Program Available / Registrations open – ALIA HLA Conference (Aug 21-22 Syd)

Program Available / Registrations open – ALIA HLA Conference (Aug 21-22 Syd)

by | Apr 7, 2025 | Events

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✅ Theme:

The 2025 HLA Conference theme is:

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?

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📃 Program & Bios:

2025 HLA Conference Two-Day Program

New 2025 HLA Conference Program Booklet (Presentation backgrounds and presenter biographies)


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🌏 Location:

CONFERENCE VENUE 

HLA Conference site – Lakeside Hotel & Conference Centre:
Address: 1 Executive Road, Macquarie Park NSW 2113
Phone: +61 2 9850 9300 (24 hour access) 

TRANSPORT 

https://www.hotel.mgsm.com.au/executive-accommodation/contact-hotel#directions
Includes map and information for travel by car, train, and bus. 

ACCOMODATION 

Lakeside Hotel and Conference Centre (conference hotel) 

https://www.hotel.mgsm.com.au

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. 

Getting to Lakeside Hotel and Conference Centre 

Other Hotels Nearby 

Mecure Sydney Macquarie Park (distance from conference hotel: 300m) 

81 Talavera Road, North Ryde 

Adjacent to Macquarie University Hospital and Macquarie University and Macquarie Shopping Centre with 120 spacious rooms with private kitchenette, free Wi-Fi and restaurant.  

Meriton Suites North Ryde (distance from conference hotel: 800m) 

88 Talavera Road, North Ryde 

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. 

Nightcap at the Ranch Hotel (distance from conference hotel: 1.7 km) 

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. 

Holiday Inn Express Sydney Macquarie Park by IHG (distance from conference hotel: 1.5 km) 

10 Byfield Street, Macquarie Park, NSW 

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. 

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💲 Cost:

Members: $180

Non-Members: $250 (one of 14 reasons to consider HLA Membership)

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📝 Registrations:

Registrations now open

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📝 Keynote speakers:

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. 

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🥇 Gold Sponsors:

EBSCO ElsevierWolters Kluwer
EBSCOElsevierWK_HLA25

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🥈 Silver Sponsors:

MIMSMCGRAW HILLJR MEDICALBMJ Group
MIMSMcGraw HillJR Medical BookstoreBMJ
SAGESCIENCETAYLOR & FRANCISSPRINGER NATURE
SAGEscienceTaylor and FrancisSpringer Nature
TELSTRA HEALTHCOVIDENCEAMH
Telstra HealthCovidence

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Introducing scoping & systematic reviews: An Open Education Resource (27 May)

Introducing scoping & systematic reviews: An Open Education Resource (27 May)

by | Apr 1, 2025 | Events

Event Description

In response to student and staff needs, librarians at Federation University created an Open Education Resource to introduce a complex topic in an easy to understand, step by step way. This lunchtime session will describe the process of creating the resource from inception to publication, and demonstrate the content, features and interactive elements of the resource.

Presenters

  • Erin Roga
  • Karen Pruis

Erin Roga has a Masters of Information Management from the University of South Australia. Her minor thesis explored the impact of digital skills classes for first year nursing students. In 2022, she attended the Australian Evidence Based Practice Librarians’ Institute. Erin is a liaison librarian for the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Federation University Australia, and supports students and academics in their teaching, learning and research, with a focus on training for conducting systematic and scoping reviews. She is interested in promoting the need for rigourous methodology and reporting of reviews. In her spare time, she loves to potter in her vegetable patch and hang out with her chicken friends, and is now learning to keep bees and cultivate mushrooms.

Dr. Karen Pruis obtained her PhD from Federation University Australia, and her qualitative thesis explored the lived experience of Chinese international students communicating in English while studying abroad. In 2023, she attended the Australian Evidence Based Practice Librarians’ Institute. Karen is a liaison librarian with the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Federation University Australia with extensive experience in supporting students and researchers with evidenced-based literature searching. She loves to teach them how to construct a replicable search strategy for scoping and systematic reviews. Finally, Karen has two poodles named CoCo and Margaux who are her best friends and give her a lot of joy.

🕚 When

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

1.00pm – 2.00pm (Vic, NSW, Tas, ACT, QLD),

12:30pm – 1:30pm (SA, NT),

11am – 12:00pm (WA),

3pm – 4pm (NZ)

🌏 Where

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

💰 Cost

ALIA Members – FREE (One of 14 benefits of HLA ALIA membership)
Non-Members – $22

📝 Register

Register

Events & courses mapped to 8 health librarian competencies (Mar 2025)

Events & courses mapped to 8 health librarian competencies (Mar 2025)

by | Mar 31, 2025 | News

An extensive list of courses and events that map to the eight HLA Competencies are now available Many can be done anytime online

Useful to progress from:

A health librarian caterpillar 🐛, to

A fully-fledged beautiful health librarian butterfly 🦋

Less entomological but also useful if you are completing the Health Specialisation PD Scheme
👉 note – participating in this scheme requires ALIA / HLA Membership

Thanks to Mr Darcy (Stephenson) (Austin Monash Health Library) for compiling the list

If you find any useful courses / events that are not on the list, send Darcy an email

Somewhat similarly, if there is an professional development area that you think is a bit neglected, send an email to Angela Smith for consideration as an HLA event so we can all improve our skills

🎦 Video creation made easy in Canva (1.00 – 2.00 pm AEST, Thu 1st May via Zoom)

🎦 Video creation made easy in Canva (1.00 – 2.00 pm AEST, Thu 1st May via Zoom)

by | Mar 4, 2025 | Events

🌏 Where: Online via Zoom (link to be sent day prior)

👯 Trainers:

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

💰 Cost: $35 ALIA members; $65 Non-ALIA members. Another reason – along with 13 others – to consider HLA Membership

📝 Registration: Register here. Additional information

🔢 Numbers restricted to 20 participants – get in quick.

Description:

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, adding animations and effects 
  • Playing with AI features
  • Using Canva record and screen capture

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.

🥇HLA competency areas: C4 Leadership and management & C6 Health literacy and teaching