Dear
All
I am looking for
information about appropriate staffing numbers and models for staffing,
preferably in an NHS Library service covering multiple sites, but I would take
any info you have. If you have a spare 10 minutes can you answer the
following questions? All information will be treated confidentially,
however I will, of course, summarise for the LIS.
About your
organisation
What size population
does your organisation cover?
What type of care
does your organisation provide (Acute, Primary, etc)
How many hospitals
are in your organisation?
What number of Staff
(Full time equivalent) are employed by your organisation?
About your Library
Service
How many libraries
are in your organisation?
How many of them are
staffed? For those that are staffed what are your opening
hours?
How many staff are
in your library service, please can you state whether they are f/t or p/t and if
poss. their grade or position (a staffing chart would be
great).
What is your
staffing model, i.e. is your service centralised or dispersed, do staff have
multiple roles, is there a divide between subject specialism and library
management or do staff do both.
What services do you
provide (e.g. Literature searching, I.S. training, ILL etc.)
And finally, if you
have written a business case for staff, or have done an exercise on the required
staffing levels for a hospital library, or know of any research on staffing
models please can you let me know.
Regards
Michelle
Michelle
Kirkwood
NHS Greater Glasgow and
Clyde Library Network
GRI Library Manager /
Clinical Effectiveness Librarian
10 Alexandra
Parade
Glasgow
G31 2ER
Tel: 0141 211 4760
(x24760)
Fax: 0141 211
4802