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WHAT'S NEW
CALCULATING AND DEMONSTRATING VALUE OF NHS LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Resources from the 2012 SHALL commissioned course Calculating and Demonstrating Value of NHS Library and Information Services delivered by Sandra Ward of Beaworthy Consulting and Ian Wooler of IDW Consultancy.
[03/05/2012]
REFRESHED LQAF VERSION 2.2 APRIL 2012 NOW AVAILABLE
You can download a refreshed version of the LQAF with corrected page 71.
[03/05/2012]

Strategic Health Authority Library Leads (SHALL)

The Strategic Health Authority Library Leads (SHALL) Group was formed on 1 April 2009 and suceeds the National Library for Health (NLH) Co-ordinating Group (2007 to 2009).

SHALL members are the library leads from each of the 10 SHAs in England, and representatives from HE, social care, independent health libraries, CILIP and key NHS bodies. This includes NHS Evidence with whom SHALL has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) [download a PDF copy].

SHALL are members of the LIS Research Coalition as we share a common interest in promoting library information science research.

SHALL MISSION:

To support, work, plan and campaign for the excellence of health and social care through evidence-based practice and lifelong learning, by developing and providing high quality knowledge, information and library services.

SHALL AIMS:

  • To represent the interests of NHS Library and Knowledge Services at national level

  • To communicate actively with the NHS Library and Knowledge Services community so as to identify, respond to and influence appropriate issues

  • To foster and maintain effective partnerships with key organizations including NHS Evidence, Connecting for Health, the Health Information Centre, Public Health Observatories etc.

  • To identify, respond to and influence policy initiatives and consultation documents, and promote awareness of these

  • To evaluate, promote and share good practice and innovations in a proactive manner

  • To develop processes and frameworks for the benchmarking of services in order to ensure that they are meeting the needs of the workforce

  • To support and encourage research and evidence-based practice.

  • To promote the use and evaluate the impact of quality assured knowledge resources and services.

  • To support the development of library staff skills and roles and promote the value of these within the NHS

  • To act as a mutual support and learning network.

Terms of reference (2009) for SHALL can be downloaded here.

Minutes from the SHA Library Leads meetings are available here.

Minutes from the predecessor group, NLH Coordinating Group, will be available on this website.

SHALL Structure

SHALL's work programme is taken forward by its 5 Working Groups and their Task and Finish Groups.

A diagram (revised March 2012) [download a PDF] shows the relationship between SHALL and its working groups.

Page updated 27 March 2012