Dear Colleagues

Apologies for cross posting. Please see press release below about the 2nd
edition of the Accreditation standards which have been posted on the NeLH
librarians portal today.

Best wishes,
Val Trinder
Confederation Knowledge Resources Manager
Avon Gloucestershire and Wiltshire WDC
Westward House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford
Bristol BS34 8SR
0117 984 1808
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                               PRESS RELEASE

Source: NHS Library and Knowledge Development Network

Address:  until 20th December 2002
          c/o Val Trinder
          Knowledge Resources Manager
          Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Workforce Development
          Confederation
          Westward House
          Lime Kiln Close
          Stoke Gifford
          Bristol BS34 8SR
          Telephone:     0117 984 1808

          After 2nd January 2003
          c/o Val Trinder
          Knowledge Services Strategy Manager
          Thames Valley Workforce Development Confederation
          Jubilee House
          5510 John Smith Drive
          Oxford Business Park
          Oxford OX4 2LH
          Telephone:     01865 336914

For immediate release
                                                          9th December 2002
STANDARDS FOR HEALTH LIBRARIES REVISED

The accreditation scheme for libraries in the health sector, originally
produced by the LinC Health Panel, is published today in a second revised
edition.

Accreditation of library and information services in the health sector: a
checklist to support assessment, 2nd edition, complied by Chris Fowler and
Val Trinder, published by the Health Libraries & Information Confederation
(Helicon) October 2002, is now available for downloading as a PDF document
from the Librarians Portal of the National Electronic Library for Health
at: http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/librarian/accreditation.asp   It will also be
posted on the Confederation Librarians' Group site at
http://uk.geocities.com/confederation_librarians/  The checklist is
comprised of a set of assessment criteria with explanatory notes along with
guidelines for assessment teams. It is accompanied by a workbook customised
for use by assessment teams and by Library Managers preparing for
assessment.

The accreditation scheme takes a more holistic approach than the first
edition, with assessment criteria grouped together so that areas of
activity are assessed as a whole. It also places emphasis on the need for
library services to be integrated into the life of the organisations that
they serve. There is a change in the way accreditation is awarded too. Four
stages of development are recognised, and replace the levels of
accreditation awarded under the previous edition of the scheme.

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