Welcome to the first European Association of Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) Conference being held in Riga, the capital city of Latvia, from 11th to 14th June 2024. The Conference theme "Small Step and a Giant Leap: Reorienting Towards a New Environment" captures the need for libraries to adapt and thrive in an evolving… Continue reading EAHIL 2024
The A&SL and the HSLG are inviting members to a joint networking evening on Monday June 17th at 6.30pm in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street. Deirdre Madden, Assistive Technology Outreach Co-ordinator, Disability Support Service, UCC, will give a talk on inclusive/assistive technologies and how they can make the impossible possible for some people. Register… Continue reading Summer Social & Joint Network Evening
The HLG Committee is pleased to announce that the next HLG Conference will be held in June 2024 in London, UK. When: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st June 2024 Where: Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrew's Place, London NW1 4LE, and online The theme around the conference will be 'Connecting'; connecting with Users, connecting… Continue reading HLG conference 2024
LIBER 2024 Annual Conference Theme: ‘State-of-the-art libraries in the service of science and society’. Research libraries are dynamic entities that evolve rapidly within society, research, and academia, in times when there is an urgency to solve critical global problems. While we often need time to reflect and assess what we have done, we are challenged… Continue reading LIBER 2024
The conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Engineering & Informatics at the Technological University of the Shannon, Midlands campus. Day 1: July 16th pre-conference workshops/ informal meet & greet Day 2 & 3: July 17th & 18th conference We’re planning a fun and engaging conference with lots of cultural events to welcome you… Continue reading Graphic Medicine 2024 conference
EAHIL's Evidence-Based Information SIG's next webinar is on Monday 23rd September 2024. Facilitated by Julie Glanville this 1.5hr webinar will demonstrate a selection of AI tools that can be used to assist systematic searching/systematic reviews. The demonstrations will be followed by a discussion of those tools and other tools that participants have found useful and… Continue reading AI-tools and their use for systematic searching/systematic reviews
Information specialists at the Health Research Board will give an introduction to the concept of strategic foresight; and improving search strategy development and reporting for better evidence. Agenda 10:00 am Welcome 10:05 Managing uncertainty through strategic foresight Strategic foresight is an approach to planning and policymaking that attempts to manage uncertainty. It does that this… Continue reading Developing strategic foresight and quality reviews: insight from the HRB
To celebrate Open Access week TUS Library are holding an online webinar to showcase their newly updated and expanded OER Index and to launch the TUS Open Press, Pressbooks. The index features some health and social care OER and the Pressbook features OER relating to emerging areas such as AI and immersive tech from a… Continue reading TUS OER Suite Launch
Carol Lefebvre & Julie Glanville partnering with Instats present a live streaming 2-day workshop on identifying clinical trials and trial results for systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis. The course will cover sources such as trials, trial results registers, regulatory agency sources and other resources. Participants will learn how to search the above sources, how… Continue reading Identifying Unpublished Clinical Trial Data for Evidence Synthesis
The Library Assessment Conference brings together practitioners and researchers working in the broad fields of library assessment, user experience, and organizational performance measurement. This 2024 multi-day event includes a mix of keynote speakers, workshops, and contributed papers and posters that stimulate discussion and provide actionable ideas for practitioners.
