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After nine months of working in the NHS, I'm no longer confused. All I can do is trust that none of those responsible for this ever go work for 'real' companies. It's a product - a new product. Ask yourself: what don't you do when newly marketing a brand-new product? Hmm, how about constantly having to refer to the original product.... Improved in what way, asks the punter? D'oh: not really sure yet, murmurs the information professional - left looking anything but. There was no typo. They really do mean 2006. One wonders if NLH is the 'microsoft' of the NHS - we (the customers) are being left to do the vital testing, and feed back all the flaws, all in the 'cause' of getting the product to market fast.... You cannot expect people - who are not information scientists, but medical/nursing staff - to be able to sort out what's on which site. Why, in heaven's name, did those responsible for NLH not wait to bring to market a 'new, improved' model? Why was it so critical to introduce a shell of a product? These are the questions which won't be answered, I suspect! Zena Woodley Library Resources Manager Warner Library Broomfield Hospital Chelmsford CM1 7ET T: 01245-440761 x 4310 F: 01245-442140 -----Original Message----- From: Perry Rowena [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 05 January 2005 10:45 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [LIS-MEDICAL] Confusion over NLH, SSE launch, etc. I too am confused about which site we should now be promoting. Another confusing issue is that even when you go via www.library.nhs.uk when you click on a resource it is still the old Nelh intro screen that you see eg A-Z journals list, Cochrane and so on. Rowena Perry Library Manager Health Informatics Shared Services Did you know that your local health library offers Help and advice from skilled staff Journal and book collections - electronic as well as traditional Study space and internet access Training courses and current awareness services Search services and document delivery Check out our intranet site: http://nww.berkshire.nhs.uk/library - to find out more about our services and to check our catalogue. Healthcare Library Prospect Park Hospital Honey End Lane Reading RG30 4EJ Tel: 0118 960 5020 Fax: 0118 960 5014 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Addison John (RW6) PAHNT Sent: 05 January 2005 10:27 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Confusion over NLH, SSE launch, etc. 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)" <[log in to unmask]> >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 >[log in to unmask] > >************************************************************* ************** >This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended >recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy or >distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its >contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please >inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you >for your co-operation. >************************************************************* ************** > > >************************************************************* ************** >This e-mail is confidential and privileged. 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