Introduction

Good practice in NHS-funded library and knowledge services

Authors

  • David Stewart NHS Library & Knowledge Services North
  • Sue Lacey Bryant NHS Library & Knowledge Services, Health Education England
  • Clare Edwards Health Education England
  • Dominic Gilroy Health Education England

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/lirg822

Abstract

Every CILIP President has a theme.  In David Stewart’s Presidential year in 2019, one of his themes was the need to focus on our own evidence base in libraries and therefore research.

In the NHS “evidence-based healthcare” has been an important driver for change since the 1990s. Evidence based healthcare led directly to evidence based librarianship and that too has been a powerful agent for change in NHS library and knowledge services. Nevertheless, there is much more to do – the power of evidence needs to be recognised across all our professional groups and we need a much more coordinated approach to its funding, development and dissemination.

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Published

2020-04-06

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 127 (2020): Special issue: Good practice in NHS-funded library and knowledge services

Section

Invited Contributions

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