Advocacy and Campaigns

Current Activities

Letter to CMA regarding recently announced changes to Canadian Medical Association (CMA) programs and services. CHLA/ABSC with Support from SAHLA, OVHLA, THLA, SHLA, HLABC, NAHLA, MAHIP, and WWDHLN. (03/2023)

Recognizing Librarians and Information Professionals as Authors on Evidence Synthesis Publications. Joint MLA & CHLA/ABSC Statement. (11/2022)

MLA Statement Calling on Hospital and Health System Executives to Support Libraries and Library Staff. Co-signed by CHLA/ABSC, American Nurses Credentialing Center, AAHSL, and SLA. (01/2022)

La contribution des professionnelles de l’information du milieu de la santé et des services sociaux à la gestion de la crise sanitaire saluée par la CBPQ, La FMD, la FMD 3S et l’ABSC. (05/2021)

Statement on the Importance of Hospital Libraries: A statement by CHLA/ABSC with support from MLA, ACMQ, CBPQ, HLABC, MAHIP, NAHLA, OVHLA, SHLA, SAHLA, and THLA. (05/2021)

International health library associations urge the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to seek information specialists as peer reviewers for knowledge synthesis publications: Joint letter by CHLA/ABSC, EAHIL, ALIA HLA, and MLA. (06/2020)

NAHLA Land Acknowledgement, Template for Personalization, Definitions, and Speaker Protocol: Courtesy of Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association. (06/2019)

Other Recent Letters of Support and Endorsements:

CHLA/ABSC Response to Provincial Funding Cuts to Saskatchewan Public Libraries: CHLA/ABSC letter to Premier Wall regarding the elimination of funding for public libraries in Regina and Saskatoon. (03/2017)
MLA and CHLA/ABSC Joint Statement - Déclaration commune de la MLA et de lABSC/CHLA (03/2017)
Statement from CHLA/ABSC Board of Directors in response to U.S executive order (01/2017)
CHLA/ABSC Response to NL Public Library Closures: CHLA/ABSC letter to the Premier of Newfoundland & Labrador regarding the closure of over 50% of the provinces public libraries. (05/2016)
Cochrane Canada (09/2015)
Réaction à la fermeture du Centre de documentation du Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (09/2015)
Pisa Declaration on Policy Development for Grey Literature Resources (2014)
Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development / Déclaration de Lyon sur laccès à lInformation et au Développement (2014)

CHLA/ABSC funded the study Results of a Survey to Benchmark Canadian Health Facility Libraries (01/2015), which aimed to determine the status of
hospital libraries in Canada and evaluate whether libraries met the 2006 CHLA/ABSC Standards for Library and Information Services in Canadian Healthcare Facilities.

Past Activities

A summary for each group is available in the Governance Manual.

Pan Canadian Cochrane Task Force (2009-2010)
National Network of Libraries for Health / Réseau national des bibliothèques pour la santé (2000-2008)
Task Force on Hospital Library Standards/ Normes pour les bibliothèques et les services dinformation au sein des établissements de soins de santé au Canada (2005-2006) (see the Publications section)
Professional Librarian Recruitment Letter Writing Campaign (2003-2004)
Volunteers in Libraries (2003-2004)
Resource Sharing II (1997-1999)
Benchmarking (1997-1998)
Resource Sharing (1994-1997)
Oral History Committee (1982-1983)