London Health Libraries Induction Morning … · development of library and knowledge services and...

15 January 2015

London Health Libraries Network

• Strategic Library Lead

• electronic Knowledge Access Team (eKAT)

• Over 50 library service points across London

• Library Council

• Working Groups

Strategic Lead – Job Summary

• Leads on the strategic leadership, commissioning and

development of library and knowledge services and

eLearning initiatives across the London area

• Ensures the co-ordination, procurement and management of

electronic information and learning resources

• Assures the quality of library services delivered to NHS staff

• Provide representation on national library and eLearning collaboratives

Working with eKAT, the Strategic Lead is responsible for:

• Strategy and policy setting for library and knowledge services and eLearning

• Leading & advising on library service development, modernisation and innovation

• Leading quality monitoring process for London’s library services

• Representing London on relevant national groups

• Developing strategic partnerships and encourages collaborative working at regional and national level

• Procurement of electronic information and eLearning resources for the whole workforce in London

Working with eKAT, the Strategic Lead is responsible for:

• Providing expert consultancy in relevant areas

• Providing specialist advice and support, e.g. in recruitment of senior Trust library staff

• Ensuring 24/7 availability of electronic resources through identity management, access authentication and technical linking infrastructure

• Co-ordinating analysis of user and usage statistics for electronic information and learning resources

• Promoting a culture of resource sharing and “do once and share”

electronic Knowledge Access Team

• Helps library, information and eLearning staff make the most

of existing and new resources and technologies

• Ensures library, information and eLearning staff are up to

date and confident in using these resources and

technologies for the benefit of users and potential users

• Promotes resource sharing between organisations and

wider access to electronic resources

Resource Network Manager – Ania Nogal ania.nogal@ncel.hee.nhs.uk

• LondonLinks website and discussion list www.londonlinks.nhs.uk

• HILO website www.hilo.nhs.uk

• Resource sharing including LHL Catalogue www.lhlcatalogue.nhs.uk

• Discussion lists

• Has organised mobile device training for library staff

• London representative on LKSL Information Management & Technology

Group

Electronic Services Co-ordinator – Melinda Singh

melinda.singh@ncel.hee.nhs.uk

• NHS OpenAthens Regional Administrator for London

• London Link Resolver Representative and Editor

• Electronic resources access points or availability (ie checking access

points all work be it HDAS, A-Z list, HILO, MyAthens, native interfaces)

• London representative on NARAG – National OpenAthens Regional

Administrators’ Group

Business Support – Fatima Almeda

fatima.almeda@ncel.hee.nhs.uk

• Course bookings

• General enquiries

• Events management

• Statistics collection and collation

• Administrative support for eKAT

Procurement of eLearning & Information Resources

National Collection and the London Top Up

• Negotiate with London LETBs for funding

• Work with the LKSL Content & Collections Development Group to

improve and develop the National Collection service

• Work with London Health Libraries to agree what to buy for the Top

Up

eLearning & Information Resources (current position)

National Collection

• 1,500+ eJournals

• 400+ eBooks (MyiLibrary)

• 8 healthcare databases

covering medicine, nursing,

allied health, complementary medicine, management

Additional London

resources

• An extra 225+ eJournals

• BMJ Learning

• Anatomy.tv

• Medical Masterclass

• A small collection of eBooks to

support faculty development

eLearning & Information Resources (from 1st April 2015)

National Collection

• 4,500+ eJournals

• 400+ eBooks (MyiLibrary) – London access yet to be agreed

• 8 healthcare databases

covering medicine, nursing,

allied health, complementary medicine, management

Additional London

resources

• A small collection of eBooks to

support faculty development

• Negotiations taking place for

access to other resources

beyond 31st March. We hope

to maintain some additional

eJournals, BMJ Learning and

Medical Masterclass.

eLearning & Information Resources (from 1st April 2015)

Additions to National

Collection

• PsycARTICLES (102 titles)

• ProQuest Hospital Collection

(over 3,000 titles)

London resources

• Due to a decision to pool

funding currently used for

regional resources at a

national level, there is now

less funding available for

London-wide only resources

Promotion of eResources

• Manage the HILO website www.hilo.nhs.uk

• One stop shop for end Users for eLearning and Information

Resources

• Co-ordinate Knowledge Awareness Week in May

Technical linking and access authentication

management

• NHS OpenAthens

NHS England authentication system for protecting licensed eResources

• Link Resolver

The NHS England tool for linking national, regional and local eResources into the MyJournals service and the healthcare databases on the Health Information Resources website

Communications across the London Health Libraries Network

• Manage the Londonlinks website for London Health

Libraries staff

http://www.londonlinks.nhs.uk

• LondonLinks discussion lists for library staff

http://www.londonlinks.nhs.uk/groups/email-discussion-lists

Resource sharing

Union catalogue for London Health Libraries

http://www.lhlcatalogue.nhs.uk

• Regional Documents Database (RDD) – books, videos, learning

packages, grey literature

• Union List of Serials (ULS)

• Map of London Health Libraries

(Google Maps)

National Library Services website

www.libraryservices.nhs.uk

A valuable and important resource for all library staff.

You can sign up for access to “members’ area”

National eLearning resources managed by eKAT

• eLearning Repository for sharing resources across all NHS

organisations

www.elearningrepository.nhs.uk

A “search and discover platform” for learning materials

• National portal for eLearning

www.elearning.nhs.uk

Mobile resources - one of our key work areas going forward

electronic Knowledge Access Team

Team email ekat@ncel.hee.nhs.uk

Thank You

Any Questions?