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Cochrane Library Colloquium - Competition

The XIV World Cochrane Library Colloquium is coming to Dublin on the 23rd-26th October 2006.

The Colloquium is a unique opportunity to celebrate what has been achieved with the Cochrane Library to date and will discuss how the Cochrane Collaboration can continue to grow and evolve to meet its aims.

In celebration of the Cochrane Colloquium coming to Ireland for the first time, the Irish Health Science Libraries Group and the UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford have organised a joint initiative to encourage Librarians to participate in the Colloquium and the development of the Cochrane Library as a whole.

This is in the form of a competition, in which we are asking Librarians and Health Information professionals to submit abstracts on the subject of Librarians and the Cochrane Library.

Workshop Application Form [ 26kb ]

The winning abstract will receive free entry to the Colloquium and will be asked to host a workshop at the Colloquium, on the abstract that they have submitted.

All entries will be jointly adjudicated by Catherine Baldesari and Ann Eisinga of the UK Cochrane Centre.

This is a unique opportunity for Librarians and Health Information professionals. By taking part in the colloquium, you will have a rare opportunity

• To collaborate with fellow health care professionals
• Demonstrate the value of your professional skills
• Showcase and share fresh and innovative ideas
• Become involved in the further development of the Cochrane Library
• Add to your own professional portfolio

The rules and regulations of the competition apply as follows:

• Abstracts must be submitted on the standard workshop proposal application form at  http://www.colloquium.info/?pageID=46.
• Abstracts must be summarised in not more than 300 words.  (See full details on the application form)
• You may choose your specific title for your abstract but we ask that it will centre on the relevance of the Cochrane Library to Librarians and Health Information Professionals
• The closing date for submission of abstracts is the 12th May 2006  
• The winning entry will receive notification on the 31st May 2006  
• The winning entry will receive free entry to the entire Cochrane Colloquium in October 2006. (Normal fees are 595 Euro)
• The winning entry will be asked to conduct a 90 minute workshop on the abstract that they have submitted at the Colloquium. The training Department in the UK Cochrane Centre will be working closely with the winner and will assist them in preparations.
• Opportunities such as these tend to be rare, so I would like to give you every encouragement to take part.
• Please mail, fax, or post your entry to me on the standard abstract form at the details below before the closing date of 12th May 2006.  
• Entries must be submitted on the standard abstract form above.

If you have any further queries regarding this competition, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with:

Fiona McCarthy
HSLG Cochrane Liaison Officer
Head of Library Services
Children's University Hospital
Temple Street
Dublin 1
Tel:  01 8784323
Fax: 01 8784582
E-mail: fiona.mccarthy@tsch.ie 

For more information on the programme and registration details of the Cochrane Colloquium, please check out www.colloquium.info

If you want to learn more about the Cochrane Library, please check out www.thecochranelibrary.com