The countdown is on.... Are you ready for ALIA Access 2010 - Brisbane

Health and Specials back in partnership - along with Acquisitions, Resource Sharing, Professional Development and lots, lots more. Early bird registration closes on 7th July and, remember, it's cheaper if you register online.

The Conference dinner on Thursday 2nd September is a distributed networking opportunity and you may select from a variety of options in your registration. Join the Health crew at Kapsalis - Greek Cuisine
Address: Shop 31a Southbank Parklands, South Bank
http://conferences.alia.org.au/access2010/network.html

Make the trip even more worthwhile by participating in the QULOC (Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation) allied event that is open to all. Evidence Based Practice in Health for Librarians will be held Wednesday 1 September at the University of Queensland's Library Conference Room, St Lucia. There will be a modest charge for the day of $50 to $60. Further information and registration will be available from the QULOC website in the next few weeks.

This is a 'content-rich' day. A mix of presentations and workshops will engage and educate. Come along to hear from your Australian colleagues, and from presenters such as Carol Lefebvre (UK Cochrane Centre), Professor Chris Del Mar (Bond University), Dr Satyamurthy Anuradha, Associate Professor Suhail Doi and Dr Tammy Hoffman (UQ), Dr Ann Walsh (QUT), and Ms Connie Schardt, Past President, MLA and the Medical Centre Library, Duke University.

Round the day (Wednesday 1st September) off with a Health dinner - please contact me (remove 'no spam') from the address) by email if you would like to attend a Health get-together on Wednesday evening (1 Sepember). More on this closer to the date.

Cheryl Hamill

One for the diary: EBLIP6

The announcement has gone out that The 6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP6) Conference is to be held at the University of Salford, Greater Manchester UK from 27th-30th June 2011.

Key Dates:
Call for Abstracts: September 2010
Deadline for Abstracts: December 2010
Notification of Acceptance: January 2011
Registration Opens: March 2011

Website: http://www.eblip6.salford.ac.uk
Contact: eblip6@salford.ac.uk

So How Much Does it Cost to Run a Conference?

This post by Graham Black, ALIA Access 2010 Conference Convenor and current ALIA Vice-President, makes interesting reading. I remember someone telling me years back just how much conference budgets are eaten into by meal costs -pardon the pun! :)

Anyway, mark the dates 1-3 September in your diaries...

…a Coalition of the Willing - Health Partners with Specials, Acquisitions, the Literate Information Types, for a Conference (and an UnConference) - and All of it with a Fringe

Set aside the first week in September for a visit to Brisbane for ALIA's Access 2010 conference. Health Libraries Australia (HLA) has been busy preparing a program that is more than the usual conversation we have within the profession. It is a program to influence the direction and development of health librarianship in Australia. Where do you fit in the health workforce, what is your scope of practice in the health care team, how will you make a difference in the health system over the next few decades? Be a part of the Health stream to have your say.

Join in with our coalition partners to mine the richness of their programs. There is considerable commonality of interest with the programs being prepared by the specials, acquisitions, information literacy, unconference streams and more.

The fringe event will be held on Wednesday 1 September and is a partnership between HLA and Queensland University. This will be a more practical skills-sharing (free) event at UQ sites. Suggestions so far include workshops on Advanced PubMed and on evidence-based librarianship. You are invited to propose other topics.

It's great to see the reawakening of our Health / Specials conference relationship - let's make the most of it. Put it in your diaries now, and start writing up those submissions for support.

Places are filling...HLA at dreaming08...have you registered?

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2008

The countdown is on everyone. Numbers are building fast and there’s less than a month left for you to register for the HLA Professional Development Day at dreaming08. We need to hear from you soon. In addition to some great speakers, there’s a load of excellent PD workshops on offer and it’s your preferences that will determine the final program.

You can find the draft program and registrations forms on the ALIA HLA website.

Registrations close 18 August 2008.

HEALTH LIBRARIES STREAM, MAIN CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2008

We are very excited to announce our keynote speaker* – Dr Stephen Duckett, Executive Director, Reform & Development Division, Queensland Health and author of Australian Health Care System.

Dr Duckett’s paper will be titled, Beyond the Blame Game: National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Proposal. (Commission’s report). He'll be looking at the big picture reforms in Australia, and his view of implications for Australian health libraries. A book signing, sponsored by Ramsay Books, will be held following this session.

Visit the dreaming08 website to register.

[*Trish Greenhalgh was originally announced as keynote speaker but has had to pull out due to personal reasons.]

