Publications archive

HEAR – focus on bereavement

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HEAR BereavementThe purpose of HEAR is to provide specialised information to health professionals, patients and the public about key health topics. Each issue is the result of the collaborative effort of librarians from health organisations across Ireland.

This month, the focus is on Bereavement. As the only certainly we have in life is our own mortality, bereavement is an issue that affects every single one of us at some point in our lives.

Inside this issue:

  •  80 people die in Ireland every day.
  •  Approximately, 30,000 people die every year
  •  At any one time, one in 10 people are likely to be affected (McGuinness, 2007).
  •  53% or Irish people have experienced the death of someone close to them in the last two years.
  •  Research by the ESRI (Growing up in Ireland) demonstrates that 2.2% of nine year olds have lost a parent, 1.1% a sibling, 7% an aunt or uncle and 28% a grandparent.

View this issue of HEAR on Lenus

Events

HSLG AGM 2018 and Network evening with A&SL at RCSI Library

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The HSLG 2018 AGM will take place on Wednesday 27 June 2018 in the Bouchier-Hayes Auditorium, RCSI, 26 York Street, Dublin 2 at 16.30.

HSLG members should register to attend here

The AGM is an important event for members and committee members, so please do attend. Additional information about the AGM will be sent out to the HSLG mailing list.

And do remember that registration for the HSLG and A&SL Networking event, beginning on Wed 27th June at 17.30 in RCSI, is separate and you must register here to attend that event.

We will join the library staff on a tour of the library in RCSI’s new education building at 26 York Street. Please note that there are two different time slots, so please register your preference. Tours will start promptly. Latecomers will be brought up to the lecture room.

We will then hear from Kate Kelly, Director of Library Services, RCSI Library, who will provide us with some insights into competencies and professional standards in librarianship.

Stay on for the wine reception!

Spaces are limited so don’t delay!  

 

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HEAR – focus on homelessness

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HEAR (Health Evidence Awareness Report). volume 4, issue 1. Focus on homelessness. March 2018.  HEAR homelessness

The purpose of HEAR is to provide specially selected information to patients, the public and to health professionals about key health topics. Each issue is the result of the collaborative effort of librarians from health organisations across Ireland.

Homelessness is an increasingly common phenomena in Irish society at present. Individuals who are homeless face a myriad of challenges in accessing health care services. Additionally, they tend to make more frequent use of emergency departments, to have mental or physical health problems and to have different priorities in terms of their health.

This issue of HEAR is available through the LENUS repository

Conference · Events

HSLG Conference 2018 – Presentations

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The HSLG committee would like to thank all who attended and presented at HSLG 2018. It was a great event and a perfect opportunity to share ideas and network with library colleagues.  As promised we’ve uploaded the presentations for your perusal.

Leading change: the experience of the Health Service Executive.  Aoife Lawton & Sinead Roche Moore, HSE.

Does The Health Librarian Have A Role To Play In The Development & Engagement With Graphic Medicine For End Users Health Literacy?   Jane Burns, Irish Hospice Foundation & UCD.

 The Death of Expertise Anne Madden. St. Vincent’s University Hospital.

Lightening Presentations

 A librarian is announced Mary Dunne and Mairea Nelson, Health Research Board.

From Medical Shelves to Volcanoes and Elves: how the shelves of a medical library were transformed into a school library. Jean McMahon, Tallaght Hospital.

Librarians Aloud’ a podcast record of changing librarian voices and values.                 Laura Rooney Ferris, HSE.

 

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Register for HSLG annual conference 2018

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HSLG annual conference 2018: Change is gonna come: Living our core library values: Tuesday 20 February, Ashling Hotel, Dublin 8

Click on the link to view the draft programme and to register. As you will see, HSLG(LAI) members are being rewarded with a discounted rate.

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/hslg-annual-conference-2018-tickets-40899546645 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Best regards, HSLG Committee

contacthslg@gmail.com

HINT · Publications archive

HINT Winter 2017

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HINT

Our latest issue of HINT is out now! This issue includes information on how to submit your poster/presentation abstract for next year’s HSLG annual conference. Anne Madden gives us an update on The HEAL Project and Bernard Barrett talks about the deployment of Research and Information Mentors within Tusla.  Also included in this issue are reports on recent training events attended by HSLG members, upcoming courses/conferences and our regular ‘Handy Hints’ feature courtesy of Niamh O’Sullivan. I hope you all enjoy this issue.

 

 

Conference

Call for abstracts for the HSLG annual conference – 20th February 2018

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The HSLG will hold our annual conference in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin
on Tuesday, 20 February 2018

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a presentation or poster on our theme – Change is gonna come: Living our core library values.

Sub-themes:

  • Professional values
  • Values in action
  • Identity
  • Transformation and adapting to change
  • Evidence based practice

Presentations will be 20 minutes, and lightning talks, 5-10 minutes.  Posters A1 size.

Please include: Title, name of presenter(s), organization, and abstract of about 300 words

Send to contacthslg@gmail.com

Deadline for abstract submission is Friday, 12 January 2018

We will send out conference registration details shortly.

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If you are looking for inspiration don’t forget Michelle Kraft’s keynote speech on change at last summer’s ICML + EAHIL conference. (If you missed it you can watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkoCIvazQCs  Michelle’s talk starts at about 35 minutes into the ceremony.)

See also the conference presentations listed and linked here: http://eahil2017.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ICML-EAHIL-2017Presentations.pdf

 

Publications archive

HEAR – Focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder

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HEAR (Health Evidence Awareness Report). Volume 3, Issue 6. Focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder

The purpose of HEAR is to provide specialised information to health professionals, patients and the public about key health topics. Each issue is the result of the collaborative effort of librarians from health organisations across Ireland.

This issue of HEAR brings together the latest research, news and developments on HEAR ASDAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and also information for people affected by ASD including links to useful websites, patient guides, videos and blogs.

http://www.lenus.ie/hse/handle/10147/622680