Home · Journal - HSLJ · News · Publications

Health Sciences Libraries Journal Vol. 2, Issue 1 (2026) – Published

The latest issue of HSLJ – Summer 2026, is now published

You can read the latest issue here 

 

Vol. 2, Issue 1, Table of Contents

Editorial

  • By HSLJ Editor-in-Chief, Jean McMahon

 

Research-based Articles

  • Australia’s Place in Library and Information Science (LIS) Education: Evolution, Progress and Future Challenges, Annmarie Whyte

 

Practice-based Articles

  • Not Just Evidence-Based, But Experience-Based: Establishing a Neurodivergent Peer Support Network for Staff in the Library and Information Sector, Andrew Walsh, Joanne Fitzpatrick and Amelia Haire

  • Depicting Trauma, Building Community: Expanding the Scope of Graphic Medicine-Comics, Shared Experience, & Collective Care, Jane Burns

  • Human Books, Real Stories: Creating Space for Empathy at The Human Library in Dublin City University, Eilís O’Neill and Gwendolyn O’Connor

  • Building AI Literacy Through Library-Led Copilot Training: A Practice-Based Case Study, Mairead Mc Keown and David Lombard

  • Growing Together: Scaffolding Systematic Review Training for Early Career Health Sciences Librarians, Bryn Murphy and Emily C. Adydan 

 

Regular Features

  • SHOUT, Mary Dunne
  • James Wilkinson and the Evolution of Public Librarianship in Turbulent Times, Mairead Mooney
  • Libraries are for Everyone, Dr Deborah Reed
  • A Library Career: Spanning Public, Health and School Libraries in New Zealand and Ireland, Penny Wiggle

 

Reports and Reviews

  • HSLG Conference Report, Therese Ahern, Breeda Herlihy, Dymphna McGettigan, Aoife McGrath, Julianne O’Callaghan

 

Updates

  • In Memoriam. Dr Beatrice Doran PhD, MBA, BA, Dip Lib

 

The deadlines for our Winter 2026 issue are:

  • Research articles (peer review) – July 10th 2026
  • General submissions – October 1st 2026

For information on submitting an article please see https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj/about/submissions