Join us from June 11th to 14th in Riga for the 19th EAHIL Conference! This year’s EAHIL Conference will take place at the iconic landmark of the capital - National Library of Latvia. Its stunning architecture embodies Latvian cultural heritage with a modern twist - striking glass facade and unique design. Experience the vibrant atmosphere of the EAHIL Conference by engaging with your peers fro...

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The EAHIL Executive Board is pleased to announce the availability of EAHIL Scholarships available for EAHIL members to attend the EAHIL Conference in Riga, Latvia, on 11-14 June 2024. The scholarships will cover the early-bird registration fee (or the online registration fee, in case it is not possible to attend in presence). The Board hopes to award a maximum of eight scholarships but reser...

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EAHIL 2024 Local Organising Committee are delighted to announce that the venue for this year's conference will be none other than the prestigious National Library! Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka / National Library of Latvia The conference theme, “Small Step and a Giant Leap: Reorienting Towards a New Environment,” June 11th to 14th, 2024. Save the date and start making your plans, bec...

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We invite EAHIL Community and interested persons to submit a 500-word abstract for oral and poster presentations, as well as for continuing educational courses and workshops. The call for abstracts will close on 31 October 2023. As you may already know, the 19th European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) Conference will take place in the vibrant capital city of Latvia...

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Matthew Henry, Outreach Librarian, Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom.  In this, my first year as a professional librarian, I was lucky enough to be funded by my employer – the Bodleian Health Care Libraries at the University of Oxford, UK – to attend EAHIL 2023 in warm and sunny (yes, it was!) Trondheim, Norway. EAHIL is held every...

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We are pleased to inform you that the September issue of the Journal of EAHIL is now available online at http://ojs.eahil.eu/ojs/index.php/JEAHIL/index This issue is dedicated to the EAHIL 2022 Conference in Rotterdam....

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Following the Russian Federation's armed attack on Ukraine the Council of Europe has decided to suspend the Russian Federation's right of representation in the Council of Europe. Since EAHIL is an association under the auspices of the Council of Europe the Executive Board has decided to suspend the rights of the EAHIL members from the Russian Federation from nominating candidates for the upcoming...

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On Thursday 21 October a group of Chairs and Secretaries from various EAHIL SIG:s got together on Zoom. The meeting was initiated by Alicia Fatima Gomez Sanchez, and was originally planned to take place at the Lodz conference. The aim of the inter-SIG meeting was to share good ideas on how to work successfully in a SIG, and to discuss common challenges. At the meeting participants shared th...

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EAHIL is in need of a new membership database, since the current one isn't as user friendly as we wish. It is also somewhat lacking in functionality when it comes to the possiblity for members update their records, to enable Council members  access to a list of members in their country, for voting at elections and applying for scholarships etc. Does the library association in your country use ...

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As a member of IFLA EAHIL is allowed membership in four sections, without additional cost. As an association we’re also automatically added to the Management of Library Associations section. The IFLA Sections are the primary focus for the Federation's work in a particular type of library and information service, in an aspect of library and information science or in a region. All IFLA Members are...

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