Information Portals & Web 2.0 Technologies

Hugh HanchardSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The South Tees approach

WHY?

• Provide a current awareness tool • Maximise journal usage • Could be tailored for individuals or

departments• Would be available when THEY wanted to look

at it• Aid their CPD

WHAT

• RSS feeds from journals available as full-text (some journals have more than one feed)

• RSS feeds from NLH/NHS Evidence• RSS feeds for training events• Relevant web links (using Delicious)• Could also link to a wiki or blog

How

Pages tailored for each directorate• Created Netvibes page• Searched for relevant feeds, links and content• Populated page with content• Published page and asked for feedback• Actioned feedback

Delicious

• Access bookmarks/favourites over the Internet

• Share bookmarks with others• Organise bookmarks with tags• Display bookmarks relevant to the

dept/directorate• Use it to collate links from training you’ve

conducted

Issues/Results

• Unable to easily measure hit-rates • Netvibes can be slow to load• Needs occasional check of feeds

• Feedback was excellent

Do you think Web 2 technologies…

1. Have little potential for NHS Libraries?2. Have great potential but will only appeal to

the more technically literate?3. Have great potential and will appeal to most

customers