Annual study day events designed to promote an awareness of current thinking and application, relevant to contemporary Library and Information practice and provision for the Nursing professions.
'Tried and tested technologies for an integrated library'
Come along to CILIP Libraries for Nursing Study Day 2011
LFN Study Day 2011: The Source, Meadowhall, Sheffield
Integrating technology and resource provision, what's worked, what hasn't, and why: RSS feeds, Social Networks, Blogs, Mobile Apps, iPads, Kindle etc. Share thoughts and experiences.
There will be demonstrations of current media for enhanced service provision, including Q/A's and activities with a range of platforms.
Venue: The Source, Meadowhall, Sheffield www.thesource.meadowhall.co.uk
For more information or to book your place contact: librariesfornursing@cilip.org.uk
We look forward to seeing you there.
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Susie Andretta: Senior lecturer in Information Management, London Metropolitan University, and editor of the Journal of Information Literacy

Sheila Webber: Director of the Centre for Information Literacy Research at Sheffield University, with NHS librarian Sarah Thompson, LfN committee member
Tuesday 5th October 2010
The programme followed the theme of 'INFORMATION LITERACY' in relation to health, in order to support those working with Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals.
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Speakers:
Sheila Webber: Director of the Centre for Information Literacy Research at Sheffield University. 'Identitfying the information literacy needs of our diverse users'.
Kate Clark: Information Literacy Manager at RCN. 'New ways of communicating for information literacy'.
Susie Andretta: Senior lecturer in Information Management, London Metropolitan University, and editor of the Journal of Information Literacy. 'Everything you always wanted to know about Information Literacy but were afraid to ask'.
librariesfornursing@cilip.org.uk
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LFN Study Day 2009: 'Web 2.0: What it can do for you'
Friday 27th November 2009 Royal College of Nursing, London.
Speakers:
Peter Godwin: University of Bedfordshire: 'Web 2.0 - where next? An overview'
Matt Hunt: Royal College of Nursing:
"Wikis, Knowledge Management & Web 2"
Professor Gilly Salmon: University of Leicester:
"I Pod, therefore I am... Creating Pedagogical Podcasting"
Lyn Robinson: City University London:
"Getting Your Message Across"
Jenny Evans: Imperial College:
"Learning 2.0 @ Imperial College Library"
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Libraries for Nursing Study Day 2008: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice for Evidence Based Nursing.
Friday 28th November 2008 Kings Fund, London
Programme and Speakers:
Andrew Booth (ScHARR)
Getting started: practical steps for getting evidence into library and information practice – including practical exercise
Amanda Harrison, David Clarke, Angela Newton (University of Leeds)
Information Literacy assessment: evidence for good practice
Christine Urquhart, Maria Grant (University of Aberystwyth and University of Salford)
Searching for evidence on how nurses use care planning and records systems
Alison Brettle (University of Salford)
The information specialist and evidence based practice
Anne Gray (Milton Keynes PCT)
Journal clubs across primary care
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LFN Spring Study Day 2008: 'Success in Project Management' - An informative, practical workshop improving project management skills.
24th January 2008 - HLG, IFMHealthcare and LfN. University of Salford
The day was aimed at information professionals from the health and social care sectors, and provided an opportunity to hear from experts in the field of project management and participate in workshop activites designed to give practical experience in this challenging area of our work.
Programme and Speakers:
Paul Waters - Project Manager for University of Salford's "Realizing our Vision" Project.
Jacky Berry -Librarian at The British Medical Association- "People and Project Management"
Andrew Booth and Anthea Sutton - from the ScHARR FOLIO team, University of Sheffield.
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LfN Spring Study Day 2007: Making Web 2.0 work for you and your library - the use of Blogs, Wikis and RSS in Health libraries.
Friday 15 June 2007, 10am-3.30pm Sheffield Hallam University (Owen Building, City Campus).
Programme and Speakers:
Mark Clowes (Sheffield Hallam University)
"Web 2.0 - the possibilities - General overview of web 2.0 technologies."
Presentation
Bernice Baker (eHealth network)
"Learning is fun with Web 2.0 - Presentation about the use of the options for learning/development when using 'Blended' approaches which combine Wikis with Blogs and List Serves."
Presentation
Tom Roper (sometime Information Resources Development Coordinator, Brighton and Sussex Medical School and former HLG chair):
"Ten years in an open-necked shirt: blogging for fun and profit, 1997-2007? - An overview of blogging and some of its serious (and some less serious) applications for libraries."
Presentation
Handout
David Brunt and Heather Gardner (Primary Care Current Awareness Service, The Improvement Network, East Midlands)
"Practical library applications for Web 2.0 - Workshop/Hands-on session demonstrating PCCAS and the use of wikis in the library services"
Presentation
Anne Welsh (DrugScope)
"Blogging for the Bewildered. Use your current skill-set to create information-rich blogs and social bookmark sets at high-speed"
Presentation