1. The SHeLLI Project The Status of Health Libraries and Librarianship in Ireland Dr. Janet Harrison, Department of Information Science, Loughborough University

2. Dr. Janet Harrison Claire Creaser Helen Greenwood Sonya White Department of Information Science SHeLLI The Project Team

3. Project tender

4. Value of the Project Value to HSLG - Intrinsic & extrinsic Value to health library service Value for health librarians - Empowerment and ownership

5. Value of the Project  Value for money  Existing research infrastructure  Well established team  Delivery to deadlines  Dissemination of project findings into practice and publication

6. Project proposal

7. SHeLLI The Whys  To identify international practice  To identify best Irish practice  To share all best practice  To develop and plan for the future

8. SHeLLI  The need to make the profession and services visible  Valuable to others

9. SHeLLI Methodology or How are we going to do this?  Mixed methods  Quantitative  Qualitative

10. Qualitative: What are we doing?  Interviews with key players  HSE  Department of Health and Children  HIQA  Voluntary sector  Users - Nurses/Doctors  Librarians

11. What we know so far...  Diverse landscape  Inequality of access for users across academic/health service boundary  Lack of voice at national health service level  Determined professional leadership  Resurgence of library champion at DoH

12.  Survey of health library personnel  All members of HSLG  Snowball methodology Quantitative: What will we be doing?

13.  About you  About your library  About your work  Your opinions SHeLLI Survey

14.  Make your voice heard  We want a comprehensive view to build the future!  Live at: https://www.survey.lboro.ac.uk/health/ Until 18 February! SHeLLI Survey

15. Thank you - Questions?