Welcome to the home for NHS library and knowledge services (England) and the Strategic Health Authority Library Leads (SHALL)
About this site
This site provides a central place for information to support staff who provide NHS library/knowledge services. Go to For Library Staff for information about NHS Copyright, E-resources, Reprocurement, Technology, Impact Assessment etc.
In addition you can find out who is your local Strategic Health Authority Library Lead (SHALL) and find information about the work of SHALL and its working groups.
Website Structure - Mindmap updated February 2011
You can download a pdf copy of the mind map of the website's structure with hyperlinks to the site that was updated to February 2011.
Alternatively you can visit the site map at www.libraryservices.nhs.uk/sitemap/
Parts of this website are only available to staff who provide NHS library/knowledge services and are registered users of the site.
PLEASE NOTE:
This website is not intended to replace local NHS library/knowledge service or SHA-wide websites.
If you want to find local NHS library and knowledge services use Health Library and Information Services Directory (HLISD) atwww.hlisd.org/index.aspx
CONTACT US: If you have any suggestions as to what else should be included then please contact us.
QUICK LINKS
The LQAF contains the national standards for NHS library/knowledge services together with guidance on how to measure the degree of compliance with the standards. You can find out further information about the NHS Library Quality Assurance Framework here.
You can also learn about innovation and good practice in NHS library/knowledge services by visiting www.libraryservices.nhs.uk/forlibrarystaff/lqaf/innovations.html
This is a place for healthcare library staff to join in, learn, experiment and play with new technologies. It focuses on emerging technologies which help raise the profile of library and information services in the electronic environment. You do not need to login to view the pages or start/join in a discussion.
RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE SITE
12 April 2012 - Revised list of Core Content resources
This is version 3 of the document originally provided on 16 February and includes information about JAMA archive access and notes about BNI and ZETOC. Download from www.libraryservices.nhs.uk/forlibrarystaff/information/eresources.html
16 April 2012 - Annual NHS Library Services Statistical Return 2011-12
This version has a minor change to the guidance for 10.2 Totals for User education and 10.4 Totals for User induction. Download from the "Members Area" (login required) at www.libraryservices.nhs.uk/forlibrarystaff/membersarea/nhsstatistics/nhs_statistics.html
23 April 2012 - SHALL Briefing April 2012
Download a copy of the latest SHALL Briefing at www.libraryservices.nhs.uk/shall/briefing/ or catch up on earlier issues.
30 April 2012 (revised 14 May 2012) - Refreshed LQAF version 2.2 April 2012
The refreshed version of the LQAF can be downloaded from here (including the corrected page 71).
N.B. Due to an error the links in Criterion 5.2a Additional Guidance are duplicated. If you have already printed the LQAF then you can download a replacement page 71 here
A revised version of the Excel Standards Assessment Tool (SAT) will follow in May 2012.
3 May 2012 - Procurement Framework Update for March-April 2012
To download the update on the National Framework Agreement of the please go to: www.libraryservices.nhs.uk/forlibrarystaff/information/procurement.html
Page Updated 14 May 2012