HLA/HCN Health Informatics Innovation Award 2013

The purpose of this Award is to acknowledge excellence/innovation in performance by an individual information professional or team. This award provides an opportunity for those working in the Australian health and biomedical library sector to showcase innovative projects which, through the use of health informatics or web technologies, contribute to or support improved health outcomes.

Selection Criteria

The Award will focus on the innovation and available evidence that the innovation has improved access to health information and health care (e.g. practical outcomes). Nominees must address each of the following selection criteria against which applications will be assessed:

1. Contribution to, and enhancement of, the information profession/industry
2. Outstanding project work, whether by an individual or a team
3. Collaboratively working within or between organisations
4. Originality/innovation regarding services or solutions
5. Excellence/innovation in terms of best practice
6. Evaluation of the project (actual or intended methods and, where available, results)

Outputs

The awardee/s will

• Report on the innovation via an article in HLA News
  (required at the latest for the December 2013 issue - 10th October deadline)
• Report on the professional development activity in HLA News
  (required at the latest for the September 2014 issue - 10th August deadline) and, in addition,
• All applicants must supply a title and abstract for their project. An abstract of the winning application will be made available via the Award website as will those of all finalists (follow the link at http://www.alia.org.au/groups/healthnat/).

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this award

• All professional and para- professional award nominees must be current personal members of ALIA. In the case of an all professional/para-professional team application, one team member, with the exception of the team leader, may come under the organisation's ALIA institutional membership.
• Non-professional nominees must work in a library with ALIA institutional membership
• Current Health Libraries Australia executive members, Award Administrators and employees of HCN are ineligible to apply

How to Apply

• Nominations are made by completing the Application Form and submitting to the ALIA HLA Treasurer.
• Endorsement of a seconder is required if self nominating.

Application form [ DOC | PDF ]

Deadline

Nominations for the Award must be received by 31st March 2013.

Presentation of the Award

The Award will be presented at a relevant national event to be announced. Funding will be provided for the winner’s travel costs (or team leader in the case of a team application) to attend the presentation of the Award. All other costs must be covered by the individual.

Decision Process

Nominees are considered by a Panel, with 2 representatives of the HLA Executive and 1 member of HCN Management.

The nominations will be emailed to the Panel, which is chaired by an ALIA HLA Committee member.

• The Panel will vote for their top 3 choices, in order of merit.
• The 3 choices will be weighted (3 points for first choice, 2 points for second choice, one point for the third choice).
• The winner will be by a simple majority – if there is a tie, the casting vote lies with the HLA Committee.
• The ALIA HLA Committee will make a recommendation to the ALIA Membership and Awards Standing Committee to confirm the selected nominee.

Award Information