London Health Libraries e-Resources Audit Initial findings November 2008 Imrana Ghumra & Cheryl Twomey electronic Knowledge Access Team (eKAT) London Health Libraries

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 us us London Health Libraries

eKAT - what do we do? LondonLinks web site London Health Libraries catalogue 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 London Health Libraries

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 London Health Libraries

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. London Health Libraries

What we did Baseline audit of 1 NHS Trust – examples Pilot ed 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? London Health Libraries

Category of Trust LMSG Acute PCT Mental Health Partnership organisations – Institute of Cancer Research; St Christopher’s Hospice London Health Libraries

Questions we asked E-resource Name of resourceVersion/EditionPublisherContact details Licence and Access Licence/Subscription periodNo. of Licenses Purchased Is this a Consortia Purchase? Who has Access? Acute Trust, PCT, MHT, Medical School etc. How is the resource accessed? FundingUsage Cost Is this price dependant on print purchase? Funding stream Please provide comment or attach statistical analysis Training & SupportRenewalComments Is Software Support provided? If yes, is there a cost attached? Is Training provided? If yes, is there a cost attached? Will you be renewing licence? Would you be interested in a consortia purchase? Any other comments? London Health Libraries

Results to date Response rate 60% Type of Resource Top 5 resources Subject coverage London Health Libraries

Type of resource Bibliographic databases e-books e-journals e-learning resources Referencing software London Health Libraries

Top 5 resources 1.Medical Masterclass32.6% 2.Royal Marsden Clinical Nursing18.6% Procedures 3.Up to Date14% 4.Reference Manager9.3% 5.internurse.com and7% 5.Training Tracker7% London Health Libraries

Figure 1 Top e-Resources London Health Libraries

Subject Clinical Nursing Management Mental Health Social Care Public Health London Health Libraries

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 London Health Libraries

Next steps In-depth analysis of the data Usage of resources and an analysis of the statistics Response to Wish List Wiki resourceswishlist.pbwiki.com click on request accesshttp://lhle- resourceswishlist.pbwiki.com Criteria for procurement of e-resources Widen to e-Learning? Print Journals? London Health Libraries

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