✍️Want to publish your work in the Health Sciences Libraries Journal?
⏰The deadline for our Summer issue is April 1st, only a few weeks away!
🌈This issue will contain special features. Submissions on LGBTQI+ and neurodiversity are especially welcome!
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📢 HSLG Conference 2026
⌛️ Just over one week to go!
📚 This year’s theme: “Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference”
🎟️ Tickets, programme, and bursary information: www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
📣Librarians can help ensure that AI supports more equitable, trustworthy, and responsive health information for all users.
On March 12th, Professor Brendan Kelly will examine the role of health librarians in a rapidly changing information landscape.
🎟https://tinyurl.com/3fwyvw5m
From prompt libraries to real‑world use cases, find out what practical AI learning can look like.
Join Mairéad McKeown & David Lombard on March 12th as they share the Copilot Upskilling Programme shaping the next wave of talent at Bord Bia.
🎟️Tickets here: tinyurl.com/3fwyvw5m
When libraries collaborate, whole sectors benefit.
On March 12, Niamh Walker‑Headon explores how the HSE Library’s partnerships, authentication infrastructure, and support services open eLibrary access for diverse public‑sector organisations.
🎟️Tickets here: tinyurl.com/3fwyvw5m
No single librarian can master AI alone — and we shouldn’t have to.
On March 12, Mary Hearne explores a collective approach to AI literacy for librarians.
Celebrate our collective power with us.
🎟️ Register now:
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#HSLG #Libraries #AILiteracy #CollectivePower
What is scaffolding in systematic review training?
Join Bryn Murphy & Emily Adydan as they share lessons from their 2-year training journey.
Lessons, growth & practical insights for early-career librarians.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
Bursary info👉 hslg.ie/about/hslg-b...
#hslg #medlibs
📚 Libraries, Expertise & Literacy in the AI Era
Join us on March 12th for a hands-on afternoon workshop designed specifically for busy professionals.
Presented by Aphra Kerr, no prior AI knowledge required.
📍 12 March | Ashling Hotel, Dublin
🎟 Tickets available
💡 Bursary options offered
Apply for our Bernard Barrett Bursary with confidence!
This bursary includes registration & travel costs to attend our HSLG Conference 📅 12th March
This does NOT preclude LAI/HSLG members from applying for other bursaries in the same year 🎉
All the info you need to apply 👇
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Solo health librarian? This one’s for you 👇
Join us on📆12 March for our HSLG Conference!!
Tony Linnane presents on the power of the one-person library in healthcare — the impact, innovation and challenges.
🎓Bursaries available to attend
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
🚨HSLG Conference 2026 final programme
👀Here’s a look at what to expect on March 12th in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin!
🎟️Some tickets still available, get yours here - www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
💰Funding options available here - hslg.ie/about/hslg-b...
👀Here's a first look at the programme for HSLG Conference 2026
💰Did you know the Bernard Barrett Bursary can provide funding for HSLG members to attend events like this? Find out more here - hslg.ie/about/hslg-b...
🎟️Tickets are still available here - www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
✍️HSLJ Summer 2026 issue submissions
⏲Want to publish in the Health Sciences Libraries Journal? Submit by April 10th!
🏳️🌈This issue will contain special features celebrating Pride month, we would love to hear from LGBTQi+ colleagues!
📚Guidelines here: journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs...
Portrait of Brendan Kelly, professor of Psychiatry at TCD and consultant psychiatrist at TUH.
🚨 Keynote confirmed for HSLG Conference 2026 🚨
Join us on 12 March at the Ashling Hotel Dublin for Professor Brendan Kelly’s keynote:
“Information, Intelligence, Instinct: Navigating Knowledge in an Ocean of AI”
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
🎤HSLG Conference | 12 March
⏰ Abstract deadline: 10am, 19 Jan — don’t miss it!
📩 Submit your abstract to contacthslg@gmail.com
🎟️ Tickets now live on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
Join the conversation. Share your work. See you there! 🔥
📣 Abstract Deadline Extended!
🗓️ New deadline: 19th Jan @ 10am
🎤 Theme: Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference
If you’ve been thinking about submitting, now’s your chance to share your work & perspective with our community. Don't delay, submit today.
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✨ Call for Abstracts ✨
Our conference on Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference is accepting abstracts until Tuesday Jan 13, 2026.
Send to contacthslg@gmail.com with title, presenter(s), org, 250–300 words, 10/20 min
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#HSLG #CallForAbstracts
Join us for this year's HSLG conference on "Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference.”
Our diverse values, priorities, and ways of working strengthen health libraries—driving new ideas and innovation.
🗓️March 12th 2026
🏨Ashling Hotel, Dublin
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SHOUT: Sharing Hints, Outcomes and Useful Techniques
Mary Dunne @hrblibrarians.bsky.social draws together some of the excellent knowledge and information that our international colleagues have recently produced.
Read it here👇https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj/article/view/4650/6736
Read about Aileen Garrihy’s recent training in - How to Peer Review Search Strategies.
Key insight: Applying PRESS as a structured framework reinforces the value of peer review and constructive feedback in building robust search strategies. 🔍📚
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From student shelver in 1979 to Deputy University Librarian, Helen Fallon reflects on 40+ years in librarianship.
Key Lessons: be visible, think strategically, keep learning, build networks, and plan your career.
“Don’t wait for clarity—keep moving.” 📚✨
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Behind every evidence-based decision is a medical librarian! This “day in the life” is a must-read. 📚🩺
Alex Henigman gives us a snapshot of her day in the Dept. of Family & Community Medicine at University of Missouri-Columbia
👉 journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs...
#hslg #medlibs
Meet Marcia Crocker Noyes: a founding member of the MLA 📚@medlibassn.bsky.social and a pioneer who led Maryland's MedChi for 50+ years (1890s–1946). A true giant in her field.
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🔗https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj/article/view/4713
Call for Papers!!!
The 2026 conference theme is Transforming futures: Libraries leading through Change and Innovation. #CONUL26 invites submissions for presentations and posters.
Submit Your Abstract here: conference.conul.ie
Screenshot of JBI webpage displaying: CRITICAL APPRAISAL TOOLS Links to published papers Link to Critical Appraisal video for JBI SUMARI
JBI critical appraisal tools assist in assessing the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers.
Go to our website for 15 checklists: https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools
Career paths aren’t always linear.
Read all about Ian Feerick's road to becoming Tusla's First Librarian 🎆
A great example of how exploring your interests can open entirely new doors. 📚✨
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#hslg #medlibs
📚✍️ It is a truth universally acknowledged… that health sciences information professionals have stories to tell.
Our💎OA HSLJ invites research, case studies & reflections. With a DEBI focus for ☀️Summer 2026—pray, submit forthwith!
Read more on our LinkedIn page:
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Lived experience isn't a footnote - its the core of professional practice. Maeve Kerin’s @tudublin.bsky.social reflective article explores how navigating a library role with a visible difference (CFND) shapes service through empathy and self-awareness.
🔗 journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj
#hslg
Discover The Anatomy 💀 of a Journal: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How! 🧠📚
In 2025, the HSLG became publishers—yes, really! We break down every step of building a free, professional journal and why it matters for our community.
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☕💬 A heart warming initiative led by MUH & AMHS Cork librarians: Time for SerendipiTEA paired staff from across hospital and mental health services for informal chats that opened minds and strengthened connections.
Worth a read: 👇
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#hslg #medlibs #SerendipiTea
