ANNOUNCEMENT / COMMUNIQUE

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Come to Hamilton — the City of Waterfalls — to experience a Cascade of Knowledge at the **36th Annual Conference of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA / ABSC)**, 11–15 June 2012. We promise to educate, enlighten, and entertain you as our guests.

Our keynote and invited speakers will cover a diverse range of topics. Dr. Gordon Guyatt will discuss the latest developments in evidence-based medicine. Anne McKeage, Archivist at McMaster University's Health Sciences Library, will describe the challenges and rewards of preserving medical history. You'll gain insights into nuclear medicine from Chris Heysel, Director of Nuclear Operations at McMaster. And Dr. Alan Taniguchi, a palliative care physician, will highlight evolving considerations around end-of-life decisions.

The conference will also offer abundant professional development opportunities: learn new skills or polish your existing toolkit during continuing education sessions; discuss and engage in the latest research into health sciences librarianship; savour quick snippets of emerging trends during STAT!Talks; and chat with presenters at an interactive poster session.

We've built in plenty of time for fun, too: meet and mingle during an opening reception at the elegant Art Gallery of Hamilton, which houses one of Canada's finest collections of art; dine on fine cuisine surrounded by the beauty of nature at the Royal Botanical Gardens; and stretch your legs during morning walks and excursions to

some of the 127 picturesque waterfalls around Hamilton. You'll also find interesting shops and a bustling farmers' market steps away from our main conference venue, the upscale Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Hamilton. Then stay on to attend the 40th Hamilton Air Show — a hit for the whole family.

Please join us to explore Hamilton's many attractions as we share and create a Cascade of Knowledge around health librarianship and health care.

For more information, check out http://chla-absc.ca/2012, email us at 2012@chla-absc.ca or follow us on Twitter @chlaabsc12; also watch for announcements on CANMEDLIB.

Liz Bayley
Chair

2012 Conference Planning Committee

Jennifer McKinnell
President

Golden Horseshoe Health Libraries Association