Nicola Hilliard 

Biography

Nicola is head of the Library and Information Service at the National Children's Bureau. She is editor of Highlights, NCB's series of research summaries, and has developed other Library services including Children in the News, and ChildData. She is joint book review editor of Children &
Society, NCB’s academic journal, and manages the Children’s Play Information Service and the PSHE Information Service. Nicola is a member of CHILL and has provided advice and consultancy to a number of library and information services.

Abstract

Roles 'beyond the library' in independent health libraries

CHILL is a hugely diverse organisation; its constituent libraries range from major national collections to small specialist services supporting the needs of professional organisations and charities. Many of us find that the services we provide to our parent organisations in our endeavours to 'add value' take us well beyond the traditional confines of a
library and information service. Is this necessarily always a good thing?

This page was last updated on: 30 May, 2006