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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 [email protected]
• 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
• 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
• 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
