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Library and Knowledge Management Service. National Public Health Service for Wales. Main drivers for LKMS. 1 new NPHS Wales – infection & communicable diseases; public health and service planning 14 specialty teams, 22 local PH teams
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Library and Knowledge Management Service National Public Health Service for Wales
Main drivers for LKMS • 1 new NPHS Wales – infection & communicable diseases; public health and service planning • 14 specialty teams, 22 local PH teams • 22 statutory local health boards working with NHS trusts, local government and voluntary sector • Work programme arises from both national WAG and from local LHB needs and priorities IFM 22 November 2004 Margot Greer/Dinah Roberts
Other key relationships • Velindre NHS Trust – LIS for other divisions including Screening services and regional offices of clinical networks • Health Promotion Division and Health Protection Agency library services • Wales Centre for Health – Public Health Observatory, education and training • Health Evidence Bulletins Wales – SURE @ Cardiff University/College of Medicine
LKMS Development areas • Web-based resources for NPHS specialist teams and localities – external resources • Standardised search strategies for public health, health service planning, clinical effectiveness • Unified webcat – NPHS library resources • Corporate work in progress and publications
LKMS Priorities: balance • ‘just in case’ resources – NPHS expertise and work in progress registers, specialised collection development, web based team resources, access to national knowledge bases (HOWIS) • ‘just in time’ services – in depth enquiries and ‘literature’ reviews, current awareness and SDI, project support & BIS (background information sources) overviews
LKMS Priorities: equity • Decentralised users – 6 main sites, 22 local PH teams, 30+ other workplaces in Wales • Active specialist teams – 14 with members across Wales • LKMS staff (8) with varying backgrounds and skill mix – 3 in Mid and West Wales, Swansea and Carmarthen
LKMS priorities: proactive • Team librarian for each specialist team including children and young people, vulnerable adults, environment, pharmaceutical PH, determinants of health, health inequalities • Team members with locality remit – local health and social care projects, publications • Early involvement with NPHS projects
LKMS priorities: competence • Training and supporting LKMS staff to enhance library and knowledge management skills • Training and coaching NPHS staff to increase their information skills to access web resources and knowledge bases
Contact details • NPHS internet http://www.nphs.wales.hs.uk • NPHS NHS Wales intranet http://nww.nphs.wales.nhs.uk