The HLABC Exec is pleased to announce that our website has been updated and refreshed! Our goal with the website redesign was to make our website more useful and easy to navigate for our members, enhance connection with our members, and to update our content and resources. To that end, on the updated website you… Read more »
The Health Libraries Association of British Columbia (HLABC) is looking for a web developer to perform a one-time update to our association’s website: https://hlabc.chla-absc.ca/. HLABC supports the health library workers of BC with continuing education and social opportunities while promoting cooperation, communication, and mutual assistance between health libraries and health library staff. This project has… Read more »
Access funding to hire a summer co-op student from UBC iSchool. It’s a great time to recruit from us, as you may qualify for funding to hire a summer student – read below. We’re actively posting jobs for work terms starting in May, and students learning the latest in library, information management, and archival fields… Read more »
HLABC stands in solidarity with Black communities in Canada and the United States who have experienced and continue to experience the effects of systemic racism and police brutality. We oppose anti-black racism, and we stand with Black Lives Matter. We also oppose anti-Indigenous racism and stand with the Indigenous communities in Canada, the United States,… 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 »
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 »
Volunteer to help us host Canada’s national health library conference in Vancouver this year! Welcome your peers from across the country, reunite with far-flung colleagues, and exchange ideas with new friends. Whatever your interests, we have glamourous library-conference volunteering opportunities at Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada 2015. Help us… Read more »