Beginning with Volume 31 (1), JCHLA / JABSC will be moving from a quarterly to a tri-annual publication schedule. 
 
We hope that with a reduced frequency we’ll be able to increase the number of submissions to the journal. 

In this issue:

• Welcome to members
• Canadian Virtual Health Library (CVHL)
• Pan-Canadian Cochrane Library Task Force
• CHLA/ABSC Development Officer
• New Open Access Interest Group
• Kingston 2010
• Changes to JCHLA
• CHLA/ABSC Conference Programs needed
• Next Board of Directors Meeting
  

The Pan-Canadian Cochrane Library Task Force thanks you for your support over the last ten months during the national license pilot.  The pilot, which began April 2009, has allowed us to compile compelling data that provides a solid rationale for a national license.

Institute of Health Economics Research Librarian University of Alberta Library - Health Sciences

Librarian (Edmonton)

Background

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute
(CPSI) was established in December 2003 with a national mandate to build and
advance a safer health system for Canadians. It does this by fostering
collaboration between governments and stakeholders, supporting the development
of patient safety initiatives that will help the Canadian healthcare system
become the safest in the world. An independent not-for-profit corporation, CPSI
functions at arm's length from governments, system stakeholders and regulatory
bodies.

Did you know that you can make a donation to CHLA/ABSC and receive a tax receipt for it? CHLA/ABSC is a registered charity (Charitable Registration Number: 89067 3171 RR0001).

Your donation will go to support the many services and benefits your Association offers, such as:

Please consider nominating an outstanding CHLA/ABSC member and colleague for one of the following awards. Full criteria in 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 will also be found on the web site.

• Season’s Greetings!
• Membership in CHLA/ABSC
• Forthcoming Board Positions
• Call for nominations for CHLA/ABSC
• Awards and Honours
• CHLA/ABSC Chapter Initiatives Fund
• Kingston 2010
• New Jobsite Forum
• Pan-Canadian Cochrane Library Task Force
• CISTI Committee on Health Sciences Information
• CHLA/ABSC Conference Programs needed
• Next Board of Directors Meeting

CHLA/ABSC has launched a NEW Jobsite Forum!  This forum is to provide members with the opportunity to post healthcare related library job advertisements on the CHLA/ABSC website in order to capture a wider audience.

What part of your district would benefit most from a literacy program? What’s the average health literacy level in the neighbourhoods surrounding your hospital? This kind of granular data on literacy and health literacy levels is now available at a glance, thanks to interactive online literacy maps created by the Canadian Council on Learning.

It feels auspicious that my first day of blogging is happening on Blog Action Day, an annual event which unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. Blog Action Day focuses attention on an issue of global importance, with the aim of sparking discussion and action. This year’s theme is climate change.

Now …..what does that have to do with health?

Hello and welcome. This new blog is our way of bringing JCHLA’s consumer health information column online, to a format that’s easier to discover and retrieve and to a space that’s more conducive to links and discussion. My plan is to pre-publish column content here on a regular basis and add some juicy extra content - event announcements, topical commentary, etc. - that won’t necessarily appear in JCHLA.

Update: Sunday afternoon

Looks like the domain name servers have been updated.  Now working on restoring email forwards, and distribution lists.  Like packing, when travelling, I'm always relieved to figure out what one thing I invariably forgot when I get to my destination.  Of course I forgot at least one thing in this whole operation too.  I forgot to get the email distribution lists off the old host before the domain change happened.  Oh well, I can reconstruct those...  Hope that was the worst of it!  (yes, I'm touching wood!)

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Take the survey at http://tiny.cc/cochranesurvey to tell us how the Cochrane Library has helped you and help extend the national license. The survey will be open until the end of October 2009.

Call for Contributed Papers, Roundtable Discussions and Posters
Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference 2010
Kingston, Ontario
June 7-11, 2010

• New Public Relations Director
• CHLA/ABSC Rural and Remote Opportunities Grant
• Remembering Babs Flower - the CHLA/ABSC Flower Award for Innovation
• Pan Canadian Cochrane Library Task Force
• Kingston 2010
• Canadian Virtual Health Library (CVHL)
• Proposed launch of PubMed Central Canada
• JCHLA Digitization Project Update
• Deadline for Applications for Chapter Initiatives Fund – October 1
• Next Board of Directors Meeting

Help promote the Cochrane Library -  link these flyers to your website or download and post in your library.

M.A. (Muriel Armstrong) Flower

Born November 1st, 1916 in Connecticut with family connections in both Nova Scotia and Palmyra, Ontario. Died September 8, 2009 at her home in Kingston, Ontario. A.k.a. 'Babs' to friends and colleagues, she enjoyed a remarkable life. Her curiosity and creative essence buoyed by her love of books have guided her countless adventures spanning more than nine decades. An innovative contribution, her 1987 report entitled Libraries Without Walls remains useful today as a snapshot and future roadmap for Canadian Health Libraries. In addition, a raconteur par excellence, her poems and stories chronicle some of her travels and life experiences vividly. ''She did it her way''! 

A number of you who attended Betsy Kelly and Barb Jones excellent "Measuring Your Impact" course at CHLA/ABSC 2009 had requested that provinces be added to the Valuing Library Services Calculator - Betsy and Barb have made this change and are looking forward to the addition of lots of Canadian data!
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/evaluation/calculator.html

• The Sky really was the limit – Winnipeg!
• 2009 Association Awards
• Kingston 2010
• JCHLA Update – digitization well underway!
• Canadian Copyright Consultation
• Pan-Canadian Cochrane Library Task Force
• Stainless steel water bottles available for purchase
• New board members – 2009-2010
• Chapter Liaisons 2009
• Encouraging membership
• Next Board of Directors Meeting