This reply is typically informative, but I can't help feeling that library users will not find it helpful to have to look on the NeLH for some resources, and on the NLH for others. Adding to their confusion will be the fact that some resources appear to be available on both sites. From the point of view of encouraging the maximum number of users to use the full range of excellent resources it would surely be better to dump NeLH and make everything available on the NLH - even if this simply means a hyperlink on the front page to 'other resorces'.
John Addison
Library Manager
Education Centre Library
Royal Oldham Hospital
Rochdale Rd
Oldham
OL1 2JH
Dear All
It is intended that NeLH will be integrated into the NLH
fully by March 2006. The exact date when NeLH hits are
redirected to NLH will depend on the usage of both the NeLH
and NLH sites and the development that takes place of NLH.
Hopefully this will give everyone plenty of time to get used
to the new site, and give the NLH team enough time to get the
site right!
The NLH site will be developed over the coming year with
localisation, personalisation, directories and the single
search. The NeLH will certainly be kept up to date, but may
not include all the enchancements the new NLH site will offer.
Phase 1 of the single search tis due to be launched on
January 10th. We will be carrying out a usability study over
the coming weeks to help determine improvements - as well as
the feedback from librarians - that will help determine what
is required for Phase 2.
Regards
Scott Gibbens
NCC Project Manager
NLH Programme Manager
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:36:38 GMT
>From: "Fleet Geoff (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SHARED SERVICES)"
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>Subject: Confusion over NLH, SSE launch, etc.
>To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
>
>Apologies for cross posting (although I'm not cross, just
>slightly irritated).
>
>With the impending launch of the single search environment
on
>Jan 10th, am I the only one who is confused about what this
>means? Does it mean that the NLH page will now
be "official"
>and that the NeLH page should no longer be promoted? If
not,
>when will this be, and will this be announced on both
pages?
>How long is the grace period before NeLH will be shut down
>and redirected to NLH? Have I missed something, or have
>there been no communications about any of this (again)?
>
>If the NLH page is to be official from Jan 10th, there are
>some glaring omissions on both the public page
>(http://www.library.nhs.uk/) and the test page
>(http://search.library.nhs.uk/). These pages are
>slightly different, but both omit OMNI, Prodigy, BNF,
Medical
>Dictionaries Search, and links to many other sites such as
>MIDIRS, NSF Zones, Healthcare Commission, etc. In addition,
>several Specialist Libraries are missing. I heard that the
>ones which can't be searched by the SSE were omitted, but
>that doesn't make sense to me; surely you should still be
>able to link to them whether they can be searched or not.
>
>Finally, my understanding was that the "electronic" in NeLH
>was being phased out in favour of the term NLH (although I
>realise that NLH is a broader concept than NeLH). However,
>one of the "databases" searched by the SSE is NeLH.
>
>Geoff Fleet
>Outreach Librarian
>
>Bucks Shared Services, Verney House, Gatehouse Road,
Aylesbury, HP19 8ET
>Tel: 01296 310106
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