Friday, December 07, 2007

HLA News - November 2007 issue

ALIA HLA members should have already received their copy of the November 20007 issue of HLA News via email.

In this issue you will meet Aussie expat Janene Batten as she talks about her life at Yale and the sometimes indirect routes to life's perfect destination.

Terry Harrison reports on the third UK Clinical Librarians Conference and Ann Ritchie reflects on the IFLA satellite conference on CPD. Terry has also penned the Left Field column in this issue, which for the first time is written by someone looking from within the sector.

We also celebrate the retirements of Titi Alexander and Ian Stubbin - not their going, but the sector's good fortune in having them!

Last up, hands up for dreaming08 -­ a genuine health libraries stream within the conference and a professional development day as a satellite event.

The November issue is now up on the HLA newsletter website. Members can access this issue by logging on using their 6-digit ALIA membership number and password.

All preceding issues of HLA News are open access.

Thanks to our newsletter sponsor EBSCO for their renewed sponsorship of HLA News.

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