My guest on this 9th episode is Cassandra Gorton. Cassandra is my second guest from outside of Queensland, and my first from Victoria. In Australia public health systems, where most hospital libraries reside, are largely run by state governments so the colleagues we become most familiar with tend to be those within our states. This is the only reason for the existing Queensland bias, which I’m sure will lessen over time. Cassandra works for Monash Health in Victoria, so it was fascinating to compare similarities and differences between health services. Cassandra has also come on board as associate editor of the Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia, colloquially known as JoHILA, so together we will be trying to grow and improve the journal as an organ of quality scholarly communication about health library practice in this region. 

Laura is librarian at Rockhampton Hospital. Rockhampton is a city of 80000 people in central Queensland, about 8 hours north of Brisbane. This is a fascinating and most enjoyable chat, ranging across a wide array of topics and solving them all. This interview was recorded on 10 June 2022.

Jane is librarian at QEII hospital in Brisbane’s metro south health service. She is well studied, including masters degrees and a phd, and is a wonderful colleague and friend. Her reflections during this conversation are most insightful. This interview was recorded on 21 November 2019.