Library Service Summary

Access

• BWH staff and students, on placement at BWH, have 24/7 access via their BWH ID card.
• The library is staffed between 09.00 - 17.00, Monday - Friday.
• Patients and carers should use the Patient Advice and Information Centre but may have reference access to the library during staffed times.

BASE membership

• See the BASE Library website for membership criteria and your local BASE Library.
• Staff (NHS and Social Services) should initially register via their organisation's BASE Library.
• Staff should update their BASE Library card details when starting employment at a new BASE Library.
• Students should initially register on their first placement at a BASE Library.
• Students should update their BASE Library card details when starting a new placement at a new BASE Library organisation.
• Students are entitled to BASE Library services for the duration of their placement at a BASE Library. The library here at BWH allows reference access between BASE placements.

Summary of services

• Books, e-books, journals and e-journals.
• Photocopier, black & white printer (colour printing via library staff), scanner, A3 laminator, steel spine binder (charges may apply to these services).
• All library members can borrow books and use PCs equipped with MS Office, Internet etc.
• Up to six books can be borrowed for 1 month (or 1 week for high demand books).
• Students on placement can borrow up to four books for 2 weeks (or 1 week for high demand books).
• BWH staff members also have access to:
  • Inter Library Loan and Document Delivery Service (charges may apply)
  • Literature Search Service
  • Literature Search Training
  • Critical Appraisal Training

Our aims are to:

• Promote and support a culture of evidence based practice and life long learning in the Trust.
• Be friendly, polite and helpful
• Acknowledge enquiries on day of reciept indicating follow-up action & time scale.
• Complete literature searches to the time requested.
• Process 90% of Inter Library Loan requests within 1 working day.
• Supply urgent action article requests on time (typically within 2-3 hours).
• Provide information skills training on request or book an appointment for a mutually convenient time.

We ask that you abide by:

• BASE Library terms & conditions
• BWH local policies
• Copyright Law and where applicable the NHS England Copyright Licence.
• IM & T and Information Governance Policies - available on the intranet

Library staff:

Ann Daly - Clinical Librarian

Derick Yates - Evidence-Based Practice Tutor

Sandra Harrison - Library Administrator

This page was last modified on Fri Dec 23 2011