Health Information United, HLG Conference 2002, Heriot Watt University
 15 - 17 July, 2002

 This year's conference will  be held in the Edinburgh Conference centre

 at Heriot Watt. The programme will cover two and a half days,
 beginning  at 10am on Monday 15th July so delegates will need to arrive

 on Sunday 14th. Accommodation for Sunday night and breakfast on Monday
 is however included in the very reasonable (we think) price of the
 Conference.

 There will be 32 papers presented at the conference : a mixture of
keynotes,
 plenary, parallel sessions and workshops

 There will be three keynote presentations:

 *Prof Maggie Pearson (Director of Education & Training, DoH,) on
 partnerships with education and training
 *Veronica Fraser, Mark Watson et al on integrating knowledge services
across
 health and social care.
 *Sally Hernando on international collaboration between Australian and
UK
 health librarians

 Other speakers will include Jackie Lord from the RCN, Tony McSean
 from the BMA, Bruce Madge from the BL and Andrew Booth from SCHARR.

 There will be a packed programme with a mixture of papers on
 collaborative projects between:
 * NHS/Higher Education
 * Health and social care,
 * Health and public libraries
 * Collection management,
 * Patient information
 * the role and activities of professional organisations
 * Nursing, and
 * Primary Care

 Titles include:
 *Librarian would like to meet others with same interests-building a new

 relationship on common ground
 *Radical tactics: enhancing quality by placing a knowledge and
 information service in midfield
 *Web based delivery of patient information
 *Cross organisational and cross sector collaboration: sharing
 information, knowledge and skills

 Workshops will include NeLH, Evidence Based Librarianship and HMIC.

 Other highlights will include:

 *The British Library's Anna Grundy on research resources in medical
history
 *Presentation of the Barnard prize,
 *Exhibition and exhibitors reception
 *Conference dinner at the Roxburghe hotel, a five star Georgian
 establishment in the heart of Edinburgh, followed by entertainment

 Prices this time have not risen substantially since the last full HLG
 conference back in 1998 and include an  extra night's accommodation.
 Earlybird registration, offering a discount of around £30 will be
 available for those able to make their booking by 1 May. There are no
 day rates or one night rates this time but there is a non residential
 option. As a guide full registration in an ensuite room for earlybird
 HLG members will be £275 plus VAT.

 Note: The conference is limited to a maximum of 300 delegates, so book
early
 to save money and avoid disappointment!

 To book, Please complete the attached form and return to the LA/CILIP.
This
 form, together with full programme details will appear on the HLG web
site
 in March at:
 http://www.la-hq.org.uk/groups/hlg/index.html