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Diyanet Qur’ān Commentary Kur’an Yolu (Path of the Qur’ān)
Authors: Coruh Hakan
Published: May 2022

Various Muslim commentators have contributed to Qur’ānic exegesis (tafsīr) from the Eastern to the Western regions of the Muslim world. Besides the Middle East, other regions were also influential in the literature and scholarship of tafsīr, such as Khorasan and Transoxiana. Another example is Istanbul, the libraries of which hold examples of most of the surviving tafsīr works and super-commentaries. We do not have an extensive body of scholarship on tafsīr knowledge/production in other parts of the Muslim world in English as such studies are of particular significance for the full history of tafsīr. For this reason, this article focuses on tafsīr production in modern Turkey with reference to the Diyanet (the Turkish Presidency for Religious Affairs) Qur’ān commentary Kur’an Yolu (Path of the Qur’ān). First, the article provides a brief overview of tafsīr production and culture in the Ottoman period (1299–1922) and in the period of the Republic of Turkey (since 1923) to contextualise the Diyanet commentary. Then, it analyses the Diyanet Qur’ān commentary Kur’an Yolu as official/institutional tafsīr, its major characteristics and methodology. A particular focus is devoted to the commentary’s Introduction (pp. 13-51). The article holds the view that, while the Qur’ān commentary Kur’an Yolu follows the classical mainstream Sunni framework and paradigm, it includes innovative perspectives, selections of alternative options along with critical engagement with the classical tafsīr and Islamic scholarship.
Tafsir in the Non-Arab Muslim World – II
Authors: Coruh Hakan , Riddell Peter
Published: May 2022

This is the second special issue of the Australian Journal of Islamic Studies that focuses on the topic of Qur’ānic exegesis or tafsīr al-Qur’ān in the non-Arab world. While the first special issue (Volume 6, Issue 4, 2021) mainly analysed Qur’ānic exegesis in Southeast Asia and Africa, this second issue extends its focus from Western Islamic lands to the Eastern parts (Ottoman to the Indian subcontinent), particularly Qur’ānic exegesis in Persian and its reception west of Iran, tafsīr in the Ottoman and Turkish Republic periods, Azerbaijani Qur’ān commentaries, and tafsīr in the Indian subcontinent.
Tarjumān Al-Qur’ān and Tafhīm Al-Qur’ān
Authors: Gada Muhammad Yaseen
Published: May 2022

This article explores the underlying factors that prompted the production of influential Qur’ān exegesis in the Indian subcontinent. Both exegeses continue to influence later exegesis, since Mawlānā Āzād (Tarjumān al-Qur’ān) and Mawlānā Mawdūdī (Tafhīm al-Qur’ān) were contemporary influential Muslim intellectuals, prolific writers and skilled journalists. However, both have different perspectives especially regarding the political matters that influenced their tafsīr writings. To achieve the mentioned goals, the article employs comparative methodology coupled with historical analysis. To do so, the paper investigates chapters 9 (Sūrah al-Tawbah) and 18 (Sūrah Al-Kahf) of the Qur’ān. Moreover, it explores and identifies their adherence to ḥadīth and their stand on fiqh while interpreting the Qur’ān. While going through a meticulous study of these exegeses, it becomes clear that Mawlānā Mawdūdī’s Tafhīm al-Qur’ān bears many imprints and influences of Tarjumān al-Qur’ān. Moreover, Tafhīm al-Qur’ān views the Qur’ān through a political prism in which Tarjumān al-Qur’ān has little interest. What makes Tafhīm al-Qur’ān influential in modern Urdu tafāsīr is that it is written in simple and easy to understand Urdu language. Regarding the ḥadīth literature and reliance on traditional fiqh sources, Tafhīm al-Qur’ān relies on them more often compared with Tarjumān al-Qur’ān.Though many have written on these two great exegeses on various fronts, no study has been done on Mawlānā Āzād’s influence on Mawdūdī’s exegesis. Moreover, a comparative study of this kind explores many similarities between them. Living in the same socio-political environment, but having different perspectives with regard to Qur’ānic exegesis, also reveals different human tendencies when approaching the Qur’ān.
Obedience to ‘Political Authority’ (Ulū Al-Amr)
Authors: Dar Owais Manzoor
Published: May 2022

