IFMH Inform Volume 12, Number 2
CONTENTS:
From virtual to reality : the development
of the NeLH
Alison Hicks, National Electronic Library for Health programme,
NHS Information Authority
[Based on a presentation given at the IFM Study Day : From Information
to Health to Building the Information Core : 25 April 2001.] Three
years ago, Information for Health set in motion the development of the
National electronic Library for Health (NeLH). Commissioned by the
NHS Executive Information Policy Unit, the NHS Information Authority was
given the task of delivering the NeLH. This article outlines the
achievements of the NeLH programme to date and the work in progress.
Implementing the NHS information strategy : a Northern and Yorkshire
perspective.
David Peacock, Regional Librarian (IM&T), Northumberland Health
Authority
This paper describes the process that the Northern and Yorkshire Regional
Library Advisory Service (RLAS) undertook, in developing Library and Information
Services (LaIS) as part of Information for Health, the national information
strategy. It lists the types of initiatives that have been funded through
IM&T investment, and describes the importance of both an effective
patch library strategy group and of developing close links with the IM&T
community at all levels.
Information for Health : the library perspective in Leeds
Helen Thompson, Librarian, Leeds Health Authority
This article describes the work which is being driven forward in Leeds
by a city-wide Library Development Group to support Information for Health.
It details the establishment of the group, its work streams, the Northern
and Yorkshire regional library database deal, a Practice Nurse Project
which takes information to primary care nurse practitioners and the appointment
of a Library and Information Support Officer within the Library Development
Group.
Information for Health and the role of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Education and Training Consortium
Paula Kingston, Consortium Librarian
This paper provides a brief overview of the role and development of
education and training consortia, and an assessment of the impact of employing
consortia librarians, a strategy adopted by the West Midlands Regional
Librarian, Pam Prior. It looks in particular at the role of the consortium
librarian in Herefordshire and Worcestershire in securing funding from
Information for Health in Worcestershire and at the range and type of projects
supported. Lastly, it considers the implications of the change from
consortia to workforce development confederations in terms of the impacts
on library services.
From Information for Health to Building the Information Core
Bertha Yuen Man Low, West Midlands Regional Library Unit
An annotated listing of useful resources supporting the implementation
of Information for Health in LIS.
Surf's Up
Lucy Johnson Bell, Research Librarian, King's Fund Information and
Library Service
A review of selected Web sites.
Sidelines May 2001
Compiled by Steven Duffy, Su Golder, Kate Light, Kath Wright and
Julie Glanville of the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University
of York.
A selection of recent articles of interest to health professionals.
This issue focuses largely on a range of internet and internet issues,
along with surveys of the state of IT and IT policy.
Information News
MIDIRS Web site relaunch
News from the NeLH for Managers
National
electronic Library for Health Management Briefing 01/01: Clinical Guidelines
Compiled by Alison Winning
National
electronic Library for Health Management Briefing 01/06: National Service
Frameworks : A Managers' Guide To Implementation
Compiled by Steve Rose
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