Diary of Events
This listing aims to provide information about meetings, conferences and short courses particularly relevant to health librarians and information professionals in the UK and Ireland.
Please send items for inclusion in this list to Julia Garthwaite at j.garthwaite@ucl.ac.uk
Details are correct at the time of writing, but please check with event organisers.
Listing on this page is free, and details of relevant events around the UK & Ireland are very welcome. The decision on what to include is based on relevance and accessibility for health information professionals. In addition to medical and nursing librarians, this includes staff working with professions allied to health, and providing health information to the public.
Mainly specific to health information, it includes a small number of general LIS events.
Contents
17 May 2012
Basic critical appraisal skills workshop (BMA and ScHARR)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBCASWorkshops.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
18 May 2012
Extended critical appraisal skills workshop (BMA and ScHARR)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBExtendedCritAppSkillsWorkshop.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
24 May 2012
Online searching course (advanced)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBSeekEvidenceMedline.jsp
£160 + VAT (members); £320 + VAT (non-members)
15 June 2012
Online searching (MEDLINE Plus) – basic
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBOnlineSearchingCourses.jsp
£160 + VAT (members); £320 + VAT (non-members)
3- 6 July 2012
The Nottingham Systematic Review Course
University of Nottingham, Nottingham
http://szg.cochrane.org/workshops-and-events
£899
12 - 13 July 2012
HLG Conference 2012: Health libraries under the microscope: perfecting your formula
Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
http://www.uhl-library.nhs.uk/hlg2012/
Registration and fees to be announced
14 September 2012
Online searching course (advanced)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBSeekEvidenceMedline.jsp
£160 + VAT (members); £320 + VAT (non-members)
12 October 2012
Basic critical appraisal skills workshop (BMA and ScHARR)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBCASWorkshops.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
18 October 2012
Basic critical appraisal skills workshop (BMA and ScHARR)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBCASWorkshops.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
19 October 2012
Extended critical appraisal skills workshop (BMA and ScHARR)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBExtendedCritAppSkillsWorkshop.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
26 October 2012
Online searching (MEDLINE Plus) – basic
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBOnlineSearchingCourses.jsp
£160 + VAT (members); £320 + VAT (non-members)
15 November 2012
Refresher critical appraisal skills workshop
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/librarycoursesrcas.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
16 November 2012
Refresher critical appraisal skills workshop
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/librarycoursesrcas.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
23 November 2012
Online searching course (advanced)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBSeekEvidenceMedline.jsp
£160 + VAT (members); £320 + VAT (non-members)
29 November 2012
Refresher critical appraisal skills workshop
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/librarycoursesrcas.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
7 December 2012
Extended critical appraisal skills workshop (BMA and ScHARR)
BMA House, London
http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/library_courses/LIBExtendedCritAppSkillsWorkshop.jsp
£150 + VAT (lunch included)
INTERNATIONAL
11 – 15 June 2012
CHLA/ABSC Conference 2012
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
http://www.chla-absc.ca/2012/
Registration and fees to be announced
23 – 27 June 2012 [Pre-conference 23-24 June, Conference 25-27 June]
HTAi 2012 Annual Meeting: HTA in Integrated Care for a Patient Centered System
Bilbao, Spain
http://www.htai2012.org/
Early bird registration from 16 January 2012 – 30 April 2012
Fees to be announced
2 - 6 July 2012 [Pre conference 2 – 3 July, Conference 4 – 6 July]
EAHIL 2012: Health information without frontiers
UCL, Brussels, Belgium
http://www.eahil2012.be/
Registration and fees to be announced
11 - 17 August 2012
World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Helsinki, Finland
http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78
Early bird registration until 15 May 2012. Range of package options