Please join us for a hands-on Open Science Framework workshop and the HLABC Annual General Meeting on Thursday May 30th @ Woodward Library’s Sherrington Room 9:00am-1pm. Sarah Parker, Engineering Librarian (including Biomedical Engineering) at Woodward Library and also a member of the UBC Open Scholarship Committee , will offer a workshop on using the Open… Read more »
Please save the date for the HLABC Annual General Meeting for Thursday May 30th @ Woodward Library UBC Sherrington Room
Dear HLABC Members, On behalf of Elisheba Muturi, Chantalle Jack and Shannon Long, please see the final report of the research they developed looking into the regional health libraries (Health Authority and Ministry Libraries), “Innovations, Challenges & Opportunities within Regional Health Libraries in British Columbia.” The report contains their brief nine page summary as well as… Read more »
Join us on Friday February 22nd for workshops on using the PRESS Checklist to peer-review search strategies, search filers, patient-orientated research and talks from HLABC members and SLAIS Students on “that changed my practice.” HLABC is an organization dedicated to supporting health libraries, their staff, and anyone interested in the search and discovery of health… Read more »
Dear Colleagues, Please Save the Date for the upcoming HLABC spring continuing professional development day on Friday, February 22nd 9:00am-3:30 pm at Woodward Library Sherrington Room and also available online. Some of the offerings for the day: PRESS Checklist workshop presented by Douglas M. Salzwedel MLIS, Information Specialist & Assistant Managing Editor Cochrane Hypertension Lightening… Read more »
Getting Hired in Health Libraries Join on us October 9th, 2018 for HLABC’s “Getting Hired in Health Libraries” Event! We will provide free pizza and drinks, so please fill out the following registration form so we know how much to buy. https://goo.gl/forms/bM4o2wooiXHmoEdK2. 5:00-5:55pm: “Getting Hired in Health Libraries” Panel – Listen to 3 recently hired… Read more »
HLABC CE/AGM Thursday, July 12th, 2018 Please join us on Thursday July 12th, 2018 for a half-day workshop on using Tableau to visualize library data and an in-person journal club. HLABC is an organization dedicated to supporting health libraries, their staff, and anyone interested in the search and discovery of health information. Deadline to register… Read more »
Dean Giustini will be leading a discussion on the following article: Pardo-Hernandez H, Urrútia G, Barajas-Nava LA, Buitrago-Garcia D, Garzón JV, Martínez-Zapata MJ, Bonfill X. BADERI: an online database to coordinate handsearching activities of controlled clinical trials for their potential inclusion in systematic reviews. Trials. 2017 Dec;18(1):273. https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-017-2023-3 Please read the article beforehand and be… Read more »
January 31, 2018 HLABC Continuing Studies Event: Location: UBC Woodward Library, Computer Lab and Sherrington Room (2198 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3) Cost: $35 in person (PayPal link on the registration form) / $0 Online Schedule: 9:00-9:15 – Welcome (coffee and tea in the Sherrington Room) 9:15-10:15 – Personal Oncogenomics and Brain Cancer –… Read more »
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 »