A Message from IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), forwarded by EAHIL President Maurella della Seta: Dear Members, I am writing to you to share a briefing produced by IFLA on the WiFi4EU programme. This is an initiative of the European Commission which promises to expand significantly access to public WiFi around the European Union, with a budget of €...

The Training, Education and Development for Medical and Health Information Specialists and Librarians (TrEDMIL) special interest group (SIG) was founded in Dublin last year. The group aims to serve as a forum to share, discuss and make recommendations to the EAHIL Board and members in competencies framework for librarians and other information professionals, post-graduate programme(s) in health, m...

In this no-theme issue -- the first JEAHIL issue that is online only -- there are three papers: Systematic reviews training for librarians: planning, developing and evaluating Supporting the medical research and daily work at the hospital – analysing the library and information services Information literacy in health sciences education: proposal of a new model in a multi-perspectivism...

Hi Valeria Scotti, Council member for Italy, what does EAHIL represent for you? Each time I am lucky enough to participate in an EAHIL event, the feeling that arises in my soul can be expressed by a simple, but truthful, word: inspiration. Valeria, could you explain? You arrive, and you feel surrounded by people who come from all over Europe and the rest of the world; in their eyes, you f...

Are you giving an oral or poster presentation at EAHIL 2018? Did you know that prizes are awarded at Conferences and sometimes at Workshops? Winners of prizes also earn a free registration for a future EAHIL event -- definitely something of value!   There are usually (not always) four prizes: Best oral presentation Best oral presentation by a first-time EAHIL attendee Best p...

We seek nominations for the election of President (2019-2020) and Board members (2019-2022). We will have vacancies for President, at least one executive Board member, and two co-opted Board members. (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 20 April 2018 Nomination form [PDF]:...

The registration for the EAHIL 2018 Conference in Cardiff is now open. The information with details of the Continuing Education Courses (CEC) is online, so that you can choose which ones to attend. In case you wonder about all the other choices, there will be a second round to book onto the social events and the visits....

CECs See DRAFT Continuing Education Courses (CEC) Programme at EAHIL 2018 on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th July 2018. There are 14 half-day courses to choose from. Conference See DRAFT Conference Programme on Wednesday 11th - Friday 12th July 2018. There will be keynotes, lecture style sessions, sessions of interactive and hands on workshops and digital poster exhibitions. See also the Social...

Licence extension for e-resource access at the HE-NHS crossover National subscriptions for healthcare in Norway Going Dutch implementing Open Access nationally A Cochrane Library national licence: the example of Switzerland Access to drug information sources among healthcare professionals News from EAHIL, HLA and NLM And much more Vol. 13 No. 4 September 2017...

By: Lotta Haglund & Eirik Reierth The Erasmus+ program offers excellent opportunities for employees from organizations with a valid European Charter for Higher Education to finance a shorter period of exchange (2 days – 2 months). The opportunity for exchange as Erasmus+ Staff training (STT) can be used to visit other higher education institutions, businesses or organizations in progra...