In 2003, HKN participates on a panel at the CHLA/ABSC Annual Conference in Edmonton on Consortial Deals: Best Practice or Blind Ambition? Moderated by Jessie McGowan, panelists discussed whether consortial deals are the best way to achieve results for libraries and whether they are sustainable in the long run. Panelists included consortia, hospitals, and vendors. […]
In 2002, HKN retired its mirrored servers at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, and the CD-ROM technology that was used to deliver its resources to libraries across Alberta, and migrated to a web-based system accessible via IP-authentication. Its offerings grew from six bibliographic databases on the Ovid platform to nineteen full-text […]
In 2002, HKN receives funding from the Alberta Government’s Curriculum Redevelopment Fund to produce a video on its work to connect health care practitioners, educators, and researchers in Alberta to the information resources they need to provide evidence-informed care. HKN engages Access TV and Souleado Entertainment to produce the video. Several leaders in Alberta medicine […]
In 2001, HKN submits a proposal for a Curriculum Redevelopment Fund Initiative grant through Alberta Learning. The grant proposal includes the development of an online training package that consists of a “search process” graphic and a video describing HKN’s work to enhance practitioner access to health information. HKN later receives requests from librarians and educators […]
HKN will convene a panel at the CHLA/ABSC Annual Conference in Ottawa on how consortia have changed the library landscape in Canada on Friday, June 7, 2019. Join HKN General Manager Vivian Stieda, eHLBc Manager Leigh Anne Palmer (BC), HSICT Executive Director Lori Anne Oja (Ontario), and RUIS Coordinator Marie-Hélène Nicol (Québec) as they discuss […]
HKN considers several slogans for its service, including the following: Creating new knowledge for health University connection for life The school that never stops Information for those who care Health Information: From Alberta’s Universities to You We achieve more together If “Health Information: From Alberta’s Universities to You” looks familiar to you, it should. HKN […]
On June 1, 1999, Regina Health District becomes the first organization and first regional health authority in Saskatchewan to sign on as an HKN subscriber. By November 1999, the Calgary Regional Health Authority (CRHA) follows the lead of the David Thompson Health Region and becomes the second health authority in Alberta to join HKN. CHRA […]
After 3 years in operation, HKN gets its first large-scale subscriber. David Thompson Health Region becomes the first regional health authority (RHA) in Alberta to become an HKN subscriber in March 1997. Prior to this, subscribers to HKN only included individual hospitals and departments throughout the province of Alberta, such as the Royal Alexandra Hospital […]
After the Alberta Health Knowledge Network’s founding in 1994, a management group is struck to explore and make recommendations on how HKN should move forward from a grant-funded project to a self-sustaining entity. Librarians and stakeholders from the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary participate in several planning meetings to create a long-term […]
As a collaborative partnership between the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, HKN is governed by two Partners and three Executive Committee members. The Partners are the Chief Librarians at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. They set the mission and vision of HKN, and provide high level direction and […]