becoming a librarian, Alana was a speech pathologist and enjoys being back in a Health environment. She has been a member of the HLA committee since 2022.

Fiona Jones

Fiona Jones is the Teaching Liaison Librarian supporting Medical, Nursing & Midwifery, Oral Health Therapy and Podiatry students at the University of Newcastle Library. She collaborates with academics to provide library support for the University’s learning and teaching curriculum, develops programs and resources to develop students’ skills in digital and information literacy, and provides advice to teaching staff on open educational resources and selecting course reading materials. Fiona’s work takes her to Clinical Schools at hospitals across both Central Coast and Hunter New England Local Health Districts.

Glynis Jones

Glynis initially trained as a registered nurse at Royal Melbourne Hospital and worked in coronary care; subsequently transitioning to a career in librarianship. After 25 years in university libraries across Australia, Glynis transitioned to a role as a Health Librarian in January 2022.

Gina Velli

Gina Velli has been a health research librarian with the Princess Alexandra Hospital for five years, providing training, advice and information brokerage for systematic reviews and research projects; her educational background is in Information Management and UX design. Supporting civil engineering research and metadata management, Gina has previously worked for QLD parliament, QLD Department of Transportation and Main Roads, QLD Department of Education and the University of Queensland. Gina is interested in applications of emerging information management technologies to research processes and methodologies.

This event may be recorded and available to view following the event  

By attending for this webinar you are granting the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and its representatives the right to use, reproduce, and publish audio and video recordings of your participation in the webinar titled ” What I love about being a health librarian” held on May 23 2024. By registering you are indicating that you understand and agree that these recordings may be used for promotional, educational, and informational purposes, including but not limited to, marketing materials, online platforms, social media, and any other medium deemed appropriate by ALIA.

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