Welcome to the Health Libraries Group Newsletter for Autumn/Winter 2023.
As we are almost at the end of 2023, there has been much to reflect upon over the last year. This issue features reflections from the CILIP conference, exciting projects from HLG members, and updates from all over the health library sphere. We also look to 2024 for events and conferences, many of which have bursaries available.
We would also like to introduce the new editorial team:
Co-Editor: Alice Cleaver, Assistant Librarian – NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Co-Editor: Celestina Lau, Assistant Librarian – Outreach, Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Assistant Editor: Stephen Reid, Knowledge Specialist – NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
The team would like to thank Rachel Gledhill, the HLG Newsletter’s outgoing editor, for all the valuable contributions thus far, and the knowledge passed on to the new team. They hope they can live up to her work!
Speaking of new beginnings, we bid a fond farewell to the Nursing Bulletin after nearly eight incredible years and 39 memorable issues. However, this isn’t a goodbye, but a “see you later.” In the next year’s first issue, the HLG Newsletter will proudly introduce a fresh nursing section. If you have articles that once found a home in the Nursing Bulletin, please share them with us at newsletter.hlg@cilip.org.uk.
We’re thrilled to share this edition of the HLG Newsletter with you and extend our warmest gratitude to all our contributing authors. There’s a great range of content for this issue of the newsletter – to read an article in full, just click on the title.
Articles
Thoughts from the CILIP Conference 2023
Katherine Morgan shares some highlights and thoughts on the 2023 CILIP Conference, including talks on AI, leadership, and diversity within the libraries workforce.
CILIP Conference 2023 – Reflections
In our second article on the CILIP Conference, Helen White reflects on her first CILIP Conference, discussing AI, measuring impact, and the importance of libraries.
Reflections from day one of CILIP Conference 2023
In this article, Lisa J. Lawson shares inspiration from the first day of the CILIP Conference 2023. Some of the key themes covered by speakers were the benefits and challenges of AI, the importance of personal and professional wellbeing, and using an evidence-based approach to service development and improvement.
Thinking outside the box
Gill Roberts discusses the implementation of a range of initiatives which have successfully drawn staff within her organisation to the library, and further enabled the promotion of library services and resources.
SuRe Info: Providing access to current research in information retrieval
The Summarized Research in Information Retrieval for HTA (SuRe Info) open access web resource is designed to help information specialists keep their knowledge and searching practice up-to-date and evidence-based. Here, Anna Brown provides a brief overview of the resource, and shares her experiences of working as part of the project team.
Internet Sites of Interest
Bedbugs
Bedbugs are in the UK news, having first made an appearance in Paris. They might be less topical by the time you read this, so I thought about broadening the column out to health impacts of insects more generally. But then I thought that would make the topic too big. So, after a few sites about insects in general, there are some specifically about bedbugs.
Bursaries and events
Bursary opportunity: LILAC 2024 (25-27 March 2024, Leeds Beckett University)
LILAC are offering five full bursaries for the LILAC 2024 conference, which include three days at the conference and up to £250 in expenses for travel and accomodation. An additional six ‘Local to LILAC’ day bursaries are also available, which include one day at the conference and up to £50 for travel costs. Further details are available at the link above.
Closing date for applications: Friday 17 November 2023 (17:00 GMT)
Bursaries for HLG 2024 Conference (20-21 June 2024, London & online)
Applications for bursaries to attend the HLG Conference in 2024 can still be submitted. Bursaries are being offered by The Knowledge for Healthcare Learning Academy, for attendance at the venue in London, or for online attendance. Further details available at the link above.
Closing date for applications: Friday 17 November 2023
Systematic Approaches to Searching for Evidence (Online)
This interactive online course will cover the key principles of searching for published and unpublished evidence in a systematic, transparent way. The course will draw on SCHARR’s decades of experience at the forefront of evidence synthesis, in addition to highlighting the latest available search tools and emerging techniques from the relevant methodological literature.
Nominations invited for the Cyril Barnard Memorial Prize
We are pleased to announce that the Cyril Barnard Memorial Prize will be awarded at the HLG Conference in June 2024. Please submit your nominations by no later than 31st March 2024.
HLG Conference 2024 – Call for Abstracts and Registration
It’s time to get your thinking caps on and get creative. The Call for Abstracts and Registration is now open for HLG 2024. Register for the conference now and get the Super Early Bird rate and the CILIP membership discount.
News and updates
HILJClub needs authors (and commenters)
Participation in HILJ Club is a handy way to engage with the research literature and carry out a useful bit of CPD. Each quarter one person selects an article from an issue of HILJ and writes a blog post about it.
What’s new on HLISD
Kate Lomax on recent developments and updates to the HLISD directory.
HLG Nursing Bulletin to close
After nearly eight years of publication in its present form, the HLG committee has taken the difficult decision to retire the HLG Nursing Bulletin.
National Union List of Journals – Join Us
The National Union List of Journals (NULJ) is a co-operative document supply scheme allowing libraries to share journal articles under copyright law and the NHS copyright licence. The NULJ scheme covers all aspects of health related journals.
Contact
Thank you for reading the Autumn/Winter 2023 issue of the HLG Newsletter.
We welcome your contributions to the newsletter, such as original articles, meeting reports or book reviews. Let us know what you’d like to see!
For further information, please contact the editorial team at: newsletter.hlg@cilip.org.uk.
HLG Newlsetter Autumn/Winter 2023
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