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SAHLA Annual General Meeting
Thanks to everyone who attended our AGM at the Cantos Music Foundation.
Stay tuned to our Web site for more events in the upcoming months!
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CHLA/ABSC 2009 Call for Awards Nomination
Appel de candidatures de l'ABSC/CHLA pour l'année 2009
Please consider nominating an outstanding CHLA/ABSC member and colleague for one of the following awards. Full criteria for these awards in both English and French may be found on the web site at: http://www.chla-absc.ca/?q=en/node/130
A list of prior recipients can also be found on the web site.
NEW! CHLA/ABSC Award for Innovation
The CHLA/ABSC Board created the Award for Innovation in 2008 to recognize librarians or teams who have created or demonstrated improvements in health sciences library services for their users or the profession through innovative thinking and approaches.
NEW! The Login Canada Student Paper Prize
The Login Canada Student Paper Prize is awarded annually to the library student who submits the best unpublished paper on health sciences librarianship to the competition. Research papers and review articles are eligible for the prize, which includes publication in JCHLA, a certificate and a cheque for $350.00.
CHLA/ABSC Award of Outstanding Achievement
The candidate must have made a significant contribution to the field of health sciences librarianship in Canada. The candidate's contribution must be of more than passing importance, interest or local advancement.
CHLA/ABSC Canadian Hospital Librarian of the Year Award
This award recognizes the contribution of an individual hospital librarian to the advancement of health care and health librarianship in Canada.
CHLA/ABSC Emerging Leader Award
This award recognizes the skills, enthusiasm and energy that new health science librarians contribute to the profession.
Honorary Life Membership in CHLA/ABSC
The candidate must have played an active role in the affairs of the Association, and fulfill the following:
1. be at or near the close of an active career in health sciences librarianship;
2. hold a regular membership at the time of nomination;
3. have made a significant contribution to the advancement of the purposes of the Association.
Nominations must be received in written form by February 2, 2009 for consideration at the Winter Board Meeting.
Please send nominations or inquiries to:
Susan Powelson, CHLA/ABSC Past President
Director, Health Sciences Library
University of Calgary
3330 Hospital Drive N.W.
Calgary, AB T2N 4N1
Fax: 403.210.9847
Email: past-president @ chla-absc.ca
Local Library Activities
Foothills Library Association
Calgary Libraries in Action
Winter 2008
Check out the FLA Web site for updates: http://www.fla.org
Conferences
Medical Library Association
May 15-20, 2009
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Canadian Library Association
May 29 - June 1, 2009
Montréal, Québec
Canadian Health Libraries Association
May 30 - June 3, 2009
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Netspeed 2009
October 21-23, 2008
Calgary, Alberta
Call for Proposals due February 13, 2009, visit The Alberta Library Web site for more details: http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/pdfs/Netspeed2009Call.pdf
Medical Library Association
May 21-26, 2010
Washington, DC
Medical Library Association
May 13-18, 2011
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medical Library Association
May 18-23, 2012
Seattle, Washington
Medical Library Association
May 17-22, 2013
Baltimore, Maryland
