Shrewsbury & Telford Health Libraries

www.sath.nhs.uk/library

Shrewsbury & Telford Health Libraries

The Shared Library Service

Louise Stevens

Site Librarian

7 April 2023

Shrewsbury & Telford Health Libraries

Partnership

• We work in partnership with Staffordshire University, Keele University, Shropshire Community Health Trust & both PCTs

We have staff employed by SaTH, SCHT and Staffs University

We have over 4,500 members from all the partners plus other health organisations in Shropshire

Library Governance

SaTH run facilities with service level agreements Library Management Board Library User Group Shrewsbury Library Managers + SaTH Librarians

Group = Shared Library Service (SLS) Development Group

Team meetings at each site Shropshire wide groups and projects Annual work plan Shropshire Lead Librarian

Library Staffing

SaTH Library Services Manager1 WTE

Staffordshire UniversityAcademic Skills Tutor

Librarian0.6 WTE

PCTs Library and Knowledge

Services Manager1 WTE

Senior Lib Assistant 1 WTE

Lib Assistant1 WTE

SHL Site Librarian0.8 WTE

Staffordshire University Information Services(based in Stafford/

Stoke)

IT technician0.5 WTE

Lib Assistant0.5 WTE

Lib Assistant 1 WTE

Lib Assistant1 WTE

Senior LA1 WTE

Lib Assistant1 WTE

Knowledge ServicesAssistant0.5 WTE

THL Site Librarian1 WTE

Lib Assistant0.5 WTE

Library Users

Academic staff

Admin

Ambulance staff

Audiologist

Nurse

Biochemist

Cardiac clinical scientist

Chiropodist

Community nurse

Consultant

Counsellor

Dentist

Dietitian

District nurse

GP

Health care assistantHealth promotion worker

Health visitor

Manager

Medical secretary

Microbiologist

MidwifeOccupational therapist

Operating department practitioner

OptometristOrthoptist

Orthotist

Pharmacist Phlebotomist

Physiotherapist

Plaster technician

Play specialistPractice nurse

Psychiatric nurse

Psychologist

Radiographer

Radiotherapist

School nurse

Social worker

Speech & language therapist

Medical student

Nursing student

Support therapist

Services

Books, journals and request services

Databases, e-journals and e-books

Training on library resources

Tailored training

Literature searching

Facilities for study

Evidence-based resources

Services

Current awareness services

Supporting journal clubs

Visiting departments

Information queries

Resource guides

Team Knowledge Officers

The SLS maintains thebook and journal stock on a LibraryManagement System(LMS) shared with theother Health Library in Shropshire; RJAH inOswestry.

SHeLib

Promotional Work

Staff induction

Invitation letters

Book displays

Web pages at www.sath.nhs.uk/library

Staff bulletins and newsletters

Knowledge Source blog, global email, specific groups

Promotional Work

Trials of specific e-resources

Attendance at meetings

Updating Staffordshire University web pages

Induction sessions

Displays on library services and e-resources

Networking & Partnership Working

Other Shropshire Health Libraries in areas such as the Shropshire-wide library management system, OLIB; training; and strategic development of services across Shropshire.

Other Staffordshire and West Midlands NHS libraries. Close liaison with Staffordshire and Keele Universities’ other

libraries. Participation in regional and national document supply

schemes and discussion lists. Sharing good practice e.g. the Netvibes Current Awareness

Service and Access database for managing interlibrary loans and activity statistics.

Any questions?