Events hosted by HLG and others
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, including brief details of those run by HLG (fuller details of these at Current Events).
Please send items for inclusion in this list to Elise Collins Elise.Collins@nccc.wales.nhs.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
Health information
UK & Ireland Courses and Events
International Events
Online Training
Training Providers
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UK & Ireland Courses and Events
2008
Date: 26th November 2008
Title: Celebrating the NHS/HE Partnership
Venue: Keyworth Centre, London Southbank
University, London
Details: Launch Publicity
How to get there
Article Guide
Booking Form
Date: 28th November 2008
Title: Online Searching Course (Basic)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 28th November 2008
Title: Evidence Based Library and
Information Practice for Evidence
Based Nursing
Venue: King's Fund, London
Details: Email jane.shelley@anglia.ac.uk
Date: 2nd December 2008
Title: Identifying diagnostic test accuracy
studies: Challenges and strategies.
Study Day.
Venue: University of York
Details: Further details
Date: 2nd–4th December 2008
Title: Online Information 2008
Venue: Olympia Grand Hall, London
Details: Further information
Date: 5th December 2008
Title: Online Searching Course (Advanced)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 8th-9th December 2008
Title: UK Conference on Evidence Based
Health Care
Venue: Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel,
Oxford UK
Details: Further information
Date: 14th–17th January 2009
Title: Healthinf 2009: International
Conference on Health Informatics
Venue: Portugal
Details: Further details
Date: 20th January 2009
Title: Finding & Understanding (free)
Health Resources in Public Libraries
Venue: CILIP, London
Details: Further information
Date: 23rd January 2009
Title: Online Searching Course (Basic)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 3rd February 2009
Title: Critical Appraisal Skills for Healthcare
Librarians: the Basics
Venue: CILIP, London
Details: Further information
Date: 27th March 2009
Title: Online Searching Course (Basic)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 30th March–1st April 2009
Title: Librarians' Information Literacy
Annual Conference - LILAC 2009 (CSG
Information Literacy Group)
Venue: Julian Hodge Building, Cardiff
University
Details: Further information
Date: 30th March–1st April 2009
Title: How to Practice Evidence-based
Healthcare (CEBM)
Venue: St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University
Details: Further information
Date: 23rd April 2009
Title: Managing Outreach in Health Service
Libraries
Venue: CILIP, London
Details: Further information
Date: 15th–20th May 2009
Title: iFusions (Medical Library Association
Annual Meeting 2009 & Exhibition)
Venue: Honolulu, Hawaii
Details: Further information
Date: 18th May 2009
Title: Basic Critical Appraisal Skills
Workshop (BMA/ScHARR & Trent
RDSU)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 29th May 2009
Title: Online Searching Course (Advanced)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 30th May–3rd June 2009
Title: The Sky’s the Limit (Canadian Health
Libraries Association Conference
2009)
Venue: The Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg,
Manitoba
Details: Further information
Date: 2nd–5th June 2009
Title: Working with Others: Explore,
Engage, Extend (EAHIL Workshop
2009)
Venue: Dublin Castle, Ireland
Details: Further information
Date: 21st–24th June 2009
Title: Health Technology Assessment
International (HTAi) 2009, 6th
Annual Meeting
Venue: Suntec Singapore International
Convention Centre, Singapore
Details: Further information
Date: 23rd–24th June 2009
Title: 2nd International M-Libraries
Conference
Venue: Vancouver, Canada
Details: Further information
Date: 29th June–3rd July 2009
Title: 5th International Evidence Based
Library and Information Practice
(EBLIP5)
Venue: Stockholm, Sweden
Details: Further information
Date: 10th July 2009
Title: Online Searching Course (Basic)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 14th–15th July 2009
Title: Umbrella 2009. Making Connections:
the power of people, partnerships and
services
Venue: University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Details: Further information
Date: 23rd–27th August 2009
Title: Libraries create futures: building on
cultural heritage (IFLA 75th General
Conference & Council)
Venue: Milan, Italy
Details: Further information
Date: 31st August–4th September 2009
Title: Positioning the Profession (10th
International Congress on Medical
Librarianship (ICML) 2009)
Including the 4th International Clinical
Librarian Conference
Venue: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition
Centre, Brisbane, Australia
Details: Further information
Date: 4th September 2009
Title: Online Searching Course (Basic)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 7th September 2009
Title: Basic Critical Appraisal Skills
Workshop (BMA/ScHARR & Trent
RDSU)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 7th–11th September 2009
Title: 5 Day Workshop on Teaching
Evidence-based Practice
Venue: St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University
Details: Further information
Date: 21st October 2009
Title: Critical Appraisal Skills for Healthcare
Librarians: Building on the Basics
Venue: CILIP, London
Details: Further information
Date: 26th October 2009
Title: Extended Critical Appraisal Skills
Workshop (BMA/ScHARR)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Date: 6th November 2009
Title: Online Searching Course (Advanced)
Venue: BMA House, London
Details: Further information
Updated: 21 November 2008