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About ALHeLA

Learn more about our organization for health information professionals in the state of Alabama. Check out our mission and objectives, as well as our history.

Membership

Participate in promoting better health care for the citizens of Alabama through strengthening professional skills, resource sharing, and communication among health information professionals in the state.

Annual Meeting

Save the date! The 2024 ALHeLA Annual Business Meeting will be held in Huntsville, AL on November 8 & 9, 2024.

From the ALHeLA Blog

  • ALHeLA Tables for ALLA Public Library Division
    ALHeLA members Megan Bell (left) of The University of Alabama at Birmingham & Kelly Weigand (right) of Auburn University presenting information at a table at the Alabama Library Association Public Library Division Midwinter Conference on January 30, 2025. Megan and Kelly presented results of the 2024 Alabama Public Librarians Health…
  • Health InfoNet Survey Report
    An ALHeLA-based research group led by Megan Bell has recently released a report about the results of their 2024 survey of Alabama Public Librarians designed to learn about their training preferences, types of health information requests they receive, and demographic information about them. The project, funded by a Southern Chapter…
  • ALHeLA Reintroducing Health InfoNet Service
    By Alan Backer The Alabama Health Libraries Association (ALHeLA) is reintroducing the Health InfoNet service to the state of Alabama. The taskforce for this project is currently conducting a multi-part needs assessment with public librarians across Alabama to help make the relaunch of Health InfoNet a lasting success. Health InfoNet…