Contents: suggestion to form an honorary advisory panel to help librarians to establish new medical libraries; potential for a scholarship for training in medical librarianship; talk by Fay Baker on her trip to the Philippines as Medical Library Consultant with the World Health Organization.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
ALIA National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead
This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the paper which details the 'scavenger hunt' designed by the Research Services Coordinator at Curtin University to engage library staff in developing research data management skills. The paper explores the background and methods of the scavenger hunt as well as presenting the lessons learned from an amibitious project that did not proceed quite according to plan. The experience it offers is valuable for librarians looking to undertake work in the emerging area of research data management.
This document identifies and describes the ALIA Health Libraries Australia (ALIA HLA) eight competency areas. Health librarians, from novice to expert, need a basic understanding of each competency area:
Article from INCITE January/February 2022 Volume 43 Issue 1: Beginnings.
Discussion of the ways university librarians can support the production of research impact assessments in Australian universities.
HLA News: National News Bulletin of Health Libraries Australia - The national health group of the Australian Library and Information Association
Contents: Adding and finding treasure in Trove -- Convenor's focus -- Driving innovation and excellence: HLA/Medical Director Health Informatics Innovation Award -- EBLIP goes to USA -- HLA scholarship winner announced -- Which drugs work best for nausea and vomiting in the ED? Ask the library! --- Lost opportunity: '85% of biomedical research is wasted' - not to mention librarians -- MLA News -- Ipswich Hospital Library reinvigoration -- National round-up: WA and Queensland -- HLA PD Day, MOOCs and online training -- Professional development diary dates.
In an increasingly information and knowledge-based age, one of the many elements of a world class education for all Australian students is access to high quality modern library services through the provision of professionally staffed 21st century school libraries.
This document identifies and describes the ALIA Health Libraries Australia (ALIA HLA) eight competency areas. Health librarians, from novice to expert, need a basic understanding of each competency area:
For the benefit for members, courses, study programs or professional development events are compared to the competency areas which are covered, and details of the courses are discussed.
Contents: report on launch of Recommended list of books, journals and reference material for small health science libraries; report on Victorian Drug Information Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital; report on CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature); libraries with facsimile access (even though the fax machine is located outside the library); online ILL ordering via ELHILL; applications invited for the Anne Harrison Award; Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association; librarians and legal responsibility.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead
This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) puts forward the Academic Librarian Competencies Model (ALCM) based on the findings of a single-workplace study which explores the approaches and tools Early Career Librarians (ECLs) can utilise to equip themselves with the necessary skills and capabilities to determine their own professional development.
The authors are ECLs, working as members of Monash University Library’s (MUL) Research and Learning team. This team’s mandate is to ensure students develop the required research and academic writing skills for success both while at university, and in the workforce. The library as a professional environment is on the cusp of pivotal change with baby boomer employees approaching retirement age.
With this change comes the threat of a loss of knowledge, with outgoing staff potentially taking skills with them before ECLs have had a chance to recognise and work towards developing these skills for themselves.To address this issue, this paper discusses the adaption of the Work Skill Development (WSD) Framework (Bandaranaike & Willison, 2009), and the Chartered Institution of Library and Information Professionals’ (CILIP) Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB) self-assessment tool (CILIP, 2014). Through the adaptation of these two generic frameworks, the authors have created ALCM which is specific to those working in the academic library sector, and allows ECLs in particular to map their existing capabilities against the skills necessary for professional development.
Contents: ruling from LAA allows MLG to request funding as a Special Interest Group for special projects; journal list update; part-time librarians appointed to Mount Royal Special Hospital for the Aged and the Mt Eliza Geriatric Centre; report of talk by Trevor Topfer, Training Manager, Hoechst Pharmaceutical Department, on the role of the librarian in patient education; report on joint meeting with the Information Science Section (Victorian Group) of the LAA on Medline: its present use and plans for future development, speakers: Sandra Russell (Monash University), Anne Harrison (University of Melbourne), and Paul Hodgson (Australian MEDLARS Service). Paul hoped that Medline would extend into the hospital field in the near future; Committee: Elizabeth Osborn, Chairman, Anne McLean, Vice-Chairman/Treasurer, Jane Oliver, Secretary.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
HLA News: National News Bulletin of Health Libraries Australia - The national health group of the Australian Library and Information Association
Contents: Librarians and research: the ethics committee -- Convenor's focus -- Let's talk in 2018: Twitter chat series and questions about this issue of HLA News -- Whither resource sharing -- Applications open: HLA/Medical Director Digital Health Innovation 2018 Award and the Anne Harrison 2018 Award -- Opinion piece: attribution and acknowledgement -- Holiday challenge: take the Chief Scientist's storytime pledge -- Conference report: HIMAA/NCCH Conference -- Member spotlight: Taryn Hunt -- Professional development diary dates.
