CPD resources

Resources for Health Librarians

 

British Computer Society Nursing Specialist Group
BCSNSG Home Page

European Association for Health Information and Libraries
EAHIL Conferences and Workshops

Health Libraries Group
HLG Home Page
HLG Events
HLG Newsletter
Health Information and Libraries Journal and other publications

IFM Healthcare
IFM Home Page
IFMH Inform Newsletter
IFM Study Days

Libraries for Nursing
LfN Home Page
LfN Events

Medical Library Association (USA)
MLAnet home page
Journal of the Medical Library Association

National Library for Health
National Library for Health - for Librarians

NHSScotland eLibrary
Librarian's learning landscape

University Medical School Librarians Group
UMSLG Home Page

Resources for general LIS

British Library's Librarianship and Information Sciences Service
BL LIS Service

BUBL Information Service
BUBL Home Page

Career Development Group
CDG Home Page
CDG Events Calendar

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
CILIP Home Page
CILIP Calendar of Events
CILIP Training and Development
Framework of Qualifications

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS)
CILIPS Home Page

Grampian Information
Grampian Information Events

HERO
HERO Conferences, Workshops and Meetings
HERO Training and online courses

SLAINTE - Information and Libraries Scotland
SLAINTE Home Page
SLAINTE Events Calendar

Discussion Lists

Clin-Lib - The UK Clinical Librarian mailing list
Evidence-Based-Health - to discuss the teaching, practice and implementation of EBHC
Evidence-Based-Libraries - to promote the development of evidence based practice to LIS
HLG-Members - for members of the Health Libraries Group
ifmhmembers - for members of IFM Healthcare
Info-Allied-Health - Information for Allied Health mailing list
Lis-Cilip - for chartered library and information professionals
Lis-Cilip-Reg - for librarians working towards chartered membership of Cilip
Lis-Link - a general LIS list for news and discussion
Lis-Scotland - to support collaboration and professional activities in Scotland
Lis-Medical - an open discussion list for members of the UK medical/health care library field
Lis-Nursing - established by Libraries for Nursing to facilitate discussion

Qualifications and Chartership

Career Development Group
Chartership

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
Where to study in the UK: a list of courses accredited by CILIP
Qualifications for Library Assistants
Chartered Membership

Universities in Scotland offering degree courses
Queen Margaret University College
The Robert Gordon University/Aberdeen Business School Department of Information Management
University of Strathclyde Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Job Hunting and Career Planning

ASLIB
ASLIB recruitment

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
Continuing Professional Development Page
CILIP have produced a CPD Framework that can be used to record details of CPD. Contact the Careers and Qualifications Department at CILIP to get your own copy on disk.

INFOmatch recruitment service
Job Hunting: finding work in information and libraries
LisJobnet: the online version of CILIP's official recruitment publication

Jobs.ac.uk
Home page - research, science, academic, teaching and management jobs in public and private sector

Lisjobs.com (USA)
Home page
Job banks for information professionals outside the United States
Library careers - advice, statistics, salaries and articles

Medical Library Association (USA)
MLAnet careers

Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW)
NHS Scotland Recruitment Online

Conferences
Other providers of CPD courses

ASLIB Training
Aslib courses

Managing Information (Aslib's news magazine)
Events listing

TFPL
Training courses