Dear colleagues
HLG members may be interested in responding to this EAHIL survey.
Best Wishes
Jackie



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From:   Linda Lisgarten [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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Sent:   20 January 2004 16:12
To:     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
Subject:        Fwd: Re: EAHIL Survey of European Health Information
Professionals

        >
        >
        >The messages regarding the EAHIL survey were sent out shortly
before
        >Christmas holidays. Many of you may have set discussion list to
"temporary
        >nomail" or otherwise have missed it (e.g. in the loads of mails
comming in
        >every day...).
        >Not only is it important that EAHIL members answer the questions,
but EAHIL
        >Board would like to get input from non-members as well.
        >Please forward this message to your national discussion lists of
biomedical
        >librarians or otherwise invite your colleagues to take part.
        >
        >At the Santander conference the president will report about the
results.
        >
        >Greetings,
        >
        >Suzanne Bakker
        >1st Vice President
        >
        >==================================================
        >On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:20:05 +0100, Arne Jakobsson
        ><[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote:
        >
                > >EAHIL Survey of European Health Information Professionals
                > >
                > >Take part in shaping the future of EAHIL!
                > >
                > >We all have views about what are the most important
issues in health
                > >information provision.
                > >
                > >EAHIL (The European Association for Health Information
and Libraries) is
                > >committed to shaping its future priorities and activities
according to
        >what
                > >our Members, and potential members, think are the most
important issues.
                > >
                > >WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!
                > >
                > >As an important part of getting the necessary feedback we
have developed a
                > >web-based survey which is available on EAHIL's website:
www.eahil.org <http://www.eahil.org>  .
                > >
                > >To find out how EAHIL can meet the needs of all health
information
                > >professionals in Europe, both EAHIL and non-EAHIL members
are encouraged
        >to
                > >reply to the survey.
                > >
                > >Please circulate information about the survey widely in
your own country
        >or
                > >region to all health information professionals.
                > >
                > >The survey is based on the Canadian survey. CHLA/ABSC has
kindly given us
                > >permission to do this.
                > >
                > >We have decided to use the same web based survey tool as
CHLA/ABSC
                > >(Canadian Health Libraries Association/ Association des
bibliothèques de
        >la
                > >santé du Canada). Respondents from the CHLA/ABSC survey
reported that they
                > >found it easy to use and that they preferred it to a
paper survey.
                > >
                > >By using a web based survey tool we can guarantee full
confidentiality.
                > >
                > >The result of the survey will be presented the 9th
European Conference of
                > >Medical and Health Libraries conference in Santander,
Spain, 20-25
                > >September 2004 and in EAHIL newsletter.
                > >
                > >So please take a little time to answer the questions, and
help us to shape
                > >the future support of medical and health information
provision in Europe.
                > >
                > >Arne Jakobsson
                > >EAHIL President
                > >
                > >
                > >Arne Jakobsson
                > >University of Oslo Library
                > >Library of Medicine and Health Sciences
                > >Postboks 1113, Blindern
                > >N-0317 Norway
                > >Phone +47 23 07 44 34
                > >Fax +47 23 07 44 30
                > >E-mail: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 


Linda Lisgarten
Head of Library and Information Services
The School of Pharmacy, University of London
29-39 Brunswick Square
London  WC1N 1AX

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