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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library Collection Management Policy, Lindsay Harris Jan 2011

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library Collection Management Policy, Lindsay Harris

Lindsay Harris

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library Collection Management Policy Lindsay Harris, Government of South Australia, SA Health Abstract This Collection Management Policy contains guidelines for the development and management of the Library collections of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (hereafter referred to as TQEH). The policy defines the client groups served by the Library and describes its general role in supporting the information needs of the staff, researchers and students of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and by extension, the staff of SA Health as a whole. The Library’s relationship to external entities in the development of its collections is also outlined.


Library User Needs Analysis Report, Lindsay K. Harris Jan 2008

Library User Needs Analysis Report, Lindsay K. Harris

Lindsay Harris

In mid 2008 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library conducted a User Information Needs Analysis to review the Library’s overall level of performance in supporting the information requirements of Library users. As well, the survey was designed to identify areas of unfulfilled need amongst those client groups. This survey was based upon a previous 2005 User Information Needs Analysis, with some modifications in the questions posed, and was partly intended to chart the Library’s progress in dealing with issues and service gaps identified in that first survey. The results of the User Information Needs Analysis will contribute to informing the direction …


Tqeh User Needs Questionnaire 2008, Lindsay Harris Jan 2008

Tqeh User Needs Questionnaire 2008, Lindsay Harris

Lindsay Harris

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Towards E-Health: National Access To Electronic Health Information, Lindsay K. Harris Apr 2007

Towards E-Health: National Access To Electronic Health Information, Lindsay K. Harris

Lindsay Harris

Health Libraries Australia has made a sustained effort to advance the development of a national approach to the delivery of electronic health information since holding a national forum back in 2003. Lindsay Harris plots the progress to date.


The Economics Of Open Access Publishing In The Sciences - Recent Reports For Health Librarians, Lindsay K. Harris Apr 2005

The Economics Of Open Access Publishing In The Sciences - Recent Reports For Health Librarians, Lindsay K. Harris

Lindsay Harris

Australian health librarians would be familiar with the general background to the origins of open access publishing. These encompass the escalating costs of periodical prices that are far in excess of national inflation rates, the unending pressure on library budgets, the consequent incapacity of libraries to keep pace with mounting subscription costs and the emergence during the past decade of huge STM (scientific, technology and medical) publishers which have reduced competitive forces in the market place. That STM publishing is big business is unquestionable. In 2002 the merchant bankers Morgan Stanley estimated the global STM publishing market to be a …


Implementing Library Service Agreements: The Experience Of Australian Health Libraries, Lindsay Harris, Sue Rockliff Aug 2003

Implementing Library Service Agreements: The Experience Of Australian Health Libraries, Lindsay Harris, Sue Rockliff

Lindsay Harris

There is little in the published literature on creating and implementing service agreements in libraries as distinct from reports on the outsourcing and contracting out of discrete functions or entire services. This paper examines the role of service agreements in Australian health libraries and their operation in libraries. Aspects considered are the definition of service agreements, what they are and are not, how they are developed, the scope and contents of such agreements and areas likely to cause difficulties. The experiences of Australian health libraries in the implementation of service agreements and key features in their success or failure are …