As a collaborative project of the University of Alberta Library and the University of Calgary Library, the HKN Office can be located at either of these post-secondary institutions, depending on where the General Manager is located. When HKN began in 1994, the office was located at the University of Alberta in Edmonton with oversight provided […]
In 2012, HKN becomes the licensing agent for Alberta Health Services’ Knowledge Resource Service, allowing AHS to extend its existing health region agreement to every hospital in the province. While HKN has been the primary licensing agent for the Alberta health regions since 2008, merging the health regions along with the Alberta Mental Health Board […]
In 2007, HKN begins a joint environmental scan with SEARCH Custom and IRREN (Inter-Regional Research and Evaluation Network) to investigate the differences in access to health information resources in Alberta, particularly between its five rural and two urban health regions. Their scan includes a survey to determine the inequalities between the regions and to discover […]
In April 2008, HKN co-hosts a symposium on complementary and alternative therapies in medicine with the Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association and the Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association. Speakers discuss how complementary medicine is integrated into traditional medicine and the evidence surrounding such. Dr. Steven Aung discusses how he integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM) into […]
The University of Manitoba becomes the first organization in Manitoba to subscribe to HKN, effectively making Manitoba the third province to join HKN. It licenses Ovid’s LWW Total Access Collection, a full-text collection of key health journals. This sparks the beginning of other educational and health care facilities choosing HKN as their licensing agent.
Throughout its entire 25 years in operation, HKN has advocated for provincial and national licensing initiatives. It engaged Lori van Rooijen from Larkspur Associates Inc. to investigate several initiatives, such as provincial licensing. In May 2005, the HKN Partners meet with the Minister of Alberta Health and Wellness to discuss the need for health care […]
In response to a number of requests to expand and review the services it offers, HKN engages Lori Van Rooijen of Larkspur Associates Inc. in 2003 to complete a provincial needs assessment. This comes ten years after HKN’s launch as a grant-funded project, and a year after it becomes a self-sustaining entity. Invitations to participate […]
In October 2004, HKN holds a one-day conference to celebrate its 10th year in operation. The conference brings together library stakeholders from all sectors to discuss the current and future context for health information. The keynote speaker is Dr. Sherrilynne Fuller, then Director of the Health Sciences Library at the University of Washington. Dr. Fuller […]
In 2003, HKN welcomes the University of Saskatchewan as a subscriber, paving the way for the Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Program (SHIRP) to join in the following year. Through the SHIRP subscription, Saskatchewan is able to extend e-health resources to its Universities, technical school, health regions, and health care practitioners across the province. Librarians, Susan […]
In 2003, HKN demonstrates Skolar MD at its Annual General Meeting in Calgary. This is HKN’s first look at an e-resource that is neither an e-journal or an e-book, but rather a “clinical information tool” that answers clinical questions at the point-of-care. Now ubiquitous, these resources have changed the delivery of health care at the […]