The notion of ulū al-amr in Islamic thought emerges from an understanding of the Qur’ān 4:59, which serves as the cornerstone of the entire religious, social and political structure of Islam. The verse enables us to categorise the āmir (leader) into three categories: a) Allāh, b) al-Rasūl and c) ulū al-amr. The focus here is on ulū al-amr, which is interpreted differently by exegetes. Historically, the verse has been a rich source of debates and numerous elucidations. Ulū al-amr is used to refer to religious scholars as well as political authorities. For some exegetes, their obedience is limited while others hold the view they deserve unquestioning obedience. In the context of such contestations and interpretations, this article discusses some of the pre-modern exegetical discourses surrounding ulū al-amr, compares them with two modern South Asian Urdu tafsīr, Muhammad Shafiʿ’s (d. 1976) Maʿārif al-Qur’ān and Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdūdī’s (d. 1979) Tafhīm al-Qur’ān, and dwells on the implications of the evolutionary transformations that emerged. In doing so, it addresses some major issues, including the extent to which tafsīr literature has been influenced by different theological traditions, political and sectarian interests and differing interpretations in some cases, mainly pertaining to historical and linguistic issues.
ALIA/HLA Competencies Review 2018
Authors: Ritchie Ann
Published: May 2022

What is a health library and information professional? What do they do and why do they do it – now and into the future? 

The initial response to these types of ‘who?’, ‘what?’, ‘when?’, ‘where?’, ‘how?’ and ‘why?’ questions might be that a health librarian is any librarian who works in a health library and finds information for clients in a timely way. But does that define our role sufficiently? Does where we work differentiate us from anyone (or thing) performing a quick internet search on a health-related topic?

There is no doubt that AI (which in many cases refers simply to machine learning) is challenging many transactional and repetitive processes in all fields of work.

So in the not-too-distant future, will there be any need for information professionals who design and execute literature searches, or create metadata schema and text mining techniques for retrieving information and data hidden in multi-layered, opaque electronic documents and databases? In an ‘internet of things’ ehealth information environment, will anyone need the human communication skills to connect with health professionals to quiz them about the real intent of their queries?

We grappled with these types of future-oriented questions in the process of revising HLA’s Competencies.
My Health Record train-the-trainer opportunities
Authors: McDonald Daniel
Published: May 2022

Opportunities will exist in 2020 for Health Library staff to attend train-the-trainer education sessions regarding "My Health Record". These are library focused, with funding availalble, and are potentially very beneficial as health libraries consider ways to expand their contributions to consumer health and digital literacy efforts.
Queensland Health Libraries Network Professional Development Day
Authors: McDonald Daniel
Published: May 2022

A summary of the Queensland Health Libraries Network Professional Development Day, held 18 November 2019 at Gold Coast University Hospital.
Bronia Renison’s life in libraries 1972-2019
Authors: McDonald Daniel
Published: May 2022

A reflection on the career of Bronia Renison, who retired as director of Townsville Hospital Library in 2019 after 22 years in the role, and many more years prior in health and special library positions.
Partnering with consumers through NSQHS standards.
Authors: Jensen Fiona
Published: May 2022

Fiona Jensen reports on the pilot train-the-trainer workshop held last year in Cooktown, ahead of the roll-out of the Digital Health Literacy project nationally in 2020, linking it with the NSQHS Partnering with Consumers standard.
Pandemic of Under Preparedness
Authors: Moore Matt , Dellow James
Published: May 2022

This article provide insights to stakeholders on how the Covid-19 crisis response and enterprisetransformation programs - particularly what we think of as the digital workplace capabilities thatsupport productivity and employee engagement using a range of collaboration technologies -are impacting each other.

It begins with one-page actionable summaries for each of the following stakeholders:● Individual workers.● Team managers.● Organisational leaders.● Technology groups within organisations.● Vendors of technology infrastructure, software, and services.
These are not normal times…Implementing a customer relations management system during a pandemic
Authors: McKnight Katie , Nunn Barry
Published: May 2022

Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) located on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, has a workforce of more than 10,000 staff. The workforce include nurses, allied health, medical professionals and health service managers, serving a community of over 900,000 people. NSLHD Libraries consists of five hospital libraries as well as a well-developed online service. NSLHD Libraries support the NSLHD Strategic Plan 2017 -2022, in particular, three of the key themes:  Evidence Based Decision Making, Responsive & Adaptable Organisation and an Engaged and Empowered Workforce. Patient care and supporting clinicians and health professionals in carrying out this care stand at the forefront of all NSLHD Libraries services and activities.

