Canadian Virtual Health Library
Bibliothèque virtuelle canadienne de la santé
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About CVHL
The Canadian Virtual Health Library (CVHL) was initiated by a CHLA/ABSC Task Force to improve the health of Canadians by leveraging existing resources and services through a coordinated network of libraries. Through a national licensingprogram that coordinates and administers Canada-wide licenses to core health information resources, Canada’s health professionals and researchers, wherever they are in Canada, will have ready access to the information they need.
What's New
Introducing the CVHL/BVCS Board of Directors
It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that the CVHL/BVCS announces its inaugural Board of Directors. The Board members provide representation from across the healthcare sector and Canada. The board members are:
- Adalsteinn Brown, Dalla Lana Chair of Public Health Policy, University of Toronto
- Maureen Charlebois, Chief Nursing Executive and Group Director, Clinical Adoption, Canada Health Infoway
- Patrick Ellis, Health Sciences Librarian, W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library, Dalhousie University Libraries
- Pierre Frémont, Professeur agrégé, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval
- Jim Henderson, Liaison Librarian, Life Sciences Library, McGill University
- Kendall Ho, Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine and Director, eHealth Strategy Office, University of British Columbia.
- Steven Lewis, President, Access Consulting Ltd
- Jessie McGowan, Adjunct Professor, Departments of Medicine and Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
- David Mowat, Medical Officer of Health, Peel Region Public Health, Ontario.
- Jeremy Veillard, Vice President, Research and Analysis, CIHI.
- Penny Logan, Manager of Library Services, Capital Health in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Rebecca Raworth, Island Medical Program Librarian and Information Services Librarian, University of Victoria Libraries, Victoria, BC
- Betsy Humphreys (Advisory), Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine
The CVHL/BVCS is currently governed by a Task Force that will transition to the board over the coming months. The CVHL/BVCS thanks the Task Force for their past and continued support.
Biographies of all Board members will be posted on the new CVHL website to be launched in the spring. We encourage you to visit the new site then.
Announcing the Network Subscribers
The CVHL/BVCS is pleased to announce the following participants as confirmed Network Subscribers:
- Atlantic Health Knowledge Network (AHKN);
- The Consortium of Ontario Academic Health Libraries (COAHL);
- Health Sciences Information Consortium of Toronto (HSICT);
- New Brunswick Hospital Consortium (NBHC);
- Newfoundland and Labrador Health Knowledge Information Network (NLHKIN);
- University of Manitoba; and
- Western Ontario Health Knowledge Network (WOHKN).
‘‘Network Subscribers’’ consist of provincial, national, or territorial consortia, or professional associations that license health information resources on behalf of their members. Network subscribers "partner" with the CVHL to participate in the collective purchasing of content and services.
For more information on how the CVHL/BVCS model works, please see: