My goodness - they sound like toddlers, keep them away from skittles and ration their t.v! I can see the BBC series know - "Exec tamers"
oh dear, J
Juliet Brown
Medical Librarian - Vale of Leven DGH
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>>> Roddham Mike <[log in to unmask]> 06/21/05 11:48am >>>
Dear Mary,
They are very different beasts. Generally, if they ask for something they
need it within 30 minutes, before they move on to the next issue. You may
then get a few days before they come back to it. Quite often, normal
library routines can't cope with the timescales, so you'll need to give
personal attention to their requests.
They don't want to get published info themselves, they want someone to do it
for them. They will be happy for you to act in this capacity once you've
proved you can do it. Equally, if they ask for a document, it often isn't
because they want that document but that they have rationalised that the
information they seek might be within it. It's worth probing to discover
exactly what they want. E.g. I was asked by our chairman for a copy of the
Public Meetings Act 1960. He didn't want the act itself but to see if
cameras were permitted in Board meetings, which was actually covered by our
Standing Orders.
They like alerting services as long as they are relevant. Many are far too
general to be useful.
They like anything that takes routine work off their desk. For example, I
deal with incoming circulars, guidance and reports for my CEO. I collect
them from his in-tray (or from CEO's bulletin and other online sources),
summarise them, decide who should be responsible for dealing with them,
distribute, log the distribution and report to him and the Board directors
monthly. I do the same job with clinical reports and guidelines, reporting
to the Clinical Governance C'tee.
Traditional library services don't hit the spot for CEOs!
Hope this helps
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Publicover [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 June 2005 11:06
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Subject: Chief Exec orientated info
Dear all
We have a new chief executive coming (in the autumn but I want to be ready
for once in my life) and I thought I would prepare a 'where to get published
info for senior managers' handout for her. What should I include. What's
important for chief execs? Are there any websites beyond DH, NHS? Moving
beyond published what about statistics etc
I know about:
NLH health management spec lib, DH Data and Kings Fund. Not much really...
I don't know which electronic journals would be important for a chief exec.
I am looking towards a really good grovel here and would be glad of some
help.
Mary
Mary Publicover
Trust Clinical Librarian
Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust
0121 627 5846
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