Health Libraries Australia and Health Libraries Inc have been successful in winning the 2016 $5000 ALIA Research Award. This collaborative research – to be known as the HeLiNS (Health Libraries for the National Standards) Project will be jointly coordinated by Ann Ritchie (Convenor HLA) and Michele Gaca (President HLI). Gemma Siemensma and Jeremy Taylor will lead the two component studies.
The first forum was held in Victoria on 8 July 2016 with support from Health Libraries Inc. The forum discussed topics managers saw as important to health libraries. Members can view the full report on Health Inform.
Health Libraries Inc (HLI) and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) have produced a joint report, Questions of life and death, describing the value of health library and information services in Australia.
Health Libraries Inc. (HLI), the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Health Libraries Australia (ALIA HLA) have released a study indicating that hospitals and other healthcare organisations gain a $9 return for every dollar they invest in their health libraries.