HLISD – fit for the future! www.hlisd.org David Law, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust & Kate Lomax, Artefacto

Session Overview HLISD – a potted history The Road to Redevelopment The New Directory The Road Map

HLISD - Description UK Directory of Health Libraries with entries from NHS, Higher Education and the Republic of Ireland 666 library entries 1,221 contacts listed (since launch this has increased by over 200!) 461 editors Worldwide usage including United States, India, Canada, Australia

HLISD: The Origin Story 1957 – 1st edition published 2002 – 11th edition (and last printed edition) published. 2006 – Online directory launched Editions 1 to 4 were called “Directory of Medical Libraries in the British Isles” Editions 5 to 10 called “Directory of Medical and Health Care Libraries in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland”

The Origin Story (2) 11th edition was called “Directory of Health Library and Information Services in the UK and the Republic of Ireland” Julie Ryder edited the 11th edition and has been national editor since the online directory was introduced in 2006

The Need for Redevelopment Existing software architecture was 10 years old with many limitations Survey indicated need for additional functionality and active links Website design was dated and not always intuitive

The Redevelopment Journey Discussions with existing hosts to cost upgrade Specification outlined Following Board Level discussions with partners; HEE and HLG, a short tender was undertaken Award of new contract to Artefacto – December 2017 New HLISD website went live 1st April 2018

New HLISD Working with users and the HLISD board to make the new site: Easy to use Responsive Modern Extensible

The live website

Agile approach A platform to Promote health library and information services and all that they do to the widest possible audience. Help library and information services connect with each other and with users. User-driven development

The roadmap

Possible longer term objectives Linkage from existing LMS/Document Delivery systems to remove widespread duplication. Greater social media integration to link to blogs, wikis etc Library images – compliant with GDPR!

Editorial Structure National Systems Manager Regional Editorial leads Specialist Groups (non-NHS England) – editors being sought

Julie Ryder Editor of 11th print version in 2002 Editor of online version since its launch in 2006 Diligence and commitment has ensured directory remains the core health libraries directory in the UK. Happy Retirement

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