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Australian School Library Association (ASLA) policy describing the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in school libraries and their impact on the delivery and use of information and communication services.
Contents: report of unproductive meeting with Hospital and Charities Commission that, until we could prove there was a need for librarians in country hospitals, we could not expect much sympathy from the boards of management; more discussion about an advisory committee for country hospitals; loose-leaf format proposed for medical library directory; $2 subscription due.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
Australian Library Design Awards and Conference, 19 June 2017 Melbourne
The Australian Library Design Awards have been created to showcase the best in contemporary library interiors and exteriors in Australia, and to celebrate the investment in libraries made by our nation's institutions, corporations, local, state and territory governments. They have been developed in the context of other competitions internationally, including the American Institute of Architects/American Library Association Library Building Awards and the Danish Agency for Culture Model Programme for Public Libraries Public Library of the Year Award. The entries, shortlisted and winning designs provide case studies in excellent library design for the 21st Century.
The awards are organised by the Australian Library and Information Association in partnership with the Australian Public Library Alliance and Council of Australian University Librarians. The organising committee includes senior library leaders from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, acting on behalf of colleagues nationally. More than 30 libraries were entered for the inaugural Australian Library Design Awards 2017. Public, school, academic and special libraries all featured in the entries, and there was a special award for the library voted for by ALIA Members.
The Competency Mapping work has produced a list of health-related courses, events and programs offered in 2018 that are relevant to health librarians and technicians in Australia. The courses are also mapped to HLA's eight competency areas.
Contents: report on Achieving Excellence: fourth Asian-Pacific Special and Law Librarians Conference with the Ninth Biennial Health Librarians Conference, management strategies for the one-person or minimal staff health services library; Australia-wide scheme for serials duplicates; quality assurance in health libraries; budget survey of Melbourne hospital libraries.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
Publication by Freedom of Access to Information and Resources (FAIR) reporting on research into teacher librarian impact on reading, digital literacy, critical thinking and research skills in schools. Report also discusses nomination process and nominees for the Great School Libraries campaign.
HLA News: National News Bulletin of Health Libraries Australia - A group of the Australian Library and Information Association
Contents: Pay per view for end users: experience from a pilot project -- From your convenor -- Library supervision: adapting the Queensland P&CHS supervision model for health librarianship -- About the ALIA PD Scheme -- Some like it hot: residential evidence based practice event -- Expanding EBP horizons -- News from your sponsor: Informit -- Expert searching by Australian health librarians -- HLA 2011 Executive Committee list -- Book reviews -- Diary dates.
Contents: report on farewell for Pat Nakouz and HEAPS (Health Education and Promotion System); hospital statistics; combined presentation to the Law Librarians' Group; quality assurance sub-committee; alternative ILL schemes eg Central Medical Libraries Organisation and Victorian GRATIS ILL scheme; proposed CMLO ILL scheme; GRATIS/GRATISSA revisited; professional pay rates; union rationalisations; nursing education library facilities sub-committee; Australian Medical Libraries Group (ACT Branch) now called Australian Association for Health Literature and Information Sciences (AAHLIS); medical librarianship NETSDI output; Executive: Veronica Delafosse, Enid Meldrum, Andrew Rooke, Sandra Russell, Jocelyn Dixon, Sue McNair, Jean Leith.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead.
This conference paper discusses how ibrarians have always played a crucial role in cultivating world class research. Yet, increasingly, all modern research involves some form of computation. If skills such as programming and data analysis are not routinely taught as part of a library science curriculum, what pathways exist for librarians to acquire these skills so they can go on to play a greater role in supporting researchers and in making greater use of the data generated within their own institutions? Library Carpentry is one model for skills acquisition. How could it be put to use in rebooting librarianship for the 21st century – which is already tipped to be the century of big data?
