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
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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
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
For any technical problems with the survey
please contact Professor Charles Jackson:
Telephone: 01273 550691 email: [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
KT2 7LB
Tel: 0208 4175220
PA: Lilith Arevshatian
0208 4175929
Regards
Catherine
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