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New membership database needed
By Lotta Haglund | 2021-09-09
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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EAHIL Membership in IFLA sections
By Lotta Haglund | 2021-08-31
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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Welcome to Rotterdam in 2022!
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-08-01
Save the dates 1-3 June for the conference in Rotterdam. The place to be in June, 2022. After two years of only virtual events it is our pleasure to welcome you either in person or virtually to the beautiful city of Rotterdam in 2022 for a hybrid conference. During EAHIL 2022 we will offer you three days of interesting plenary speakers, inspiring oral presentations, practical workshops, inn...
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Highlights from the SIG Pharma meeting
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-07-07
Today the special interest group SIG Pharma met during the 2021 workshop in Turkey, digital of course since it is 2021. During the meeting the discussed the following: What’s new for Information retrieval with a special focus about drugs and pharmacovigilance. A colleague from Marocco were asking the group if they could suggest any useful databases. Some current and updated ones suc...
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Council meeting in Turkey but online
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-07-06
Today EAHIL had its yearly council meeting via zoom. The council members were requested to have read the "paper work" before the meeting. The meeting contained minutes from the 2020 council meeting in Lodz, last year´s president´s report were discussed and we finished off with an interactive session, a follow-up from the council meeting in Basel (2019). The baseline is: what can every coun...
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EAHIL Board Meeting July, 2021
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-07-05
A great Summer meeting with the board of EAHIL took place today. The meeting discussed many things, for example this week big event in Turkey but we are already looking ahead and the board got news from Rotterdam about next year´s conference. Finance, communication, sponors etc were also on the agenda. Lotta Haglund (president), Petra Björk, Maurella Della Seta, Fransesca Gaultieri, Astri...
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June issue of JEAHIL – now available online!
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-06-30
We are pleased to inform you that the June issue of the Journal of EAHIL is now available online at http://ojs.eahil.eu/ojs/index.php/JEAHIL It is a theme-issue on "Evidence surveillance during the pandemic using automation and crowdsourcing" edited by James Thomas (UCL Institute of Education, University College London). We wish to thank the following sponsors for sustaining the journal: T...
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Board of JEAHIL, summer meeting
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-06-28
The board of JEAHIL had its summer meeting online (of course), this morning. We discussed a number of things for example the themes for future issues (2022). Our brilliant Editor in Chief, Federica Napolitani is stepping down and now the work begins to find her successor. She has done such a great work turning the journal from a newsletter to a scientific journal during her more than 10 yea...
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Remember to register to this year´s conference!
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-06-04
Just a kindly reminder that our colleagues in beautiful Marmara, Turkey invite you all to participate in this year’s EAHIL2021 Workshop that will take place on 5-8 July 2021 between 9AM-5PM CET. The registration fee is very affordable, just €125. For the registration form, please go to: https://etkinlik.marmara.edu.tr/eahil2021 If you have any other questions or any problems register...
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Dear colleagues in Europe
By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2021-05-21
The Medical Library Association International Cooperation Caucus is hosting a session on Monday the 24th (10am - 11:15 am U.S. Central time) featuring presenters from around the world to share their library's experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this session, Health and Libraries during COVID-19: An MLA International and Intercultural Session, we're hoping to hear from librarians on how t...
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