This year’s annual general meeting will be held on Thursday, June 22, 2017 from approximately 10:50 am to 11:30 am. The agenda is available for download here. Join the meeting virtually: A microphone will be used during the AGM so that virtual participants can hear everything discussed. Follow the directions below to virtually participate in… Read more »
Please join us for presentations from clinical researchers on the appraisal of systematic reviews and guidelines, presentations from HLABC members on recent innovations and new resources, and, of course, our AGM. Date: Thursday, June 22, 2017 Location: UBC Woodward Library, Sherrington Room (2198 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3) Don’t forget, you must be an… Read more »
New website. Same great benefits of being an HLABC Member! Join HLABC and you will receive these great benefits: Professional networking – connect with your colleagues and peers right here in BC Continuing education sessions – HLABC regularly organizes educational events for members Annual general meeting – HLABC holds four meetings a year, including an… Read more »
HLABC is your organization. Volunteers like you are what keep it going. Are you interested in networking opportunities? Keen to spend more time with others in the health library community? Looking for a fun and easy way to build your CV? Then involvement on the HLABC executive is for you! Nominations are now being sought for the following… Read more »
Please save the dates for the HLABC AGM and Summer Continuing Education event on Thursday June 22nd and Friday June 23rd. The location will be Woodward Library @ University of British Columbia Vancouver. Options for online participation will also be available. We are trying something a little different this year and we hope some of the members outside of… Read more »
Please join us on Monday January 23rd to learn more about the current awareness and research discovery tool, Read by QxMD, and clinical research data management from experts at Advanced Research Computing! Also please join us for a discussion of current awareness tools for health researchers and librarians where we will share knowledge from our… Read more »
Access funding to hire a summer co-op student from UBC’s iSchool. It’s a great time to recruit from us, as you may qualify for funding to hire a summer student – read below. Students learning the latest in library, information management, and archival fields can be an ideal fit for that special project or short-term… Read more »
The 2017 CHLA/ABSC Planning Committee invites submissions for the Annual Conference of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA/ABSC), to be held in Edmonton. The theme of the conference is “Northern Illumination/Lumières du Nord.” The online abstract submission site is now available via the CHLA/ABSC conference website. To be… Read more »
Students from the UBC iSchool (School of Library, Archival and Information Studies) are still available for Fall co-op work terms (September-December). We’re also starting to post positions for the Winter term (January-April), and some of our students are available for full-time or part-time 8 month work terms spanning September-April. Educated in one of Canada’s leading… Read more »
At yesterday’s annual general meeting, in-coming President Kristina McDavid announced the new members of the HLABC Executive for 2016 to 2017. Your Executive is now comprised of the following members: President: Kristina McDavid Past-President: Leigh Anne Palmer Vice-President/President-elect: Fiona Chiu Secretary: Chantalle Jack Treasurer/Membership: Antje Helmuth Continuing Education & Programming Director: Helen Brown Communications Director:… Read more »