To maintain sustainability and innovate, NSLHD Libraries sought a technology solution in the form of a customer relationship management (CRM) system. It needed to support our client-centred approach to services, as well as capture operational data. We needed to identify and implement a system, a single source of truth, that would support multiple purposes including evaluating services, reporting operational statistics and managing a client’s needs.
Registered Reports as an elegant means of improving research quality
Authors: French Sally
Published: May 2022

Registered Reports offer an elegant solution to some of the questionable research practices that have arisen from the "Publish or Perish" imperative.  This article describes some of these problematic practices and how Registered Reports counteract them.  Librarians need to know some of the costs, limitations, and the advantages to this publication format, so that when advising researchers on their options for publishing they can assess the fit between the type of research and Registered Reports.
Scholarly communication knowledge and skills in hospital and health services libraries: report of a survey
Authors: Kennan Dr Mary Anne , Kingsley Dr Danny , Richardson Dr Joanna
Published: May 2022

This brief report discusses the early findings focussing on hospital and health service librarian responses, from a survey designed to shed light on the respondents’ self perception of their competency in specific areas of scholarly communication.
A Collaboration between Information Specialists and a Public Health Researcher to Investigate Search Strategies in Systematic Reviews in Interdisciplinary Topics: A Progress Report
Authors: Forster Bronwen , Catterall Janet , Clough Alan
Published: May 2022

This research collaboration in Northern Queensland comprises a Law Librarian, Health Librarian and a Public Health researcher with an interest in mental health law. This collaboration developed from librarian support of teaching and research in a Public Health postgraduate subject at JCU at Nguma-bada Campus (Cairns). Students were required to develop systematic review protocols for topics in a subject with substance misuse, mental health, regulation and policy content. Published research in this area is typically found in legal as well as health and social care databases. Hence our collaboration described here.
Tools for initially scoping the literature
Authors: Solomons Terena
Published: May 2022

Identifying and selecting appropriate keywords and indexed terms is crucial for developing robust search strategies to locate studies for systematic and scoping reviews. At the HLA PD online event in November 2020 I gave a 5 minute Lightning Talk on some of the text-mining and other tools I use for initially scoping the literature to gather keywords and indexed terms prior to developing search strategies for systematic and scoping reviews. This article is an adaptation of that presentation.
Librarian Reserve Corps: Literature indexing and metadata enhancement (LIME) observations from a year in the field
Authors: Callaway Jessica
Published: May 2022

The Literature Indexing Metadata and Enhancement subgroup of the Librarian Reserve Corps was first formed to assist with the indexing of daily publication lists for distribution within the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN). Here we reflect on the trends that emerged from this work from a year of cataloguing COVID-19 literature. Preprints are now a crucial part of academic research. It is evident that librarianship is evolving and should continue to evolve post COVID-19. Open Access literature has been beneficial for everyone, including librarians, researchers, the media, and the public. Global collaboration is beneficial to seeing new perspectives. It was also evident during this year that trends in literature took about 10 days to cross over to the media.
An overview of the Covid pandemic in Spain, and what Spanish health libraries have been doing to meet the challenges posed
Authors: Clementi Maurice
Published: May 2022

In the words of the librarian at the Hospital Universitario La Ribera, “It has been a difficult time, both professionally and personally, at first we did not know what to do. But the positives have been working as a team joining with the other librarians for the common good”.
Attitude of gratitude: focusing on staff health and wellbeing during Covid-19
Authors: Reddacliff Anne
Published: May 2022

One of State Library of Queensland’s health responses to COVID-19 was to form a staff Health & Wellbeing Team. The development of the Team was informed by data from two staff surveys circulated during the COVID-19 pandemic which indicated that some staff were feeling disconnected and disengaged from the workplace. The team was formed with the aim of devising ideas and initiatives to look after staff wellbeing at a time when feelings of vulnerability were high and the effects of up to six months working from home were starting to take their toll.
Supporting allied health students on clinical placements to begin to think, feel and act as a health professional – a health librarian’s contribution
Authors: Furness Linda
Published: May 2022

Clinical placements provide student health professionals with critical and diverse learning opportunities. Engaging in clinical work and learning from role models and peers in the workplace are primary ways allied health students develop professional skills, behaviour and identities as a health professional. Whilst on placement students also have opportunities to become part of the workplace practice community. This study arose not as the result of a need to solve a problem, but from my curiosity and desire to continuously improve clinical placement learning experiences for allied health students. In my study, I explored the influences supporting allied health students undertaking clinical placements in a Queensland regional health service tothink, feel and act like health professionals.
Health library spaces and the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Australian healthcare sector
Authors: Anderson Alice , Ivacic-Ramljak Tanja
Published: May 2022

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay at home orders, libraries in health services across Australia moved to virtual service models with limited or unstaffed physical libraries. This article considers the impact of the pandemic on physical library space in clinical environments. To investigate, seven interviews were conducted with library leaders from the Australian health care sector at the end of the momentous year of 2020 – as the country caught its breath following the initial waves of the virus.
Breathing life into study designs: creating an interactive module for first year nursing students
Authors: Sher Louisa , Freestone Chrissy
Published: May 2022

