So you want to be a health librarian, eh?

So you want to be a health librarian, eh? Introducing the Canadian Health Libraries Association Dean Giustini, UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian August 15th, 2012

Top Five Reasons Members Join An annual gathering of health librarians in Canada 2012: June 11-15, Hamilton 2013: Saskatoon

Top Five Reasons Members Join Staying Connected CHLA/ABSC offers seminars and networking activities through local chapter structure, listservs, etc.

#3 ~ 400 Members Across Canada

Top Five Reasons Members Join Communication CHLA/ABSC’s communication network keeps you current…. • Read the JCHLA • E-news • Website • Forums • Job opportunities and more…

Top Five Reasons Members Join Visit the member’s only area on the CHLA/ABSC web site which includes: •members directory •Resource Area •receive member rates for CE and conference •Benchmarking •much more

Why You Should Join • Personal development & two-way mentoring • Resume & career building • Affordable student rate at $40 annually• Professional development grants to attend continuing education (CE) events • Annual Login Brothers Student Prize

• awarded annually to library students who submit best unpublished paper on health sciences librarianship • research papers & review articles eligible • includes publication in JCHLA, certificate & $500 cash award

Past Login Paper Prize Winners 2011: Sumanjit Manhas and Sandra Barron - Electronic health record (EHR) projects in Canada: participation options for Canadian health librarians. (SLAIS students) 2010: Susan Bradley - Examination of the clinical queries and systematic review "hedges" in EMBASE and MEDLINE. (SLAIS student) 2009: Allison McArthur - Health Information professionals and the semantic web: a symbiotic relationship?

For more information: www.chla/absc.ca info@chla-absc.ca or (416) 646-1600 At UBC’s iSchool, see:http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/SLAIS_-_CHLA/ABSC_Student_Interest_Group_%28SIG%29 CHLA/ABSC facilitates and enables access to the best available health information and knowledge. Our mission is to lead health librarians and information specialiststowards excellence through professional development, networking and advocacy Dean Giustini, UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian August 15th, 2012

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