# Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association
(SAHLA)

Partnering with the Health Sciences Library at the University of Calgary, SAHLA co-hosted an educational webcast put forth by the Medical Library Association. Entitled “Partnering to Prevent Diagnostic Error: Librarians on the Inside Track”, the 90-minute session, held on 13 March 2013, focused on raising awareness and encouraging participation by medical librarians in diagnostic error prevention and mitigation. The efforts of a number of current and former SAHLA members were recognized by the panelists, including a recently published article by Elizabeth Aitken, Susan Powelson, and Renee Reaume, discussing the value of a clinical librarian in hospital rounds [1].

Research is pivotal in the field of health librarianship, and SAHLA members consistently publish papers and present at conferences on a local, national, and international level. Two recent events of note include the prestigious GreyNet award, http://www.greynet.org/, which will be presented to Marcus Vaska at the 15th International Conference on Grey Literature (Bratislava, Slovakia, December 2013), and a book chapter on the use

of social media in hospital libraries, co-authored by Yongtao Lin and Kathryn Ranjit [2].

## References

1. Aitken EM, Powelson SE, Reaume RD, Ghali WA. Involving clinical librarians at the point of care: results of a controlled intervention. *Acad Med.* 2011;86(12):1508–12. PMID 22030761. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31823595cd.

2. Lin Y, Ranjit KME. Navigating the virtual horizon: Finding our way using social media in hospital libraries. In: Harmon C, Messina M. (eds.) *Using Social Media in Libraries: Best Practices*. 2013. Toronto: Scarecrow Press; 37–52.

### Marcus Vaska, SAHLA President

*Librarian, Knowledge Resource Service*
*Knowledge Management Department*
*Alberta Health Services, Holy Cross Site*
*2202 2 Street SW*
*Calgary, AB T2S 3C1*
*E-mail: mmvaska@ucalgary.ca*