An investigation into the move towards electronic journals: a case study of NHS libraries in K ent, S urrey and S ussex

Electronic journals are so embedded into practice in academic libraries that it is easy to forget that this is not the case everywhere. In NHS libraries, for example, the staff face a particular set of issues. This article is based on Rebecca England's dissertation on this topic, completed as p...

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Published in:Health information and libraries journal 2013-09, Vol.30 (3), p.241-244
Main Author: England, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Electronic journals are so embedded into practice in academic libraries that it is easy to forget that this is not the case everywhere. In NHS libraries, for example, the staff face a particular set of issues. This article is based on Rebecca England's dissertation on this topic, completed as part of the MS c Econ course in Information and Library studies at Aberystwyth University. Rebecca is E‐resources Librarian at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. She investigated the momentum towards electronic journals in NHS libraries in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region and the potential for a regional purchasing consortium. AM
ISSN:1471-1834
1471-1842
DOI:10.1111/hir.12035