Saskatchewan Health Libraries Association (SHLA)

The Saskatchewan Health Libraries Association (SHLA) held its annual general meeting (AGM) on 11 May 2012 in Saskatoon. After our AGM, we held a planning committee meeting for the CHLA/ABSC 2013 conference in Saskatoon. Most of the members of SHLA belong to at least one of the committees, and this provided an excellent opportunity for the committee members to meet in person and practice a run-through of the conference.

The CHLA/ABSC 2013 Conference Planning Committee has been working very hard to make this conference a great success, and we look forward to welcoming our colleagues to beautiful Saskatoon next year.

Members of SHLA have also been busy working on a survey to investigate mobile device use by health care practitioners across Saskatchewan. Twelve different practitioner groups were surveyed across ten different licensing bodies. The survey team was comprised of:

* Susan Baer
  Regina Qu'Appelle Health
  Region Library, Regina

* Brenda Ens
  CADTH, Saskatoon

* Ashley Farrell
  Regina Qu'Appelle Health
  Region Library, Regina

* Joanne Franko
  Saskatoon Health Region
  Library, Saskatoon

* Chau Ha
  SIAST Libraries, Woodland
  Campus, Prince Albert

* Jeff Mason
  Regina Qu'Appelle Health
  Region Library, Regina

* Michelle McCarron
  Research Scientist, Regina
  Qu'Appelle Health Region,
  Regina

* Christine Neilson
  SHIRP, Saskatoon

The survey closed on 29 May 2012 and preliminary results were presented at the CHLA/ABSC 2012 conference in Hamilton. The survey team is currently analyzing the data and plans to distribute the results to the participating licensing bodies and to publish the survey findings. The survey team would like to thank CHLA/ABSC for providing funding through the Chapter Initiatives Fund.

The SHLA Executive for 2012–2013 consists of:

* President, Ashley Farrell (Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region Library)

* President-Elect, Melanie Anderson (Saskatoon Health Region Library)

* Secretary-Treasurer, Mike Sainsbury (SIAST Libraries, Kelsey Campus)

Ashley Farrell

2012–2013 SHLA President

Client Services Librarian

Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region Library

1440–14th Ave.

Regina, SK S4P 0W5, Canada

E-mail: Ashley.Farrell@rqhealth.ca