Get to Know HSLI
HSLI sponsors and supports activities which promote and develop health science library services in Illinois. Our members promote health literacy by providing reputable health related resources to Illinois health care providers and consumers through resource sharing of library collections through interlibrary loan, training in selection of and access to health related resources, and collaborative reference initiatives to respond to provider and consumer health questions.
HSLI encourages the continuing education of its membership by sponsoring appropriate education programs. We encourage dialogue among our members and promote cooperation among libraries in Illinois by strengthening cooperative relationships with academic, public, and special libraries, and with organizations which establish and promote multi-type library cooperation activities. HSLI provides a mechanism for interaction with, and communication to and from, the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 6, the Midwest Chapter/MLA, and the Illinois State Library.
HSLI is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.
Why join HSLI?
NETWORKING
- Are you in a small library? Are you the only health sciences librarian at your workplace? HSLI allows you to meet & network with others working in your field
- Monthly opportunity for informal networking (coffee & conversation virtual chats)
- Annual conference offers larger networking events
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- Looking for opportunities to grow?
- Continuing education – events during the year and at annual conference (including MLA CEs)
- Notification via listserv of continuing ed opportunities available from other organizations
- Looking for opportunities to lead or present?
- Leadership opportunities – join / lead a committee, help plan a conference, run for office
- Present a poster / lightning talk / CE course at the annual conference
AFFORDABILITY
- $10 a year ($5 for students) – an incredible bargain!
- Meetings / conferences frequently virtual with cost conscious pricing