Mental health Librarians join forces to improve library services for Psychiatry in the West Midlands

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Mental health Librarians join forces to improve
library services for Psychiatry in the West
Midlands

• Presented by Clare Shemilt
• Helene Gorring
• Richard Parker

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Project Aims

• Scope vision for library and knowledge access for
  psychiatry
• Identify models of library service delivery to
  address this vision
• Indicate key areas of training need in IT skills
  and implications for training

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Project Stages

• Review of IT skills and needs
• Interviews with individuals and groups
• Library review

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Interview Analysis

• Understanding of Knowledge as Know-how and
  published
• The Library as a Place
• The need to process information for different
  purposes
• Knowledge to be available in clinical situation
• Innovation
• Creating know-how

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Psychiatry Improvement Group

• Librarians providing library services to mental
  health clinicians across the West Midlands
  PCTs, Specialist Mental Health Trust
• Task Group and Learning Set
• Meets every 3 months

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Developing the role of the Mental Health Librarian

• The programme also works as a learning forum for
  librarians working in mental health
• Support network - Mental Health libraries are
  often run by solo librarians
• Meeting and interviewing various mental health
  professionals has enabled group to step inside
  their shoes and has informed service delivery

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Learning Outcomes Chair of the Psychiatry
Specialist Training Committee

• Group gained better understanding of curriculum
  for MRPsych
• Consultants often ask their secretaries to do
  literature searching for them
• Knowledge Discovery Programme to build their
  expertise

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Learning Outcomes - SHO

• OUTCOMES
• New username and passwords now set up by library
  in advance and given to new trainees on their
  induction on an NeLH credit card.
• Group has started discussions with ATHENS to
  achieve solution

• ISSUE
• Having to re-register for Athens on each rotation
  is a deterrent to using password protected online
  resources

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Learning Outcomes - SHO

• OUTCOMES
• Modifying training courses content and marketing
  to reflect this has resulted in increased uptake.

• ISSUES
• E-journals are very popular

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Learning Outcomes - SHO

• Clinical queries are in reality targeted at
  Consultants or drug company representatives who
  sponsor weekly journal clubs ?

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Supporting evidence based medicine
Coventry PCT Librarian attending ward rounds has
stimulated literature search requests for
patient care
N. Warwickshire Clinical Governance Black Book
S. Warwickshire Clinical Information Topic Packs
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Learning Outcomes - SHO

• Improved Classification guides, re-branding of
  Information Skills training courses

• Library terminology is a barrier to use

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Learning Outcomes Flexible Trainee

• Importance of peer recommendation
• Need for regular reminders and drip-feed
  approach.
• E-books are very useful
• Talking Books!

• Find a champion.
• Librarian input in Journal Clubs
• Develop appropriate Current Awareness Services
  frequent, mail shots

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Grey Matter

• Improving Access
• Electronic Resources
• Paper and Web
• Evaluation
• Lessons to be learnt
• Taking it Forward

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Full Text E-Books

• Description
• 3 Titles
• Access
• Athens Identification
• Evaluation
• Addition to Core Content

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Knowledge Discovery Programme

• Whats it about?
• Hub and Spoke
• Skills beyond the Library
• Description
• Skills Dissemination
• Future Developments

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Knowledge Discovery Programme

• My Role as a Coach
• Whats a Coach?
• My Training
• Learning from Students
• Mental Health take up
• Drop out Rate
• Support!!!!
• Room for Improvement

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Summary

• By creating the group lessons were learnt
• The value of knowing what our users want and need
• Improving Access to resources
• Disseminating knowledge and skills
• Only just started!