London Health Libraries eResources Audit

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London Health Librariese-Resources Audit

• Initial findings November 2008
• Imrana Ghumra Cheryl Twomey
• electronic Knowledge Access Team (eKAT)

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eKAT - who are we?

• electronic knowledge access team
• 6 team members
• employed by London Deanery
• electronic information learning resources
• support London Health Libraries network
• work closely with strategic library lead for
  London
• work closely with HE
• http//www.londonlinks.nhs.uk/contact-us/contact-u
  s

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eKAT - what do we do?

• LondonLinks web site www.londonlinks.nhs.uk
• London Health Libraries catalogue
  www.lhlcatalogue.nhs.uk/
• national and London wide electronic collection
  procurement
• London Athens administration
• e-linking management
• promotional events
• usage and user statistics
• Deanery e-Learning initiatives
• National Library for Health initiatives
• opportunities for future electronic developments

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A resource strategy for NHS London

• e-resource workshop in January 2008
• user demand for e-journals
• rationalisation of print
• evidence of value for money
• publisher / supplier models
• trends in other sectors, especially HE

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Why an e-Resources Audit?

• As an initial step in developing an e-resource
  strategy for London, the purpose of this audit is
  to highlight duplication, inform consortia
  purchase and improve equity of access across
  London, ensuring value for money. It will also
  provide evidence to help determine purchase for
  London top-up.

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What we did

• Baseline audit of 1 NHS Trust examples
• Pilot
• e-mailed a handful of Healthcare Library Service
  Managers LMSG
• Which electronic resources do you and your
  organisation purchase? Either locally within the
  Library, across different departments in your
  organisation, at Trust level, across Trust PCT,
  group of Trusts, or any other consortia purchase?

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Category of Trust

• LMSG
• Acute
• PCT
• Mental Health
• Partnership organisations Institute of Cancer
  Research St Christophers Hospice

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Questions we asked
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Results to date

• Response rate 60
• Type of Resource
• Top 5 resources
• Subject coverage

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Type of resource

• Bibliographic databases
• e-books
• e-journals
• e-learning resources
• Referencing software

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Top 5 resources

• Medical Masterclass 32.6
• Royal Marsden Clinical Nursing 18.6
• Procedures
• 3. Up to Date 14
• 4. Reference Manager 9.3
• 5. internurse.com and 7
• 5. Training Tracker 7

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Figure 1 Top e-Resources
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Subject

• Clinical
• Nursing
• Management
• Mental Health
• Social Care
• Public Health

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Investment

• Overall investment
• Difficult to ascertain as e-resources delivered
  from a variety of budgets within Trusts
• Further investigation required
• Single v consortia purchase
• Value for money
• Evaluate usage

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Next steps

• In-depth analysis of the data
• Usage of resources and an analysis of the
  statistics
• Response to Wish List Wiki http//lhle-resourceswi
  shlist.pbwiki.com click on request access
• Criteria for procurement of e-resources
• Widen to e-Learning? Print Journals?

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