Evidence in Practice Award extended AGAIN!

Due to some unforeseen technical issues with the Insiteful Survery submission form, we've taken the decision to extend the closing date for entries to the Evidence in Practice Award to 20th April.

We've now changed the submission form to a Word proforma. All other details remain the same.

Please note that the award is open to UK Librarians & Clinicians only.

Please download an entry form here.

Evidence in Practice Award

We are pleased to announce an opportunity to share great
practice and see the world for the winners of the 2nd Evidence
in Practice Award - now open for entries

In approximately 750 words, can you describe a case study
where your work has influenced clinical practice? We are
looking for examples of good evidence-based librarianship
practice in a healthcare setting, examples of where librarians
and information professionals have influenced clinical practice
and patient outcomes. The competition is open to partnerships
of clinical and health professionals in the UK.

The winning partnership will each receive a Personal Digital Assistant,
£500 each towards attendence at a professional conference or course
of their choice, plus a free delegate place at the 3rd Clinical Librarian
Conference (see link below).
Prizes are jointly sponsored by NLH and BMJ Group.


Click here for our online entry for the competition

http://www.insitefulsurveys.com/Survey.asp?SI=110406111828

Entries can be submitted up to 31ST MARCH 2007 after which
anonymised case studies will be judged by an independent panel
combining clinical and information expertise.
The judges' decision will be final.

The award will be presented at the 3rd UK Clinical Librarian
Conference, 11th & 12th June 2007, St William's College, York
Minster, where the award winners will an opportunity
to share their example of successful practice.



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Conference Early Bird Rate to end

The early bird rate for the Clinical Librarian Conference ends on 31st Jan. If you still would like to take advantage of the lower rate for early registration, we'll need your registration form by tomorrow!

3rd UK Clinical Librarian Conference 2007

The 3rd UK Clinical Librarian Conference will take place on 11th & 12th June 2007 at St. William's College, York. The provisional programme is now available on our web site, along with registration details. www.uhl-library.nhs.uk/clinlibconf2007

If you are in the lucky position of having some money now, book immediately, take advantage of the Early Bird rate and be confident of two days of invigorating professional presentations and the opportunity to network with your colleagues from the UK, Australia and Europe.

The Conference is in York this year to enable our Northern, Scottish and Irish colleagues speedier access to all that's exciting in Clinical Librarianship.

We have had waiting lists for our last two events, and we can only fit 140 people into the fantastic conference centre at the St William's College York, so book as early as you can!

Leicester Clinical Librarians Make Headlines!

Sarah Sutton on the BBC Leicester web site.

Pip's career profile on the CILIP web site.

Call for papers deadline

Today is the deadline for our call for abstracts for the 3rd UK Clinical Librarian Conference. However if you are still keen to get something to us, anything arriving on Monday to leicslib@uhl-tr.nhs.uk with the subject line CL CONFERENCE ABSTRACT will be considered for inclusion.

Name change

Pip Rimmington is now Pip Divall. Email: pip.divall@uhl-tr.nhs.uk