Libraries for Nursing - part of the Health Libraries Group
Our objectives:
- To provide a focal point for professional contact and discussion amongst qualified librarians/members of CILIP serving nurses
- To promote a dialogue between nurses and librarians and a greater understanding of the roles and functions of the two professions
- To bring together periodically all persons involved in the provision of library and information services for nurses.
We provide:
- The UK’s largest group of librarians working with nurses, midwives and health visitors
- Quarterly high quality bulletin keeps you in touch
- Twice yearly study days on current topics
- Research and publications on current issues
- Representation of nursing library interests to professional and statutory bodies
- Informal "network" of contacts nationwide
The Core Medical Collections:
The Core Collection of Medical titles, first published in 1992, acts as a reliable acquisitions guide for health libraries in the UK.
Titles are recommended by members of the Core Collections Working Group using circulation data, and includes contributions from reviews, reading lists, and medical resource suppliers Tomlinson's.
Lori Havard of Libraries for Nursing was project lead; successfully utilising 'Library Thing' which was ... "used as a platform to invite contributions from a wider range of information specialists and clinicians, both in commenting on titles from the previous editions, and recommending new titles".
The following link will take you to the most recent edition of the Core Collection via the HLG website ... Core Collections
For the full preface to the latest 6th edition, please click the following link ...
Medical%20CC%20Preface%20and%20List%20of%20Contributors.pdf...
A hard copy of the Core Collection is available from Tomlinsons on request.