HLA News: National News Bulletin of Health Libraries Australia - The national health group of the Australian Library and Information Association
Contents: In our sights: the scoping review -- Convenor's focus -- Resources for health librarians working with researchers and data -- Find yourself in a library: participate in Library and Information Week -- Getting creative with library outreach at Dementia Australia -- HLA PD Day keynote speaker announcement -- Member spotlight: Alice Anderson -- 2018 professional development opportunities.
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Australian School Library Association (ASLA) policy to fulfil a school's teaching and learning goals through a well funded and appropriately resources school library.
Contents: quotes for Medical Libraries' Directory; request to update draft list of recommended journals for small libraries; comments on the standards of medical journals; wages case of the Association of Hospital and Health Services Librarians; talk by L. Walsh on the regional organization of hospitals and hospital services in Victoria - commenced 1954, rearranged 1970, suggested ways for country library services.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
The Competency Mapping work has produced a list of approximately 110 health-related courses, events and programs offered in 2019 that are relevant to health librarians and technicians in Australia. The courses are also mapped to HLA's eight competency areas.
ALIA Information Online 2015 Conference, 2-5 February 2015 Sydney : at the edge.
This conference paper provides an analysis of a case study in which liaison librarians collaborated with science academics to develop innovative digital literacy activities and assessment tasks for undergraduate units related to ‘Judging Reliability and Accuracy of Information’.
The case study reveals that engaging students in meaningful learning activities and assessment tasks creates dynamic and powerful learning experiences for first and second year students. In addition, the leadership that the liaison librarians demonstrate in activities that capitalise on problem based learning, elements of gaming, peer assessment, and new ways of communicating has prompted open conversations and collaborations with academics about further opportunities.
Contents: Mrs Drury thanked on her retirement as voluntary librarian at Ballarat Hospital; Elizabeth Ross appointed as Librarian, School of Nursing, Prince Henry's Hospital; circular advising the appointment of Pat Nakouz as Regional Medical Librarian sent to medical administrators of all hospitals by the Hospital and Charities Commission; letter from Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Race, suggested that Consultative Panel librarians' services were honorary and could not receive reimbursement of travelling expenses; protest letter to be sent; Seminar on Resource Sharing in Medical Libraries presented by Colin Freeman, Principal Librarian, Life Sciences, National Library of Australia - tapes available from Lincoln Institute; tragic death of Thora Grey, Lincoln Institute Librarian.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
ALIA Asia Pacific Special Interest Group (ALIA APSIG) is a national group that aims to lead efforts in identifying new sources of support for the development between information professionals in the region, through two-way co-operation. It also aims to provide a forum for members to discuss regional professional issues and to communicate these to the appropriate forum; hosts public talks relating to relevant issues; and produce a membership newsletter three times per year.
This document recounts the history of the Asia and Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG) which celebrated twenty-two years of activities in August 2010.
This presentation (PowerPoint slides) provides reports by librarians and other school staff on school library services within schools located in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
Contents: Formation of the Australian Medical Librarians' Group; National Council. Present were: Brenda Heagney, Anne Harrison, Jac Baillie, Judith Lloyd and George Franki. The state representatives are: Allan Bourne, Amy Bush, Bert Pribac, Maureen Bell, Merle Ellens and Ingrid Sims.
Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.
ALIA 2016 National Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016, Adelaide: Engage, Create, Lead
[Peer reviewed] This paper engages with the issue, raised by Lonsdale in 2003, of a lack of data regarding national staffing trends in Australian school libraries. The authors review the literature available, including general census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, library sector-specific information, and data from the education sector (including school libraries). Particular focus is given to the Staff in Australian Schools survey, as well as its limitations.
The authors discuss three main findings from their research: 1) declining numbers of teachers in primary school libraries, 2) a growing inequity between numbers of staff in low-SES and high-SES school libraries, and 3) the prevalence of teachers with little or no tertiary qualifications in library studies working in school libraries. The authors also examine residual gaps in the data and provide the following recommendations: work to collect and share data across relevant sectors; partner with the library industry to commission and fund broader kinds of research; and connect research to national and local priorities such as those related to school students' performance.