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Library Knowledge Services (North)

Service Update for Blackpool Hospitals NHS FT

This has been a difficult year for the Library at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals with 2 members of staff (including the Manager) on long term sick leave since June 2019. However, it has not diminished our attempts to continually improve the service for our patrons. A number of initiatives and developments have taken place and led to an improved service and experience for the users of the Library.…

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Service update for Barnsley Hospital NHS FT

We hosted a World Book Day event on Thursday 7 March 2019 where Barnsley Hospital consultant Rheumatologist Dr Ade Adebajo discussed the recently published 5th edition of his book ‘ABC of Rheumatology’. The event was well attended by staff and medical students.…

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How shadows spread across YOHHLNet

The kindling that stoked the fires of job shadowing across YOHHLNet arose from a yearly staff appraisal with the suggested development plan idea… I want to learn from others……

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Staff changes at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT

Following the retirement of Susan Bell in summer 2019, Ailsa Haigh has recently been promoted to the role of Senior Library Assistant for e-resources. The CNTW team bid farewell to Marion Bilton, based at Hopewood Park (formerly Cherry Knowle) in Ryhope, at the end of January 2020. Marion is a long serving library assistant within the team and is looking forward to her retirement. The library at Hopweood Park will be operating reduced hours from mid January.…

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Reflecting on "Introduction to Health Librarianship," - a new module at Manchester Metropolitan University

For the first time, a module focusing specifically on health librarianship has been added to the programme for the MA Library and Information Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. The module is led by Dr Geoff Walton, and provides an overview of the knowledge and skills required to provide library and knowledge services to an NHS or health organisation. Students on the module, like me, were fortunate to receive guest lectures from 17 health librarians, who each gave an insight into their career as well as exploring topics related to the field of health libraries.…

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