HAT membership - to CAMLIS and beyond!

What people say about the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Library Information Service (CAMLIS):

‘I found it very useful to be able to access the online resources and I think it is really important for our credibility as health practitioners that we can keep up with the research world.’
GZ

‘Access to research is an issue for practitioners and very important if we are to make the therapy industry more evidence-based.’
TT

‘For therapists, readily available information and research is vital to support continuing professional development, and, as I live quite rurally, it is great to access this online.’
LW

The HAT Trustees have been giving a lot of thought recently to where the next generation of HAT members – Friends of Homeopathy – are going to come from.  It’s clear that HAT has to embrace the digital age more fully if we are to continue to fulfil our role as a bridge between homeopaths and patients, to inform more people about homeopathy and to find new members.

So we’ve got some interesting new developments to report:

1.    CAMLIS membership

HAT has taken the step of enrolling all its members into CAMLIS and members should receive their library card from us soon.  HAT Trustees feel it is important that we support this exciting new development and that it will be a significant benefit to existing and future HAT members.

However, these and other developments do cost money and so, for the first time in quite a while, HAT is forced to increase its membership subscriptions.  We do this reluctantly, because we know times are hard for many, but the only way we can join CAMLIS is if all HAT members are enrolled; it’s not something that can be offered on an individual basis.

So, at members' next HAT annual renewal, our membership fee will be £35, which along with your copies of Picture of Health will also include your CAMLIS membership for a year.   However, you will be able to access CAMLIS as soon as your receive your library card.

More information about CAMLIS here

2.    HAT website improvements

Later this year we will start the process of adding new facilities to our website, which should offer:

Please bear with us as these improvements take shape.  As part of this process, we may ask members for more information, such as an email address; rest assured that we will continue to keep your personal information very safe.  Thank you for your support and membership of HAT.  We hope that you’ll continue to enjoy Picture of Health, this website and stay with us on the next steps in HAT’s development.

Simon Wilkinson-Blake
HAT Executive Director