1. Cilip/SCONUL Health Strategy
Group
Kath O’Donovan, Group Chair

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SCONUL/Cilip Health Strategy
Group
Kath O’Donovan, Group Chair

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Promoting the value of library and
information skills and services to help
create a healthier society

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Thepast - originsof theGroup
• Joint working with Cilip and SCONUL
• SCONUL HSG worked from 2004 to 2006
• Cilip HEAG
• Key participants:
• Judy Palmer
• Maggie Haines

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Thepresent – first yearsof HSG
• Joint HSG first meeting – April 2006
• First Chair – Maggie Haines
• Second Chair – Ian Snowley
• Current Chair – Kath O’Donovan
• Next Chair – Bruce Madge – currently
President of Cilip

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Current membership
• Kath O’Donovan
• Paul Ayris
• Helen Bingham
• Christine Fowler
• Bruce Madge
• Melanie Brocklehurst
• Sir Muir Gray
• Peter Hill
• Toby Bainton
• Guy Daines

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Current issues
• Hill report
• National Service Framework

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Operational plan 1
• Advocacy for health libraries:
• Invite appropriate individuals into membership of the
Group
• Establish contact with senior staff in DoH and DfES
• work with the Director of the National Knowledge Service
to identify the best ways to investigate areas of mutual
interest;
• present briefing papers on areas of concern and to
provide regular briefings from HSG to NKS/NLH and vice
versa.

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Operational plan 2
• Develop a dialogue with key stakeholders

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Operational plan 3
• Respond to government consultation
exercises as appropriate.

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Operational plan 4
• Promote and publicise HSG.

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What do you think?
• Discussion now or during the rest of the
day