HLABC Website Changes!

by | 25 February 2022
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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 will find changes to our menus to make them more intuitive, updated links and social media accounts to follow, and a new logo! 

We hired Emma Metcalfe Hurst, third year MASLIS graduate student at the UBC iSchool enrolled in the First Nations Concentration Curriculum (FNCC) to complete this project. To review her other work and to get in touch, visit her e-portfolio here: https://blogs.ubc.ca/emmametcalfehurst/.

Emma graciously prepared and narrated the video below that walks you through all of the different changes the website has gone through. We hope that you find the website easier to navigate and more useful as a resource.

EVENT & MEETING – March 4, 2022 – HLABC General Meeting

by | 22 February 2022
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Dear HLABC Members,

Happy New Year of the Tiger!

Date: March 4, 2022

Time: 9:30am – 10:30am (PST)
Location: Online via Zoom

Don’t forget, you must be an HLABC member to register!

To become an HLABC member or to renew your membership, simply go to http://hlabc.chla-absc.ca/membership/join-hlabc/. It just takes a minute to renew!

PIease contact hlabcexec@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

We hope to see you there!

SAVE THE DATE! – Nov. 27, 2021 – Continuing Education Event: “Going Grey with Google Scholar”

by | 29 October 2021
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Going Grey with Google Scholar for Systematic Reviews

Live! Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PST – Sign Up here!

About the MLA Webinar

Google Scholar is a frequently cited grey literature source in knowledge syntheses and other searches, but it’s not always easy to identify the grey literature types you can find there. Sarah Bonato, MLA resident expert on all things Google Scholar and grey, will show you how to identify all the types of grey literature available in Google Scholar.

You’ll also learn from Sarah advanced search techniques that help you locate just what you want, and, because every database has limitations, you’ll learn about alternative sources of grey literature. You’ll leave the webinar prepared to do your own grey literature searches on Scholar and to advise review team members on using Google Scholar as a source of grey literature.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

–          Describe the types of grey literature available in Google Scholar

–          Use search techniques to locate grey literature in Google Scholar

–          Assist research teams in deciding to use Google Scholar in searches

–          Modify complex database searches search to find grey literature

–          Explain the value of using Google Scholar compared to other methods for finding grey literature

–          Document a Google Scholar search for grey literature

Audience

Librarians and information professionals who provide or want to provide guidance on searching. Prior searching experience is helpful, but not required.

Presenter

Sarah Bonato is the lead reference services and research services librarian at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, ON. She is a co-author of more than 10 systematic reviews/guidelines and the author of Searching the Grey Literature: A Handbook for Searching Reports, Working Papers, and Other Unpublished Research.

JOB OPPORTUNITY – WordPress Website Update: Contract Role (Remote)

by | 17 October 2021
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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 an estimated 20 hours of total work, with the possibility of being extended to 30 hours of work if needed. The desired project outcomes are as follows: 

  • Check all links; replace or remove broken ones.
  • Revise, refresh, and create content in collaboration with the HLABC Executive Team for several site pages.
  • Ensure that website style is consistent and complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

The successful candidate should be comfortable working independently to change, create, and remove sections of a WordPress site. A list of site pages to update will be provided by the Project Supervisor. 

The pay for this position will be $25/hour. The deadline for project completion is January 14, 2022. The successful candidate must have access to their own computer for this project, and will be responsible for tracking their time. 

Please submit a cover letter and resume to hlabcexec@gmail.com by October 30th, 2021. 

MEMBERSHIP – Memberships for Existing Members Extended for the 2021-2022 term!

by | 4 June 2021
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As announced in the 2021 Annual General Meeting, existing members will have their 2020-2021 memberships extended to 2021-2022. Those who paid for June 1, 2020 – May 31, 2021 have their membership fee waived for June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022.

Individuals who did not register for the 2020-2021 term and would like to join the 2021-2022 term are welcome to purchase registration on our website as usual: https://hlabc.chla-absc.ca/membership/join-hlabc/