The paper describes an example of good practice in the establishment of multidisciplinary library services at a Trust hospital. In 1995, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust commissioned a survey to determine their nee...
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The paper describes an example of good practice in the establishment of multidisciplinary library services at a Trust hospital. In 1995, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust commissioned a survey to determine their needs for library services for all staff. The results of the survey and the recommendations are described. The Trust's further actions are briefly noted. This case study is set into the wider context of the need for well-resourced library and information services within the NHS. The constraints under which such developments operate are listed.
Small medical libraries can, with a planned approach, respond positively to extra user demands generated by new information products, such as CD-ROM databases, by taking the initiative to raise, through fee-based serv...
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Small medical libraries can, with a planned approach, respond positively to extra user demands generated by new information products, such as CD-ROM databases, by taking the initiative to raise, through fee-based services, income which can be used to fund other products.
As a result of organizational changes in the National Health Service (NHS) there is a need for a coherent costing model for NHS libraries, particularly for the smaller libraries based in postgraduate medical centres. ...
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As a result of organizational changes in the National Health Service (NHS) there is a need for a coherent costing model for NHS libraries, particularly for the smaller libraries based in postgraduate medical centres. One possible model is functional cost analysis, whereby all costs are assigned to library functions representing services to users, such as loans from stock, interlibrary loans, enquiry services, etc. Using data from a 1991 survey of postgraduate centre-based libraries in the North West Thames (NWT) Region of the NHS, the feasibility and appropriateness of functional cost analysis is examined.
A summary of some of the issues concerned with charging for library services (particularly information services and services provided by medical libraries) is given. The results of a survey carried out in July 1992 ar...
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A summary of some of the issues concerned with charging for library services (particularly information services and services provided by medical libraries) is given. The results of a survey carried out in July 1992 are presented. The survey asked respondents to indicate which library services they charged for, the level of charges and the extent to which charges to those outside the organization and those within it differed. Twenty-five libraries (response rate of 69%) replied to the survey. Some further areas for research and discussion are indicated.
This paper is intended to contribute to discussion and debate on sources of funding for NHS library services which is a complex issue in the present climate of organizational change. Topics covered include the managem...
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This paper is intended to contribute to discussion and debate on sources of funding for NHS library services which is a complex issue in the present climate of organizational change. Topics covered include the management and organization of services, the users, their requirements and sources of funding. In conclusion a number of specific issues that need addressing are raised.
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