Marketing a library service in the NHS - case study
Description
This is a case study that is designed to raise awareness of the aims and objectives of providing an
Acute Services Current Awareness Service
and any inherent problems relating to that service. The case study is based on the results of a research and consultancy report for the NHS. The case study provides the students with a relevant and timely example of the challenges faced by Information Professionals in the NHS.
Author
Mrs. Janet Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Science, Loughborough University
Keywords
Employability, health information, clinical librarians,
Acute Services Current Awareness Service
Employability skills addressed
Marketing, knowledge of health sector, knowledge management
Please click here for the tutor's guide which will provide a full description of the materials available:
www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/limes/resources/nhs_case_study_tutors_guide.pdf
Materials Available (Download all of these resources here)
- Tutor's Guide
- PowerPoint - Providing an electronic Acute Services Current Awareness Service (ASCAS) for clinical staff within the hospital setting in the UK
- Assessed work handout for undergraduates
- Assessed work handout for post-graduates
- Conference paper Harrison , J et al, ‘New Tricks for Old Dogs’, presented at the 9th World Congress on Health, Information and Libraries, Brazil 2005, available as a pdf document at: http://www.icml9.org/program/track1/activity.php?lang=pt&id=23
- Conference paper (Sept 2006), Harrison, J. and Nikoi, S. “Click , click quick " an electronic acute services current awareness service for the NHS, presented at the 10th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Romania, 2006, available as a word document.
Evaluation
For an evaluation of the materials used in teaching, please link to the Evaluation here. This provides information on how the materials were used, size of group, suggested modules and student feedback.
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