The teaching of Evidence-based Practice has become increasingly common in tertiary nursing curricula. However, there is often limited focus on study designs and how they can be used to inform clinical practice. In this case study we report on the development of an interactive module which was embedded into a first-year nursing research unit. Using the interactive learning software, H5P, we adopted a narrative approach using a series of scenarios combined with interactive quizzes. This was with the aim of enhancing students’ understanding of study designs and their real-world application within a clinical context.
An exploration of public libraries as dementia friendly places
Authors: Bagnall Katie
Published: May 2022

Dementia can be a lonely, stigmatising and isolating illness. People living with dementia and their carers want to remain connected with their local communities and feel safe, welcome and valued. A growing community awareness of dementia has borne the concept of dementia friendliness and dementia friendly communities.Core features of dementia friendly communities are supportive, inclusive, welcoming and safe environments. Public libraries are widely valued as safe, accessible and welcoming community assets and in this sense are well placed to be part of dementia friendly communities. This study has sought to understand how publiclibraries contribute to Australian dementia friendly communities. A mixed methods approach with a sequential exploratory design was employed to answer two distinct questions: firstly, how are individual needs of patrons living with dementia and their carers being met; and second, is there alignment between dementia friendly public libraries and the ALIA Framework for Australian Public Libraries. From a review of international and Australian literature, features of dementia friendly public libraries were codified along two facets—services and enabling environments.

This study found that dementia friendly public libraries offered a suite of services and enabling environments that benefit people living with dementia and their carers. Collectively, they enable social capital and contribute to personal development and wellbeing, informed and connected citizens, and ultimately stronger more inclusive communities—achieving five of the six ALIA outcome measures. Public libraries located in dementia friendly communities provided similar benefits, although some inconsistencies were evident with a shift to age-friendliness. Dementia friendliness is a reflective movement and public libraries in dementia friendly communities must continue to respond to the needs of that community. There was an absence of strategic planning by the public libraries assessed to provide for such need, and thus targeted, collaborative planning could be considered to enhance dementia friendliness and inclusivity.
Lippincott IT: Roaming education at Albury Wodonga Health to reach ward-based staff
Authors: Griffith Anna
Published: May 2022

Educating hospital ward-based staff about new and existing library services is a challenge faced by every hospital librarian. In February 2020 Albury Wodonga Health (AWH) trialled a “roaming education” campaign to increase awareness and usage of the Lippincott Products, titled “Lippincott It”. The initial subscription to Lippincott Procedures and Advisor platform was started in February 2018 to streamline access to nursing procedures and start the process of reducing in-house procedure documents. While the initial roll-out of the platform was successful, usage statistics gathered in late 2018 highlighted the need for a beta-phase implementation to increase the return on investment. The beta-phase needed to encompass both education and marketing, with simple messaging that could be delivered in short sessions to ward-based staff.
Queensland Health’s CKN celebrates 20 years of service
Authors: Sayers Richard
Published: May 2022

In March 2021, Queensland Health’s state-wide Clinical Knowledge Network, CKN, celebrated a remarkable 20 years of continuous service – supporting over 77,000 clinicians, including Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics, working in all areas of Queensland’s public health system, across the entire state.
A scholar and a gentleman; or, CSI Brisbane
Authors: Murphy Trish , Naylor Charles
Published: May 2022

Reflections on the contribution of the library to the career of Assoc Prof Charles Naylor, recently retired Chief Forensic Pathologist for Queensland Health.
A visit to the new Susan Wakil Library at the University of Sydney
Authors: Thomson Rob
Published: May 2022

Located at Camperdown behind the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and overlooking the University of Sydney oval, the new Susan Wakil Health Campus building is an impressive piece of architecture. This state-of-the-art new building brings together multiple health disciplines to work out of the same precinct. Working alongside each other in this new facility creates unique inter-professional learning programs and multi-disciplinary research opportunities. It places the students and staff at the forefront of health innovation, learning and policy.
Book Reviews – “Calling Bullshit” and “The Data Detective”
Authors: Dawe Lydia
Published: May 2022

While we as information professionals may feel confident in the world of words, it is easy to be duped by numerical nonsense. The words “Big Data” and “algorithm” are often accompanied by grandiose promises and daunting predictions. Dubious statistics and de-contextualised numbers flood social media and fast-news outlets. Two recent books offer an antidote - good old-fashioned quantitative reasoning.
‘Twas the night before Christmas
Authors: McDonald Daniel
Published: May 2022

When all through the library...
Convenor’s Focus | December 2021
Authors: Siemensma Gemma
Published: May 2022

As 2021 draws to a close I am hoping health libraries can reflect on the past year and take away some positives from the rollercoaster road that many of us faced with ongoing lockdowns and restrictions. We look forward to showcasing health libraries in 2022 and demonstrating their expertise, flexibility and innovations.
Guidelines for Australian Health Library and Information Services 5th edition to be launched in 2022: National Manager report December 2021
Authors: Ritchie Ann
Published: May 2022

