Glenfield Hospital

Glenfield Hospital

Library catalogue system (linked to General Hospital) = Heritage Library System

- Especially used by STAFF & STUDENTS

- Mostly medical resources

- All information is filtered to guarantee quality

- Few novels

- Access to electronic resources through Athens and NHS accounts (NHS account is nationally paid by NHS – annual fees)

- A lot of content is full text

- Internet access 24/7 at library

- Training sessions in how to search the database (1 to 1 training to try to demystify �library suspicion’)

- There’s the possibility of ordering resources from other libraries (the communication with these libraries is mainly ONLINE-based through the intra-library scheme)

- 200 libraries included in the system

- E-mail attachments substitute post in intra library articles

Recycle books – library tries to always provide the latest edition of all books (UPDATE)

Journals – specialised on Cardiac and 10/15 years old max.

How to select books?

- Book recommendation from staff (Very important)

- Reading list from universities

- NHS book suppliers

- Emails/catalogues from publishers

One of the main services provided by the library is RESEARCH FOR STAFF (mainly doctors)

In team meetings the library decides how to deal with research for CLINICAL QUESTIONS

This research service is obviously free and aims to help the hospital staff (time management)

REGIONAL meetings – all hospital library reps in Midlands meet periodically to discuss how to IMPROVE SERIVCES and exchange STRATEGIES.