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Sally Hernando Awards for innovation
8 July 2014
UCL biomedical libraries have made a number of successful submissions demonstrating their innovation and good practice in supporting their affiliated NHS Trusts.
This includes winning the Sally Hernando Award for Organisational Innovation in 2011/12. The awards are part of the NHS Library Quality Assurance Framework (LQAF), an assessment tool used to drive quality improvement within NHS libraries.
Details of all UCL Library Services successful submissions can be found listed below. For further information about the awards and all submissions please see the NHS Library Services website.
2013-14 Awards
| Library | Innovation | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Library | 'Self-guided smartphone' tour of the GOSH Library | Marketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Promotional video: a week in the life of the Royal Free Library | Marketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Pledging and collecting pledges for NHS Change Day 2013 | Marketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Library | Endnote software available to all GOSH staff | Process Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Reporting of data on Highly Cited Publications | Process Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
2012-13 Awards
| Library | Innovation | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Library | New Library video used at all Trust inductions | Marketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Aligning research publications metrics review with Trust appraisal & revalidation processes | Process Innovation - Runner up |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Training session for medical students involved in clinical audit projects | Process Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Training course to raise awareness of QIPP and knowledge management | Product Innovation - Judged to be Innovation |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Compiling evidence to support e-resource licence extension at NHS-HE crossover | Organisational Innovation - Judged to be Innovation |
2011-12 Awards
| Library | Innovation | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Free Medical Library | Introduction of 11½ Things, to enable staff to increase their awareness and develop skills in using Web 2.0 / social media tool | Organisational Innovation - Winner |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Introduction of a library staff professional development initiative for new professional members of staff | Organisational Innovation - Judged to be Innovation |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Web-based library staff training module delivered via Moodle, UCL's virtual learning environment | Organisational Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Introduction of a variety of different study spaces | Product Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Electronic current awareness service - CEES Update | Product Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
| Royal Free Medical Library | Blog, RSS feed and Intranet page to support the Trust's QIPP | Product Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice |
2010-11 Awards
| Library | Innovation | Award |
|---|---|---|
| UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square Library (formerly Rockfeller MedicalLibrary) | Use of a three screen digital totem to market & promote the library, archives, museum etc | Marketing Innovation - Judged to be Innovation |
| UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square Library (formerly Rockfeller MedicalLibrary) | Combining the existing Library with a newly created Hospital archive and museum | Organisational Innovation - Judged to be Innovation |
| UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square Library (formerly Rockfeller MedicalLibrary) | Using free Internet Café software to provide access to e‐resources for NHS and university staff | Process Innovation - Judged to be Innovation |
| UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square Library (formerly Rockfeller MedicalLibrary) | Use of Belkin switch so a PC can operate on either NHS or university network | Process Innovation - Judged to be Innovation |