EAHIL makes a difference?
Creators: name: Heino, Tiina
name: Ferrinho, Ana Maria
name: Larmo, Katri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: medical and health libraries
networking
professional development
sharing
collaboration
associations

description: <strong>Introduction</strong> EAHIL is a powerful network for connecting and inspiring health information professionals internationally. In this poster, we want to show what this means to us in practice. <strong>Aim</strong> This is a case report to make visible and show concretely the importance of our organization EAHIL. We are three authors and our relationship has developed to a friendship, which is also one reason to point out the importance of EAHIL and make this poster together. <strong>Method</strong> There are many more examples than the ones picked here, but here we have selected some recent ones that we have been personally been involved in: cooperation and collaboration based on the relationships established in EAHIL network. There are many more examples, like Nordic cooperation Transfer of Knowledge (continuing education for health librarians and information professionals in the Baltic countries and Russia). We are grateful for all the opportunities based on EAHIL cooperation. Benchmarking and networking are crucial and important when establishing new services, new ways to work, professional development, study visits – as a whole set of a professional identity. Also, our own workplaces play a big role, their attitude is significant as well as their possibility to support international cooperation and networking. <strong>Results</strong> • Benchmarking: Study visits in the new Terkko Health Hub: the University of South East of Norway, UMCG Groningen vice versa • Mentoring: systematic information retrieval • Invited to be a resource speaker at the 30th MAHLAP conference in The Philippines • Very fruitful cooperation with our vendors: in our sessions to our customers we get user experience we share with the vendors and for our teaching sessions, we get study tools (e.g. EBM clinical cases) from them. • Workshops for colleagues: collaborating on educating faculty on publishing strategies. • Sharing ideas: continuously in our daily work exchanging emails, messaging, skyping etc. <strong>Conclusion</strong> <strong>EAHIL does make a difference!</strong> <strong>References</strong> (1) Fleisher C, Hursky R. Empowering insight: The role of collaboration in the evolution of intelligence practice. South African Journal of Information Management 2016;18(2):1-10. (2) Goosney JL, Smith B, Gordon S. Reflective Peer Mentoring: Evolution of a Professional Development Program for Academic Librarians. Partnership : the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 2014;9(1):1-24. (3) Hart S, Amos H. The development of performance measures through an activity based benchmarking project across an international network of academic libraries. Performance Measurement and Metrics 2014;15(1/2):58-66. (4) Martin AM, Johnston MP. Mentoring through Partnerships. Knowledge Quest 2013 March 2013;41(4):6-8. (5) Nwankwo TV, Ike CP, Anozie CO. Mentoring of young librarians in South East Nigeria for improved research and scholarly publications. Library Management 2017;38(8/9):455-476. (6) Waaland T. The influence of cognitive tasks on mentoring provided: Investigating the moderating influence of professionally educated staffs. Journal of Workplace Learning 2014 0, 2014;26(1):39-55.