Following agreement of the EAHIL Board and discussion with the EAHIL Council on 13.06.2023 we are delighted to introduce a new mentoring programme for all EAHIL members. If you are interested in becoming a mentor or a mentee the call is now open to register your interest. The call will close on September 29th, 2023. EAHIL Mentoring Programme Any questions please contact: Aoife Lawton ...

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Voting for the EAHIL President and Executive Board positions from 2021 took place in June 2020. There was one candidate standing for President, and ten candidates standing for four executive positions (plus two co-opted members) in the EAHIL Board. Lotta Haglund from Sweden was elected as the new EAHIL President for the period of 2021-2022. Maurella Della Seta will thus become the Past Presi...

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News from Lodz: Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with the safety of our community as a top priority the Local Organising Committee for the 17th EAHIL Conference in Lodz, Poland, have decided to deliver the Conference as an online event. The virtual EAHIL 2020 Conference will take place on 16-18 November 2020 and will replace the Conference that was going to be held by t...

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The nomination period for EAHIL President and Executive Board has ended. We announce, with their election statements (as pdf links), One candidate for the President Lotta Haglund Sweden Ten candidates for the Executive Board Alicia Fatima Gomez Sanchez Spain Aoife Lawton Ireland Astrid Kilvik Norway Francesca Gualtieri Italy Marion Heymans Netherlands Octav...

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The September issue of the Journal of EAHIL is now available online. Theme: Memories of the conference in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Feature Articles Personalized user training with card sorting in corporate environment: “Make sure you have the right information that you need in your work” by Anna Kahilainen & Seija Bergman Identifying the potential for a comprehensive li...

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2018 is an election year in the EAHIL calendar, for terms of office starting in 2019. The election process for the Executive Board happened from March - May, and then Council elections will happen later this year starting in August. At the General Assembly on 12 July, the results of the Presidential and Executive Board elections for the term beginning 2019 were announced. For position of Pre...

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[caption id="attachment_2268" align="aligncenter" width="547"] Sabine Klein, Jane Falconer, Seija Bergman, Anna Kahilainen[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2266" align="aligncenter" width="224"] David Ožura[/caption]   Many congratulations to the prize-winners at EAHIL 2018 in Cardiff! Best Poster presentation by a first-time attendee: Usability testing of our ...

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The EAHIL Awards of 2017, 2018 and 2019 were presented by EAHIL President Maurella Della Seta yesterday in Cardiff City Hall where the EAHIL 2018 Gala Dinner took place. The awards were given to Peter Morgan, Oliver Obst and Guus van den Brekel. [caption id="attachment_2254" align="alignleft" width="300"] From left: Guus, Oliver and Peter[/caption]  ...

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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 €...

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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...

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