Much has changed in the 13 years since 2008, when the fourth edition of the Guidelines for Australian Health Libraries (the Guidelines) was published. In the intervening years, digital technologies have transformed the way health, research, education, and information services are delivered; and contemporaneously, the Covid-19 pandemic is continuing to affect nearly every aspect of our home, work, professional, and community lives.
Congratulations on your retirement, Michele Gaca
Authors: Ware Jessica , Newnham Rachel
Published: May 2022

Michele Gaca retired on the 13 August 2021 after more than 30 years in a variety of senior roles as an Information / Knowledge Manager. Throughout her career, Michele has contributed to a range of library organisations and services; including affiliatedindustry services from subscription agents, copyright administration, publishers and software / database suppliers. Michele’s contribution to health librarianship has been extensive.
Reflections On Retirement
Authors: Frawley Debby
Published: May 2022

In May this year I retired from my position as a librarian at Rockhampton Hospital Health Sciences Library. This stage of my career had spanned over nineteen years.
What is the place of the Library Space in health care? A literature review and survey of health care library experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Anderson Alice , Ivacic-Ramljak Tanja
Published: May 2022

Over the last 25 years, health library collections and working practices have shifted in response to an increasingly digital world. As a result, there is a need to examine the continuing role of physical library space in health care environments. There is also a need to consider changes made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic when health librarians found themselves providing essential information services from home, disconnected from physical libraries, at a time when health professionals urgently needed reliable and high-quality information. This study examined the impact of the pandemic and recent evidence about library space in health care settings. We explored the role of physical libraries in health care settings as we emerge from the pandemic into a new normal.
Award winning digital room booking system: big improvements, small budgets
Authors: McDonald Alana , Bennett Trish
Published: May 2022

Recipient of the HLA/Medical Director Digital Health Innovation Award 2021.
Article processing charges and fully open access journals: National Health and Medical Research Council funded articles
Authors: Kirkman Noreen
Published: May 2022

Introduction: The National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia’s largest medical research funder, mandates open access for journal articles published from funded research. Publishing articles in fully open access journals is an acceptable route to achieve compliance. However, the total cost of article processing charges and the extent to which Council funds contribute to payment are unknown.Objectives: The main objectives of this study were to calculate the cost of article processing charges and determine the extent of acknowledgement of payment for Council-funded articles published in fully open access journals during 2019.Methods: The funding acknowledgement fields of Web of Science provided the list of Council-funded articles. The Directory of Open Access Journals identified fully open access journal titles and their article processing charges. Data analysisinvolved bibliometric research methods, principally descriptive statistics.Results: The cost of article processing charges for 2,261 articles published in 2019 was over US$5,000,000. Charges ranged from zero to US$5,200, with the median being US$1,900. The acknowledgement of payment of article processing chargeswas extremely low (1.72%).Discussion: The insufficient acknowledgement of the considerable expenditure on article processing charges is concerning. The “Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research” underscores the principles of transparency in declaringinterests. Required is greater disclosure of expenditure on article processing charges and accountability for public-funded research.Conclusion: The disclosure of article processing charge payments should be mandated by the Council and included in the publication metadata deposited in repositories under the National Health and Medical Research Council’s OpenAccess Policy. Acknowledgements and disclosures are essential in recognising professional contributions and ensuring the responsible conduct of research.
Conference Roundup: LIANZA 2021. November 9-11, 2021. New Zealand.
Authors: Murgatroyd Peter
Published: May 2022

With nearly 550 people attending from across all library sectors, and a rich and diverse programme - including presentations and keynotes from colleagues in Australia and the United Kingdom - LIANZA 2021 offered something for everyone.
The future of health libraries in New Zealand
Authors: Carter Kareen
Published: May 2022

The New Zealand Health Sector is in a period of extreme pressure and change, not least the libraries within the sector. The aim of this article is to give an overview on the Health Library landscape in New Zealand, and its role in developing a stronghealth workforce; particularly considering upcoming changes to the District Health Board (DHB) structure arising out of the Health and Disability System Review (2020).
Motorways to boreens: the story of the Irish Health Sciences Libraries Group virtual journal club
Authors: Dunne Mary , Halton Linda , Herlihy Breeda , Madden Anne , O'Sullivan Niamh
Published: May 2022

