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As the local collaborator within my own trust for this survey I have been asked to forward this message to health librarians. Regional library leads: could you please cascade it to your networks? Many thanks - Catherine ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- Invitation to Participate in a National Survey of Health Librarians Regarding Health Managers' Information Behaviour and Use How do healthcare managers find the information they need to make decisions at work? What are the barriers and facilitators to the use of information? And what role do health librarians and knowledge intermediaries have in this process? These are some of the questions we wish to answer in our research into health managers' information behaviour and use. The study is funded by the Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development Programme of the National Institute for Health Research and is being conducted by independent researchers from Kingston University, University of East Anglia and St Georges, University of London, led by Professor Christine Edwards, Director of the Institute of Leadership and Management in Health. As part of the study we are conducting a national survey of health librarians. If you agree to take part this will involve completing an online survey regarding health managers' information behaviour and use. Some of the questions are factual, relating to library facilities and management resources, and some ask for your opinions on information use. There are no right or wrong answers. The survey should take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. We hope that you will find time to complete the survey, as the success of the research is dependent on the participation of people like yourself. In the long term the findings of the study will bring benefits to both managers and intermediaries through developing guidelines to improve practice. By clicking the link below you will be automatically re-directed to the survey and agree to take part. Participation is voluntary and entirely confidential and no individuals or Trusts will be identified in the reports. National Survey of Health Librarians <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/32QCWJF> For any technical problems with the survey please contact Professor Charles Jackson: Telephone: 01273 550691 email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Thank you very much for your help. If you are have any further questions regarding the research please contact me at the address below. Best wishes Christine Professor Christine Edwards Principal Investigator and Director of Institute of Leadership and Management in Health Business School, Kingston University Kingston, Surrey, KT2 7LB <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 0208 4175220 PA: Lilith Arevshatian 0208 4175929 Regards Catherine Visit our web portal <http://www.netvibes.com/tewv-lis> - your one-stop source for journal TOCs, news, links, and podcasts Access the library catalogue <http://www.library.cdtv.nhs.uk/> Catherine Ebenezer Library and Information Services Manager Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Cleveland Way, Roseberry Park Hospital Marton Road Middlesbrough TS4 3AF Library codes: TNEY / TNE:MID Telephone: 01642 838112 Mobile: 07920 545634 Fax: 01642 838113 Email: [log in to unmask] <outbind://73/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Signatures/catherine.ebenezer @tewv.nhs.uk> / [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email and any attachments may be confidential and are intended for the use of individual(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient(s) of this email (and any attachment), please note that any form of disclosure, alteration, storage, copying or forwarding of this email and any attachments without the express permission is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please inform the sender immediately by email or telephone and destroy all copies. Communication by email cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, amended, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The Trust cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is free from computer viruses or has not been intercepted and amended and you should perform your own virus checks. In the unfortunate event of a virus infection the Trust does not accept liability. The information contained in this email may be subject to public disclosure as required by law including disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.