Election period have started for electing the EAHIL President and the EAHIL Executive Board. The Executive Board of EAHIL consists of The President, Past President, five other board members and two co-opted members. The President is elected for two years, the Board members are elected for four years, and the co-opted members’ term is two years. The President and the Board members can have a ...

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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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EAHIL seek nominations for the election of President (2025-2026) and Board members (2025-2028). EAHIL will have vacancies for President, six executive Board members, and one co-opted Board member (EAHIL co-opts the two un-elected candidates with the highest number of votes as non-executive Board members for a two-year period). Deadline for nominations: 20th April 2024. https://eahil.eu/wp-co...

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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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Terena Solomons, Research Librarian/Senior Librarian, Curtin University/ University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Presenting at EAHIL 2023 in Norway was an incredible experience for personal and professional growth and provided invaluable benefits that virtual platforms simply cannot replicate. The 20+ hour flight from Perth in Australia to Trondheim in Norway to attend EAHIL was defin...

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Irma Klerings, Information Specialist, Danube University Krems, Department for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Austria. Not so serious business - fun and games at EAHIL 2023. I draw a card. "Error! Wrong answer - 1 minute penalty" Oh no! In our haste to be the first to finish, my team made a mistake while solving a puzzle in “Mission RDM: a card-based educational escape gam...

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Amanda Ross-White, Health Sciences Librarian, Bracken Health Sciences Library, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Travelling has become fraught since the pandemic. There is a significant question about why attend a conference at all, let alone one so far away from my home. Yet I attended EAHIL in Trondheim this year with great anticipation, my first EAHIL in 14 years! What is it a...

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