London Health Libraries Induction Update Morning SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

London Health Libraries Induction & Update Morning SERVICE DEVELOPMENT Richard Osborn London Health Libraries

What do we mean by ”service development” Developing the services offered by our libraries to ensure they meet the needs of existing customers, potential new customers and the organisations those libraries serve London Health Libraries

Key areas • Quality & standards • Assessing impact of services • Marketing & promotion • Targeted services • Reaching out to new users London Health Libraries

Quality and standards National Service Framework for Quality Improvement • 5 pilots in London in early 2009 • baseline assessment of all services by 30 th April 2009 • pilots will inform how NSF is implemented from 2009 -2010 London Health Libraries

Assessing impact of services • User feedback is essential to develop services appropriate to the needs of users and aligned to the core business of organisations • User surveys / questionnaires / usage statistics … • Development of Alignment Toolkit – to be launched on 22 nd October London Health Libraries

Marketing and Promotion • Promotional materials – pens, post-it notes, bags. Any other ideas for pan. London materials? • Local promotional activities – posters, displays, events, intranet …. • Sharing of good practice across London Health Libraries

Targeted services • Sharing of current awareness services • Providing support to particular groups of staff, e. g. those working in primary care & public health, mental health … London Health Libraries

Reaching out to new users • Hard to reach groups, e. g. health managers • Social care staff • Patients and the public London Health Libraries

Role of LHL Service Development Group • To provide a co-ordinated approach to these issues across London, e. g. NSF • To share good practice • To take account of national initiatives and feed up information / views to the national Service Development Group London Health Libraries