Boreens (from the Gaelic bóthairín meaning little road) are the narrow roads that twist through the Irish countryside. Travel is slower than the busy major roads that cut straight through, but these routes enable the traveller to easily change course as options arise and to discover hidden opportunities for exploration. It is in this context that we share how we moved from the idea of a journal club for health librarians to the reality of an active knowledge sharing group. Through the story of the governing committee and our first three presenters, we explain what is required to drive this kind of club. At the beginning there were so many options and decisions it felt like moving quickly along a busy motorway, often changing lanes to avoid snarl-ups, and watching out for tolls. However, as we settled in for the long haul, we decided to take our own quieter but ultimately more interesting route. We found that if you are clear about your destination, ensure you have sufficient resources, plan carefully but are flexible about how you get there, then you may just enjoy the journey.
Review of Cochrane Interactive Learning: Conducting an Intervention Review
Authors: Riba Marcos , Barker Natalie , Cribb Jacky , Cumming Kaye , Honeyman David , Eriksson Lars
Published: May 2022

Our team of six academic librarians, one a Cochrane author, with a combined 100+ years of experience in the athenaeumic arts, are seeking to determine if the eleven Cochrane Interactive Learning (CIL) modules (https://training.cochrane.org/interactivelearning), with an assumed fifteen contact hours, are sufficient to lead a novice through the systematic review labyrinth to achieve the goal of publication or presentation.
Cochrane Interactive Learning
Authors: Lewis Evadne
Published: May 2022

Cochrane Interactive Learning (CIL) is a modular, self-directed training course that leads you through all steps required to conduct a complete systematic review following Cochrane methodology. It is aimed at both new review authors andexperienced authors who want to update their knowledge.
Health Libraries Australia Professional Development in 2021
Authors: Smith Angela , McDonald Daniel
Published: May 2022

With COVID again interrupting plans for an annual face to face Professional Development (PD) event, the small PD committee focused efforts on planning a program of online workshops and activities for 2021.
Just in time: integrating library services for literature searches in a hospital library setting
Authors: Edwards Jackie , McKnight Katie , Nunn Barry
Published: May 2022

Providing timely and comprehensive literature searches is a core service for hospital libraries. These expert searches are mediated across multiple databases and platforms. NSLHD Libraries have pivoted services which were largely site based, to services for staff not just off-site, but when working in isolation across the district. Immediate access to literature searches has been achieved by integrating multiple library services.
Health libraries innovation and the Gratisnet network
Authors: Balnaves Edmund
Published: May 2022

Gratisnet is a network of special libraries in Australia that commit to document exchange at no charge to each other, and without certainty of balance in supply. Over 250 special libraries in heath and allied fields are members of the network, many of which are too small to participate in the national Inter-library loan (ILL) network. Careful distribution of workloads helps to facilitate participation among large and small libraries. This co-operative model has subsequently been adopted by law, emergency services, transport and government library networks in Australia and New Zealand. This paper looks at the current state of play in Gratisnet and the cooperative factors that distinguish Gratisnet from the national ILL service.
Braille House – 125 years of the unseen library
Authors: Backhouse Andrew
Published: May 2022

Braille House's mission has not changed in 125 years: "To provide braille tuition and reading material to empower people who are blind or who have low vision to live with dignity and independence".
All aboard! Stepping on board with a Community of Practice (COP) for health library technicians
Authors: Rowe Helen
Published: May 2022

My journey into communities of practice (CoP) began with like-minded library technician (LT) colleagues in the health care sector in late 2020, as my hometown of Melbourne emerged from an isolating four-month lockdown due to COVID-19.

Initiating the CoP created connectedness at a much-needed time. It provided direct opportunities to learn from peers, a group with which to exchange ideas to help respond to common challenges, and the opportunity to communicate with colleagues working in the same professional role in different libraries. It was both broadening and enlightening for the LTs who participated, with flow on benefits for our teams and the wider library community.
Queensland Health Libraries Network: bringing it all together
Authors: Libris Ex
Published: May 2022

This article was originally published in “Library Journal”, 28 Dec 2021: https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/queensland-health-libraries-network-bringingit-all-together . It is reproduced here by permission of Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate.
From rainy Melbourne, over dry Loxton, to sunny Rijeka: the mysterious ways of the ALIA mentorship program
Authors: Ivačić Ramljak Tanja , Murray Emma
Published: May 2022

The ALIA Mentoring Scheme is a 12-month formal arrangement that offers opportunities for early and mid-career ALIA members to connect with experienced LIS professionals, who are matched to each individual. Running from July to June, formal sessions from the ALIA education team are punctuated by partnership meetings, where personal goals and career development can be discussed. The scheme supports reflective practice and encourages recording progress as part of CPD. The experiences of one such partnership are shared.
News from the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL)
Authors: Haglund Lotta
Published: May 2022

At the time of writing, I have just registered and booked flights and hotel for the first in-person EAHIL event in two years, and I think the whole EAHIL community is keeping their fingers crossed we're going to be able to go ahead as planned this time.
Eliminate the silos that inhibit evidence-based practice improvements
Authors: Kluwer Wolters
Published: May 2022