Ann Ritchie and Cheryl Hamill
Co-convenors, HLA at dreaming08

EAHIL Conference 2008

Is anyone planning to go to the EAHIL conference in Helsinki this year? If so, let me know if you'd be prepared to either blog from Helsinki or write for HLA News.

Don't know anything about Finland. Check out the conference blog!

11th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries
23rd - 28th of June 2008
Helsinki, Finland

Registrations now open - HLA at Dreaming08 Professional Development Day

Please visit the ALIA Health Libraries Australia website to download the registration form and draft program for the Health Libraries Professional Development Day being held on Tuesday 2 Sept 08 at the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs.

The program is looking fantastic - great content, good networking opportunities, excellent value for money.

And don't forget, the following day (Wednesday 3rd Sept 08) will feature the health stream of the ALIA Biennial Conference so don't forget to register for that as well - whether it be just the one day or the whole conference.

QANTAS flight deals to Alice Springs in time for HLA at Dreaming08

For those of you intending to go to HLA at Dreaming08 (or those who need some enticement), QANTAS has recently advertised Red e-Deals from various capital centres to Alice Springs (Sydney $198 one way; Melbourne $179 one way; Adelaide $189 one way; Perth $239 one way; Darwin $169 one way; Brisbane $199). It covers flights taken between 22 July and 18 September 2008 (click on 'Top End Deals' to see the full range of dates included in this deal) but bookings must be made by 14 April or until seats are sold out. Visit the QANTAS domestic flights page online.

HLA is not endorsing QANTAS as a preferred carrier. We're just merely letting you know so you can take advantage of the offer.

And if you need any reminding as to why you should seriously consider attending HLA at Dreaming08, go not further than our top 10 reasons.

HLA at Dreaming 08:

• Tuesday 2nd September, Health Libraries Professional Development Day.
• Wednesday 3rd September, Health Libraries Stream during the main conference program.

HLA at Dreaming08 - top 10 reasons to be there

One thing we will share from the March issue of HLA News is our top 10 reasons to be at HLA at Dreaming08.

1. Loads of health library specific content

…and it’s back to back!
Health Libraries Professional Development Day, Tuesday 2nd September
Health Libraries Stream during the main conference program, Wednesday 3rd September.

2. Prominent health library keynote speaker

Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, a regular BMJ contributor and author of 7 academic text books (remember ‘How to Read a Paper - the basics of evidence-based medicine’, BMJ Publications, 2002? Well, that’s Trish!). Her presentation will be: Tales of the field: Challenges and pitfalls of evaluating large-scale IT projects in healthcare.

3. Get a different perspective; hear the latest in health librarianship

…from invited speakers with international and national perspectives, as well as colleagues who are doing it on the ground.

4. Professional development

We guarantee you’ll learn stuff. The content is strong and practical.

5. Network, network and then network some more.

We all know this is where the real action takes place.

6. Backs onto a darn good general library conference with some strong academic content that’s applicable to ALL OF US.

Visit the Dreaming08 for more details of the program.

7. Not nearly as expensive as SOME conferences we know of!!

8. Heavy discounts on the cost of the Health Library PD day for ALIA members attending the whole conference

9. You get to be part of the HLA team spirit.

Contribute to HLA’s priorities for the next year as we lead up to the International Congress of Medical Librarians to be held in Brisbane 2009, help shape our profession’s vision for the future vision, be a part of your national group that advocates for health librarianship and coordinates national initiatives such as the Workforce Planning research that is currently underway.

10. Be wowed by Alice Springs.

It’s a unique attraction. And the Henley on Todd is the weekend before . Why not make it a holiday?

World Congress of Health Professionals Mar 26-29, Perth

Registration is open for the World Congress of Health Professionals to be held March 26-29 2008 in Perth.

"This world congress represents the first time that all health professions across all sectors, have been invited to meet. It is an opportunity to meet those in the forefront of developments in health, to hear experts share their vision of our future and to network with leaders in health from across the world."

The Congress has five themes:
Global Challenges and World Health
Innovations in Service Delivery
Workforce and Training Developments
Demands and Opportunities
The Impact of New Technology on Health Care

and is hosted by:
The Metropolitan Allied Health Council
The Allied Health Alliance of Western Australia

LIANZA Conference '07

Some of the papers to be presented at the 2007 LIANZA conference later this year look really interesting. You can find the programme and abstracts at http://www.lianza.org.nz/events/conference2007/programme.html
Please contact me if you're attending and interested in blogging from the conference and/or writing a report for HLA News.