We are delighted to share volume 13, issue 4 of HINT with you. In this issue Grace Hillis talks about multi-sensory storytelling, Joanne Callinan talks about her experience of the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care – Education Fellowship and Margaret Morgan features in our Day In The Life section. Meanwhile, Diarmuid Stokes tells us about an introduction to literature searching MOOC and Louise Farragher shares tips about useful research resources, while Caroline Rowan suggests something new for Christmas – bookcrossing!
Month: December 2015
Health Service Excellence Awards 2016 – nominate a librarian
The HSE’s Health Service Excellence Awards are now open for expressions of interest. The Awards are open to all staff working in the public health system directly run or funded by the HSE. These may include any service provided directly to the public including clinical services, primary care or social / family support; support services including catering, portering, security, clerical and management to include people management processes, information technology or service management initiatives.
It would be a good opportunity to raise the profile of projects which librarians have been involved in so if you have developed or participated in a project which meets the criteria, submit your details for approval. Let’s get some recognition for our work!
Full details are available at: http://www.hse.ie/excellenceawards
HSLG and A&SL New Year Networking Evening
Here’s an important date for your social diary….
The Joint Committees of the Health Sciences Libraries Group (HSLG) & the Academic & Special Libraries Section (A&SL) would like to invite you to our Joint New Year Networking Evening in the Royal Irish Academy , on Wednesday 13 January 2016 at 6pm.
This year we are delighted to have Dr Sandra Collins, Director of the National Library, as our speaker on the night. Dr Collins will give a talk on the National Library and 1916.
To whet your appetite, you might like to check out the National Library’s online exhibition The 1916 Rising: Personalities and Perspectives at http://www.nli.ie/1916/
As this is a free event with a drinks and canapés reception following the talk, it’s sure to be popular, so book your place here.
HSLG 2015 Conference presentations
The presentations from this year’s conference can now be viewed via Slideshare. Many thanks to all our presenters for allowing us to share their presentations.
The future depends on what you do today”: evolving subject support in UCD Library for a sustainable future Diarmuid Stokes
The creation and evolution of the Irish Health Sciences Library Group inter-library loan service Anne O’Byrne
Tweeting your grief: Developing a workshop on social media and grief Laura Rooney Ferris
Collaborating to synthesise evidence: perspectives on the role of the Information Professional Maura Flynn
The winner of the poster competition were Niamh O’Sullivan of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. Second prize went to Mairea Nelson of the Health Research Board
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Date for HSLG 2016 Conference Announced
The date for the ever popular HSLG 2106 conference has been announced for 12th and 13th May 2016 and the theme this year is “advancing Health Library Skill Sets”.
More information to follow.
New issue of HINT now available
Hello all,
Our latest issue of HINT is now available
In this issue, we have a report from Aoife Lawton on the EAHIL Workshops in Edinburgh and a report from Diarmuid Stokes on the CONUL conference which took place in Athlone. Louise Farragher of the Health Research Board recommends 5 websites, Caroline Rowan reports on an Online Privacy session which took place in the Royal Irish Academy and Diarmuid Stokes talks about software which can help you create your own digital content.
As always, we welcome your opinions and feedback so please get in touch with your suggestions and contributions.
The Librarian as Researcher
We’re delighted to bring you this excellent CPD workshop at an equally excellent price.
This custom-made workshop, “The Librarian as Researcher”, will provide healthcare librarians with a practical guide to undertaking research. It will get you well on the way to carrying out your own piece of research, big or small, and provide useful information on supporting research within your organisation. Use the day to identify research partners with similar interests from among your colleagues. The afternoon session, based on a case study by the presenter, comprehensively covers all the key steps in the publishing and dissemination process.
And don’t forget the two big events in Dublin in 2017 (12th International Congress of Medical Librarianship and EAHIL Workshop) – the host nation should be well represented, so now’s the time to get in touch with your inner researcher!
All for the incredible price of €30 – an early Christmas gift from HSLG! We want to make it as easy as possible for everyone to attend.
Book your place: Booking Form Librarian as Researcher
The presenter is Rosarie Coughlan who has a very impressive track record in the area of research. Rosarie is Scholarly Publishing Librarian at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (since August 2014 to present). In this role she manages the University’s Journal Hosting Service, a facility provided by the Library to enable University staff, students and faculty to publish their own journal or conference proceedings. She also manages the institutional research repository –QSpace, home to Queen’s University’s peer-reviewed open access research. She also coordinates library support to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
Before joining Queen’s Rosarie was Information Literacy Librarian at Concordia University, Montreal, coordinating support for teaching and learning via the Library. Prior to this she worked as Research Support Librarian for Science, technology and medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway supporting research units across the university in key areas of research performance measurement, scholarly communications, open access publishing and Information literacy.
Date: 17th December 2015
Venue: UCD, Belfield – exact room to be advised.
Price: €30
Outline schedule (you’ll find the full outline for the day at the bottom of the page):
Registration and coffee: 10.30 (This later start is to facilitate those travelling)
Morning session: 11.00 – 12.30
Lunch: 12.30 – 13.15 (Lunch isn’t provided but there will be café facilities on campus.)
Afternoon session: 13.15 – 16.00
Note: this workshop will fill very quickly. Anyone wishing to attend should notify the undersigned as early as possible – Booking form is attached. LAI Certification is being requested for this Workshop.
Workshop Outline
This workshop will explore the evolving landscape in research and dissemination, both for librarians as researchers undertaking research in any setting from hospitals to Health Boards and as publishers within academia. The session will be highly practical and interactive, drawing on participants own research and shared experience through group discussion and exchange.
Part 1: Doing Research – Librarians as Researchers
This session will explore key areas of research planning and dissemination within the field of Library and Information Science, including:
- Getting started: forming effective research questions
- Research methodologies
- Research process planning
- Research dissemination – methods and approaches.
Part 2: Enabling Research Dissemination – Librarian as Publisher, a Case Study
- The Library and publisher: opportunities and challenges
- Journal Hosting Service at Queen’s University Library, Ontario, Canada:
- Managing a journal hosting service using Open Journal Systems
- Supporting the publication workflow, from submission, peer review, editing, online publication, indexing and exposure.
- Beyond the scholarly journal – evolving models in digital scholarship and the role of librarians – what’s next?
New Issue of HEAR
Here is the latest issue of HEAR, which is on the topic of Prostate Cancer.
Included are useful links to books, guidelines and review articles. We also include patient information and education, useful websites, support groups and information for emotional/mental Health.
HSLG annual general reports 2013 – 2014
The annual report of the Health Sciences Libraries Group is submitted each year to the Library Association of Ireland.
The reports include brief information about the activities of the HSLG Committee during the specified years.
- Chairperson’s report
- CPD report
- Communications Officer report
- Treasurer report