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

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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

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Health Sciences Libraries Journal Vol. 1, Issue 2 (2025) – Published

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The Winter issue of our Health Sciences Libraries Journal is now published.

You can access our journal at: https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj/index

 

Volume 1, Issue 2, Table of Contents:

Editorial

  • By HSLJ Editor-in-Chief, Jean McMahon

Practice-Based Articles

  • We All Have a Story to Tell: Why Librarians Should Write about and Share What They Do, Martin O’Connor
  • Time for SerendipiTEA: A Health Library-Led Cross-Organisational Randomised Coffee Trial, Paul Breen and Liis Cotter
  • The Anatomy of a Journal: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How, Mary Dunne, Breeda Herlihy and Julianne O’Callaghan
  • Face Value: How Living with An Appearance Difference Informs Library Customer Service, Maeve Kerins

Regular Features

  • Marcia Crocker Noyes: The Librarian Who Never Left, Meg Fairfax Fielding
  • A Day in the Life of a Medical Librarian in an Academic Family Medicine Department, Alex Henigman
  • Becoming Tusla’s First Librarian, Ian Feerick
  • A Reflection on Forty Years Working in Libraries, Helen Fallon
  • SHOUT: Sharing Hints, Outcomes and Useful Techniques, Mary Dunne

Reports and Reviews

  • Sharpening Search Skills: Reflections on a Peer-Review Search Strategies Course, Aileen Garrihy

Updates

  • IN MEMORIAM. Dr Bríd McGrath BA (Mod), MLitt, PhD, DLIS

The deadlines for our Summer 2026 issue are:

  • Research articles (peer review) – January 10th 2026
  • General submissions – April 1st 2026

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

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HSLG launch our new Health Sciences Libraries Journal

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The HSLG committee are delighted to announce the launch of our new diamond open access Health Sciences Libraries Journal (HSLJ).

The purpose of HSLJ is to provide a forum for those working in the library and information sector to share and showcase knowledge and experience. Through harnessing our collective knowledge, we aim to enhance our ability to make evidence-informed decisions in practice, enable creativity and change, and promote our value and professional abilities.

You can access our journal at https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj/index

Volume 1, issue 1, table of contents:

Editorial

  • By our Editor in Chief Jean McMahon

Practice-based articles

  • Cultivating the Power of Curiosity in Professional Practice, Mary Dunne
  • Strengthening the Future of Health Science Librarianship: An Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring, Eimear Carney
  • Guiding Success: Staff Support for Undergraduate Nursing Students in Academic Poster Design, Ann Byrne and Irene O’Dowd
  • Navigating Complexity: Strategies for Libraries in a Rapidly Changing World, Mairéad McKeown and Amy Bond
  • Practical Techniques for Being More Creative at Work, Peter Reilly

Reports & reviews

  • Report of the HSLG Conference 2025, Jim Healy

Regular features

  • SHOUT: Sharing Hints, Outcomes and Useful Techniques

Please consider submitting an article for future issues. We welcome submissions from those across all sectors with topics that are of potential interest to health librarians. There are a number of submission types. Research articles will be peer reviewed. Practice-based articles include items such as case studies, project reports and commentaries. We also welcome book, podcast, website reviews and recommendations, product reviews and event reports.

We aim to publish two issues each year.

  • The deadline for general submissions is 01 April (for summer) or 01 October (for winter).
  • The deadline for (peer reviewed) research articles is 10 January (for summer) or 10 July (for winter).

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

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HINT Summer 2021

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HINT 19(2) Summer 2021

Contents:

  • A Message to the Future: Rotunda’s Time Capsule (Elaine Peppard)
  • The Library Becomes a Place to ‘Spark’ and Make Ideas a Reality (Natasha Smith & Miriam Williams)
  • HSLG Virtual Journal Club Report: Reflective Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship (Breeda Herlihy)
  • Review of YHEC Zoom Training: Advanced Search Strategy Design for Complex Topics:
  • Strategy Development, Text Analytics and Text Mining (Anne Madden)  
  • Research and Information Intersection (3): Creating a Research and Information Needs Analysis (Bernard Barrett)
  • Tips for Writing in Plain English  (Niamh O’Sullivan)
  • Book Review: “The Adventures of China Iron” by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Elaine Peppard)
  • LITE Reading (Library, Information, Technology & Evidence) (MaryDunne)
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HINT SPRING 2019

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Our first issue of HINT (Health Information News and Thinking) for 2019 is finally here!

This issue is a HSLG 2019 Conference Special so there’s plenty of photos and reviews of the conference held in February this year.

To view our latest issue click here

We love to hear about new initiatives, projects and events running in your library. If you would like to submit content for the Summer issue of HINT please send details to contacthslg@gmail.com

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HEAR – Focus on Cystic Fibrosis.

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HEAR (Health Evidence Awareness report) is a newsletter designed to signpost HEAR_Cystic_Fibrosisinformation about specific health topics. HEAR is the result of a collaboration between librarians in a number of hospitals and health care settings across Ireland. This newsletter has useful information for both clinicians and patients. It contains information for patients, families and carers with links to support groups & organisations, books, multimedia and patient education. It also contains links to latest systematic reviews and Irish research in this topic.

Cystic fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system. It causes them to become clogged with thick, sticky mucus. It is caused by a faulty gene that controls the movement of salt and water in and out of cells in the body. When cystic fibrosis occurs, too much salt and not enough water pass into the cells and turn the body’s secretions, which normally act as a lubricant, into a thick mucus. This mucus clogs up many of the body’s tubes, ducts and passageways so they cannot work properly. In the lungs, this leads to frequent and severe infections.

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HEAR – Focus on Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussion

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Welcome to the 3rd issue of HEAR for 2018. The purpose of the Health Evidence Awareness Report is to provide specialised information to health professionals, patients and the public about specific health topics. Each issue is a result of the collaboration of librarians from health organisations across Ireland. This issue looks at some aspects of traumatic brain injury and concussion. 

HEAR TBI & Concussion

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

A TBI is caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from “mild” (i.e., a brief change in mental status or consciousness) to “severe” (i.e., an extended period of unconsciousness or memory loss after the injury). Most TBIs that occur each year are mild, commonly called concussions. 

Concussion

Concussion is defined by the HSE as “the sudden but short-lived loss of mental function that occurs after a blow or other injury to the head. The medical term for concussion is minor traumatic brain injury”. Symptoms include memory loss, confusion, brief loss of consciousness, vision disturbance HSE A-Z Health Topics Concussion

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