HLA News

ALIA Health Libraries Australia's flagship publication is the bulletin, HLA News. The bulletin, sponsored by EBSCO Information Services, is generated as a PDF and sent to members of the group - and archived here for download or reading online.

October 2008 [PDF, 1.3MB]
Report of HLA Professional Development Day and health stream at ALIA 2008 Biennial Conference - Convenor\'s Report - Results of the neXus2 survey: workforce planning, education and CPD - Barriers to effective use of computer-based resources and systems in The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (abstract) - Evidence-based medicine workshops for patients - EBSCO updates - Veronica Delafosse wins ALIA YBP/Lindsay & Croft Research Award - Dreaming08 Conference scrapbook - Counting down to ICML10 - National Inhalants Information Service - Launch of the 4th edition of the Guidelines for Australian Health Libraries

June/July 2008 [PDF, 1.3MB]
ALIA Education & Workforce Summit 2008 - From your convenor - National e-health developments: an update - A staff publications alerting service to increase the hospital library profile - Mashups: report of the Beyond the Hype, Web 2.0 conference - REBLs: HLA's special interest group for rehabilitation librarians - VALA 2008 conference report - Electronic Resources Australia (ERA) update - Do health libraries need ERA? - CareSearch: Australia's palliative care gateway - HLA at dreaming08: keynotes announced

March 2008 [PDF, 1Mb]
Web 2.0 and Australian health libraries | From Your Convenor | Competencies and keeping pace with technology changes in smaller library settings | Evidence Australia | Australian libraries make a difference to the University of Uganda | NT Health's new eLibrary leads to skill development for library staff | Conference diary | Top 10 reasons to attend HLA at Dreaming08

November 2007 [PDF, 1.36Mb]
Expat Janene Batten's Life at Yale | From your convenor | UK Clinical Librarian conference report | IFLA Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning satellite conference report | Titi Alexander retires | Ian R Stubbin retires | Left Field: Future directions for health libraries | Physician's assistants: seminar report | Health stream at Dreaming08

June 2007 [PDF, 734kb]
Wireless connectivity (hotspots) at TQEH | Convenor's report | The role of research in Australian library and information studies | A report on presentations given by Tony McSean and Carol Lefebvre to the HLA Regional QLD group | A report of NLA's Innovative Ideas Forum | EBSCO product update | Left Field: 'Where's the evidence' by NICS | Q'Health Libraries' new director | Vale Veronica Spiers | Anne Harrison Award Winner

April 2007 [PDF, 641kb]
National access to electronic health information | Convenor's report | Searching for Australian grey literature in health | Workshop report: Electronic information in health libraries | HLA symposium report: Information Rx | Book review: Medical Library Downsizing | EBSCO product update | 2007 HLA Executive uncovered | Left Field: Using semantics to generate information | Guidelines for contributors | Call for applications for the Anne Harrison Award

October 2006 [PDF, 548kb]
ICML- A history of cooperative | From your convenor | Clincial patient care | Evidence-based library & information practice - Modelling what we teach | From the sponsors of hla news | Victorian Health Libraries | Putting evidence to workevidence-based hta librarianship | Knowledge, knowledge management and knowledge networks? | Librarian (HEW Level 5/6)Herston Medical Library, The University of Queensland

August 2006 [PDF, 551kb]
LIS student work placements-school's perspective | From your convenor | Clinical librarianship project at Ryde Hospital | LIS student work placements-student's perspective | MLA 2006 conference report | Commentary on clinical librarianship project | EBSCO product update | Left Field column: Do we support nurses to practice EBP? | Inaugural SA Library Achiever of the Year Award | SLA-Aus/NZ Chapter 2006 Information Professional of the Year Award

July 2006 [PDF, 389kb]
Lest we forget-an opinion piece on the changing role of LIS professionals | From your convenor | Managing in times of flux and keeping your head above water | Left Field column: EBM - can you have too much of a good thing? | EBSCO product update | Report from the 71st IFLA General Conference | CINAHL to index HLA news

February 2006 [PDF, 315kb]
Looking forward, looking back: interviews with 4 ex health librarians | From your convenor | What neXt: report of the 2005 library technicians conference | Charting the information future: report of the NSW health and OPAL libraries forum | Great collaboration in Melbourne: Cochrane Colloquium report | EBSCO product updates

June 2003 [PDF, 404KB]
You're worth what? | Working together | Online learning | Imagine: Douglas Piper Library - 2010 and beyond | Project update: Increasing access to evidence in an acute hospital setting through a clinical evidence research service | Anne Harrison Award - call for applications | HLA research grants - call for applications | Vale Ethel Horner

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