IFMH Inform Volume 13, Number 1
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CONTENTS
Know-How? Exploring the knowledge dimensions of Primary Care
Sue Lacey Bryant, Independent Information Specialist & Knowledge
Manager, Vale of Aylesbury PCT. Email: laceybryant@clara.co.uk
Health Librarians all across the UK are taking steps to focus on
the primary care dimension of the NHS. As Library Service Managers
find out more about the information needs of Primary Care Organizations
(PCOs), a number of questions arise: how well do librarians understand
the knowledge dimensions of the work in primary care? how far do
they want to engage with this broader agenda? how can library and
information services support what needs to be done within each organization?
where is the best place to site initiatives to meet the needs identified?.
This paper discusses these issues and describes the author's experiences
of applying knowledge management within a primary care trust.
Primary Care National electronic Library for Health (NeLH-PC): Information-centred knowledge
management for Primary Care
Simon de Lusignan, Senior Lecturer and Kate Pritchard,Knowledge
Officer, Primary Care Informatics, Department of General Practice
and Primary Care, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London
This paper describes the primary care library (NeLH-PC,) and
the features developed within it to enable primary care clinicians
to access and manage knowledge resources. The Primary Care National
electronic Library for Health (NeLH-PC) is part of the National
electronic Library for Health (NeLH) program.
Evidence Based Librarianship and the Research in the Workplace
Award
Maria J Grant, Chair of RIWA 2001 and Membership Secretary
of IFM Healthcare
Established in 1997, ResearcHoS (formerly the LINC Health Panel
Research Working Party) began the task of stimulating EBL in the
UK. One of the ways in which it seeks to do this is by assisting
in the development of the professional evidence base. The Research
in the Workplace Award (RIWA) is a bi-annual award that aims to
encourage and facilitate research activity amongst information professionals
who are new to research. Sponsored by a number of professional organisations,
the award seeks to funds small scale practitioner led research by
health librarians or information specialists.
Information Services to Managed Clinical Networks: RIWA 2001
Annette Thain, Cancer Information Librarian, Beaston Oncology
Centre, North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust
The winner of the 2001 Research in the Workplace Award describes
the winning project which was a feasibility study of a cross boundary
managed information network to match the needs of the cancer managed
clinical networks.
National
Service Frameworks
Bertha Yuen Man Low, West Midlands Regional Library Unit
Surf's Up
Caron Hartley, Research Librarian, Kings Fund Information
and Library Service
A review of selected web sites.
Sidelines Spring/Summer 2002
This issue of Sidelines was compiled by Kath Wright, Su Golder,
Lisa Mather and Julie Glanville of the NHS Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination at the the University of York.
This issue offers a reference paper for research methodologies,
a contribution to the debate on barriers to implementation and a
discussion of copyleft. In addition there are articles on consumer
information, evaluating the quality of Internet resources and providing
information to clinicians.
Information News
NeLH What's News
News from the NeLH for Managers
National electronic
Library for Health Management Briefing 02/07: Workforce Development
Confederations
Compiled by Hannah Gray
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