With the ever-stronger focus on quality patient care and how hospitals or health systems administer it, professional staff must use a combination of its clinical expertise, patient values, and the best research evidence to drive improvement. They’re all on the same page when it comes to wanting the facility to be the best place to receive and administer care. But despite that common goal, how often does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? When each department or quality improvement team functions in a vacuum, it’s much more difficult for the entire organization to learn and improve. They need a single location where everyone can see the right evidence and apply it appropriately without starting from scratch.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Authors: McDonald Daniel
Published: May 2022

This is the first issue of JoHILA’s third volume and enhancements are slowly being incorporated.
Convenor's Focus - April 2022
Authors: Siemensma Gemma
Published: May 2022

It is exciting to be in 2022 with life getting back to some semblance of normality. HLA continue to tick off priorities and we eagerly seek input from our members to ensure we are speaking with a unified voice for health libraries.
ALIA Fellowship awarded to Melanie Foti
Authors: Ritchie Ann
Published: May 2022

Sometimes in your professional life you meet people who seem wise beyond their years. They often show an intuition and a conviction that others are willing to trust and follow. They seem to have an uncanny ability to just ‘know’ the most incisive questions to ask; to be able to grasp a situation and decide when it is better to act swiftly and when it is better to hold; when to stay the course and when a change of direction is needed; when to be pragmatic and when to stick to a longer-term vision. Melanie Foti is one of these people.
An Assurance Framework for Independent Co-assurance of Safety and Security
Authors: Johnson Nikita , Kelly Tim
Published: May 2022

Integrated safety and security assurance for complex systems is difficult for many technical and socio-technical reasons, such as mismatched processes, inadequate information, differing use of language and philosophies, etc. Many co-assurance techniques rely on disregarding some of these challenges to present a unified methodology. Even with this simplification, no methodology has been widely adopted, primarily because this approach is unrealistic when met with the complexity of real-world system development.

This paper presents an alternate approach by providing a Safety-Security Assurance Framework (SSAF) based on a core set of assurance principles. This is done so that safety and security can be co-assured independently, as opposed to a unified co-assurance, which has been shown to have significant drawbacks. This also allows for separate processes and expertise from practitioners in each domain. In this structure, the focus is shifted from simplified unification to integration through exchanging the correct information at the right time using synchronization activities.
Brain Regions Activity During a Deceitful Monetary Game: An fMRI Study
Authors: Ahmadzade Haady , Batouli Seyed Amir Hossein , Oghabian Mohammad Ali
Published: May 2022

: Finding neural correlates underlying deception may have implementations in judicial, security, and financial settings. Telling a successful lie may activate different brain regions associated with risk evaluation, subsequent reward/punishment possibility, decision-making, and theory of mind (ToM). Many other protocols have been developed to study individuals who proceed with deception under instructed laboratory conditions. However, no protocol has practiced lying in a real-life environment. We performed a functional MRI using a 3Tesla machine on 31 healthy individuals to detect the participants who successfully lie in a previously-designed game to earn or lose the monetary reward. The results revealed that lying results in an augmented activity in the right dorsolateral and right dorsomedial prefrontal cortices, the right inferior parietal lobule, bilateral inferior frontal gyri, and right anterior cingulate cortex. The findings would contribute to forensic practices regarding the detection of a deliberate lie. They may also have implications for guilt detection, social cognition, and the societal notions of responsibility.
The Association Between Sports Participation and Physical Fitness
Authors: Tahira Shazia
Published: May 2022

Context: The increasing extent of physical inactivity among children, adolescents, and adults is one of the greatest public health concerns. Sport is a type of leisure-time physical activity. With improved knowledge regarding the health advantages of physical activity, the role of sports in society has become increasingly important for the promotion of public health. Recognizing the significance of the effects of sports participation on physical fitness, this study presents a review of the association between sports participation and physical fitness. Evidence Acquisition: A search for literature was conducted on PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar using the terms “sports participation and physical fitness” to find the association between the key terms. A total of 21 studies met the inclusion criteria. Results: Sports participation was found to be positively associated with physical fitness. Participation in sports was associated with more physical activity, less sedentary behavior, and improved physical fitness. Participation in club sports led to improved physical fitness, especially endurance and strength. Sports participation resulted in improved cardiorespiratory fitness, improved anaerobic performance, and higher levels of muscular strength. Conclusions: Sports participation is associated with many health benefits, including improved physical fitness. As sports participation is a well-liked physical activity, making it easily accessible and spreading awareness about its benefits can lead to more healthy people and communities.
The Association Between Nurses’ Knowledge About Palliative Care and Their Life Satisfaction
Authors: Karadag Arli Senay
Published: May 2022

