CHLA/ABSC 2017 Podium Presentations

2017-05-15

Ploeg, J., Kaufman, S. , Duggleby, W., Bartholomew, A. , Ganann, J. , Worrall, C. , Markle - Reid, M., Smith, B. , McKinnell, Jennifer, Kennedy, L. , Radcliffe, D. , Valaitis, R. , McAiney, C.

Introduction: Health care professionals frequently partner with librarians when developing online tools for patients and their families. However, even with input from the most qualified of information professionals, these websites are often difficult to identify and can remain largely unused by...

2017-05-15

Wright, Kath, Isojärvi, Jaana, Chalon, Patrice, Kaunelis, David, Glanville, Julie, Lefebvre, Carol

Introduction: Increasing numbers of research papers about information retrieval for health technology assessments, systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses are being published. It is time-consuming and demanding for information specialists to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in...

2017-05-15

Kaunelis, David, Grobelna, Aleksandra, Ford, Caitlyn, McCormack, Suzanne, Severn, Melissa, Farrah, Kelly

Background: At CADTH, considerable effort is made to retrieve grey literature for rapid reviews published as part of the Rapid Response (RR) Service. The searching process to capture this information is guided by the RR checklist, which is a 46-item sub-set of CADTH's Grey Matters tool. The...

2017-05-15

Ambler, Chelsea

2017-05-15

Hamonic, Laura, Dennett, Elizabeth

Introduction: A simple, cost effective method for engaging students and promoting use of our health sciences library's rare books collection was sought. An environmental scan of other special collections libraries' programs resulted in our decision to capitalize on the adult colouring trend....

2017-05-15

CHLA/ABSC Special Committee on Research, Hatch, Kelly, Torabi, Nazi, Campbell, Sandy

Purpose: A national survey will be administered electronically to health information professionals to identify the extent to which they would like to undertake research, their barriers to their undertaking research activities, and the supports that they would require to be able to successfully...