Come and enjoy great discussion and the best fresh food in town at Lola’s Kitchen for the second meeting of the THLA Journal Club!

Lola’s Kitchen

634 Church Street, Toronto

Thursday, April 24, 2014, 6:00 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tim Tripp will be leading our discussion about a paper that will definitely stir up some conversation:

BMJ 2014;348:g1585 (Published 6 March 2014)

All you have to do is read the article, form some opinions about it, and come to Lola’s Kitchen for some great food, ready to talk.

To help you informally appraise the methods and findings of the study, we have put together a list of questions you can use (if you like) for most articles – with no math required!

THLA Journal Club Assessment PDF

Thanks, and we hope to see you there!

The Faculty of Information is pleased to invite you to the distinguished I. P. Sharp Lecture and reception on March 26, 2014

Featured speaker is the National Archivist of the United States, Mr. David Ferriero and will be speaking on the topic of

If you would like to be put on the waiting list please contact:

Robin Kester via email: robin.kester@utoronto.ca

You are invited to the THLA Journal Club

Come and enjoy some antipasti and wine at:

Pizzeria via Mercanti

87 Elm St, Toronto

Monday, February 24, 2014, 5:30pm

For this first meeting we’ll be discussing:

Boruff J, Storie D. “Mobile devices in medicine: a survey of how medical students, residents, and faculty use smartphones and other mobile devices to find information.” Journal Of The Medical Library Association. January 2014;102(1):22-30.

We’re planning to keep it informal, but here are some pretty broad questions we expect to ask the group:

• Generally, what did you think of the paper? Strengths? Weaknesses?
• Was the study design appropriate?
• How was the survey response rate?
• How representative was the sample?
• How might this research apply to your user groups?
• Could this information impact your library?
• What new questions arise from this research?

If you are interested, please RSVP to Melanie.Anderson@UHN.ca

Thanks, and we hope to see you there!

Melanie Anderson and Carla Murphy THLA

THLA is co-sponsoring a professional development event on copyright issues on Wednesday Feb.5th from 3:00 – 4:30 pm.

The official invitation and details are below. Don’t miss this great opportunity. Bobby is a really engaging person who can provide clear answers to a murky topic. We hope to see you there.. AND hope you will join us for conversation and drinks immediately after the event at Sammy’s in Hart House. See the official invitation and details below.

Please remember to register using the online form as indicated below.

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You are cordially invited to the joint HSICT/THLA session on copyright:

• Who: Bobby Glushko, University of Toronto’s Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian

• What: An overview of Canada’s copyright legislation and answers your questions about library practices.

• Where: Gerstein Science Information Centre, 2nd Floor, Instruction Lab

• When: Wednesday February 5th, 3:00 – 4:30 pm

• Why: (You know why)

Please register using our online form

And…if you have specific questions you would like Bobby to address, please post them to our discussion board.

We will forward questions to Bobby in advance of the session.

Finally, everyone is invited to repair to Sammy’s at Hart House after the session, to continue the copyright discussion and/or have a drink.

This year’s Joint Holiday Social was a smashing success. Particularly popular was the photo booth operated by Pam Richards, from St. Michael’s Hospital library. To see photos from the photo booth, please check here:

Holiday Social Photos