Background: Nurses frequently encounter terminally ill patients, indicating the need for knowledge about palliative care. Also, their life satisfaction is affected by various factors. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the association between nurses’ knowledge about palliative care and their life satisfaction. Methods: Following a cross-sectional design, 64 volunteer nurses working in various surgery units were studied. Data were collected using the “Socio-demographic Form”, “Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)”, and the “Palliative Care Knowledge Test (PCKT)”. Results: PCKT total score was 10.09 ± 4.78, and SWLS total score was 19.58 ± 7.02. Also, the pain sub-scale mean score was higher than the philosophy, dyspnea, psychiatric problems, and gastrointestinal problems sub-scale mean scores (P < 0.01). There was a significant association between PCKT and sub-scale total scores (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Nurses’ knowledge about palliative care and its management enables them to control symptoms such as pain and dyspnea successfully.
Pulmonary hypertension in developing countries: Limiting factors in time to diagnosis, specialised medications and contextualised recommendations
Authors:   Centre for Cardio-Metabolic Research in Africa, Division of Medical Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, Maarman G J G
Published: May 2022

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a fatal disease with no cure. Combination therapy that includes several specialised medications can improve survival and quality of life. However, there are many challenges, and these include a lack of effective screening tools, misdiagnosis and late diagnosis, a lack of awareness among clinicians and patients, expensive PH medication and the unavailability of these medications in many developing countries. Based on the literature, this paper provides helpful approaches and ‘out of the box’ ideas to try to surmount these challenges. We make the following recommendations: develop better (contextually fitting) screening tools, investigate novel therapeutics or novel drug targets, implement incentivised and accredited training for clinicians and implement awareness campaigns (by using traditional and social media and promoting awareness at healthcare or educational institutions). Other recommendations include greater advocacy that engages public and private funders, combine scarce skills and networks of social sciences and implementation sciences and invite nonprofit organisations to the fight against PH in conjunction with researchers. Furthermore, the implementation of breathlessness clinics in rural areas can be helpful, as well as the investigation of the biomarker potential of genetic mutations or unique gene signatures of patients during research. We hope that healthcare professionals, researchers, scientists and regulatory authorities or research bodies, can use our recommendations in a practical setting, especially in developing countries where resources are limited and the healthcare burden is high.
Modern techniques for staging lung cancer – improved precision but too late for too many
Authors:   Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa, Raine R I
Published: May 2022

Despite many advances in pulmonary medicine over the years, lung cancer remains a major ongoing concern
EBUS-TBNA: A high-yield diagnostic procedure for benign and malignant aetiologies
Authors:   Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, Calligaro G L
Published: May 2022

EBUS in combination with EBUS-TBNA has become an essential tool for diagnosing and staging patients with suspected non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with a diagnostic accuracy superior to more traditional invasive modalities such as mediastinoscopy, and a much better safety profile.
Central venous catheter-related infection – back to basics
Authors:   Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Mer M
Published: May 2022

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A randomised controlled trial of intracuff lidocaine and alkalised lidocaine for sedation and analgesia requirements in mechanically ventilated patients
Authors:   Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, Rohini, Delhi, India, Saingur V K , Naaz S ,   Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India, Ozair E ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarpur, India, Asghar A ,   Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India
Published: May 2022

Background. Airway irritation caused by prolonged inflation of endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff results in post-intubation morbidities. Objective. We aimed to study intracuff lidocaine and alkalisedlidocaine on sedation or analgesia requirements of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The primary outcome was to calculate the total dose of propofol and fentanyl required to obtund the unwanted airway and circulatory reflexes. Secondary outcomes were to determine the frequency and severity of cough and haemodynamic parameters. Methods. It was a double-blinded, randomised controlled study in the ICU after emergency laparotomy, in patients aged 20 - 55 years, and classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classes 1E and 2E with tubein situ. Exclusion criteria were patients with body mass index >30 kg/m2, haemodynamic instability, requiring positive end-expiratory pressure ≥7 cm H2O, and a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. After ethics clearance and written consent, patients were randomlyassigned into two groups (36 in each), Group L (ETT cuff inflated with lidocaine 2%)and Group AL (cuff inflated with a mixture of lidocaine 2% and sodiumbicarbonate 1:1). Results. Mean dose of propofol consumed in Group AL was significantly less than that in Group L (p<0.001). The mean standard deviation (SD) fentanyl utilisation in Group AL was 1 323.61 (187.27) μg, and that in Group L was 1433.09 (42.58) μg (p=0.040). Group L patients had a significantly higher incidence of cough than those in Group AL (p=0.01). There was no significant difference in the mean arterial pressure (p=0.22), although heart rate was significantly higher in Group L (p<0.001). Conclusions. Alkalised lidocaine reduces the requirement of sedation, analgesia, and the incidence of cough in intubated patients maintaining haemodynamic stability when compared with lidocaine.