WELCOME TO OUR CONFERENCE TODAY Celebrating the NHS/HE Partnership London Health Libraries

Aims of the day To meet colleagues from across London and further afield To hear about key developments at the national and local level To celebrate achievements in NHS/HE joint working To explore further opportunities for collaborative working London Health Libraries

What do we hope to achieve Launch of new London NHS/HE Partnership Group Identify key areas for collaboration over the next 2 years Explore how we can make our contribution to significant local & national workstreams such as the NHS London Workforce and Education strategies, NHS Evidence and the growing research agenda London Health Libraries

Format of the day London Health Libraries Presentations Networking during refreshment breaks – meeting colleagues old and new Time to meet our exhibitors who have kindly sponsored this event Time to look at the posters and vote for your favourites

Key themes for the day London Health Libraries Celebration Partnership

London Health Libraries The NHS/HE Partnership: past achievements & future opportunities Richard Osborn

Some facts … London Health Libraries In London, more than 40% of the total NHS workforce look to an HE library as their main service In London, over 56% of NHS staff have access to electronic resources procured through London Medical School deals HE library staff play a vital role in the life of the London Health Libraries network

Some achievements … London Health Libraries Service Level Agreements Electronic resources – promotion, access management, training materials Training & CPD, e.g. FILE Discussion lists, e.g. LIS-MEDICAL Resource sharing

More achievements … London Health Libraries M25 Consortium / London Health Libraries Joint Working Group, Agreement on London-wide Student Charter for placement students Joint procurement, e.g. trial of Social Policy and Practice database in 2006 Mutual support

Some opportunities … London Health Libraries Build on joint procurement activity HE/NHS collaborative bodies – Academic Health Science Centres, Health Innovation and Education Clusters … Burgeoning research networks Joint initiatives with M25 groups, e.g. CPD25, Resource Discovery, Walk in Access schemes NHS Evidence – and its key objective to get research into practice

London NHS/HE Partnership Group London Health Libraries Each HEI with a health and social care faculty will be invited to be involved HEIs will be asked to nominate 6 representatives for Steering Group which will meet at least twice a year. 6 NHS library representatives will also serve on group Sub-groups will tackle specific areas of work, as appropriate, e.g. joint procurement of electronic resources Annual meeting each autumn

After today … London Health Libraries I will ensure all the relevant London HEIs are informed about the new group Key contacts will be confirmed for each HEI Nominations for Steering Group will be sought after Christmas First meeting of Steering Group before Easter