by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | News
The Award was established as a perpetual tribute to a person whose foresight, skill and courage helped found health librarianship in Australia. With the assistance of the Award, others may be encouraged to make their own contribution.
Awards are intended to supplement the activities of the Australian Library and Information Association in supporting specific projects and providing study grants.
Applications for the biennial Award are invited from all Australian health library and information professionals. Applicants are not limited to ALIA members or to librarians, provided proposals meet the objectives of the Fund.
Funding is available for research projects, study or a publication. For full information on the Award, past recipients and application guidelines, visit the Anne Harrison Award page
Applications close: Fri 03 May 2024 at 5.00 pm
Please direct applications and inquiries to the Secretary: jane.orbell-smith@health.qld.gov.au
by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | News
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.
by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | News
the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, is once again offering a series of ONLINE live interactive workshops on how to do systematic reviews with a focus on how to improve the speed and efficiency of the review process.
The search session will showcase our new and improved version of the Systematic Review Accelerator, so it could be a good opportunity to have a look at our new and improved search tools before we officially launch them later in the year.
The workshops will outline the tasks involved at each of the key steps of the review process and introduce participants to the freely available SRA tools that can be used to complete these tasks more quickly with tips from experienced systematic reviewers and links to key resources provided.
These workshops are for clinicians, students, researchers, policy makers and information professionals who are currently doing or planning to do a systematic review and would like to learn to do them more efficiently.
To benefit from these workshops, you should:
- be conducting or have conducted a systematic review, or
- be intending to do a systematic review AND have a good understanding of what systematic reviews are, how they are done, and what constitutes a good quality systematic review. To help you prepare we will provide background material covering these concepts that you can complete before the workshops.
The series consists of five workshops that cover the key review stages and an additional workshop covering other topics relevant to systematic reviews. Some advanced review concepts may also be covered depending on participants’ requirements. You can attend all the workshops, or just the specific workshops that meet your needs.
Individual Workshops 1 to 5 cost AUD$95 each. We are also offering a FULL package deal which includes Workshops 1 to 5 plus access to Workshop 6 at AUD$400.
For more information, please see the attached flyer or visit our website: https://bond.edu.au/iebh/workshops/upcoming-workshops
by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | Events
Couldn’t make it to the recent HLA Conference? There’s still a chance to get some health librarian professional development in before 2025 …
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✍ Register
🙂 Bonus conference – free Victorian Healthcare Week runs the two days prior (Wed, Thu) to the HLi Conference and features a digital health strand
by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | Events
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💘 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.
