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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.

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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

2013-14 Innovation submissions
LibraryInnovationAward
Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Library'Self-guided smartphone' tour of the GOSH LibraryMarketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryPromotional video: a week in the life of the Royal Free LibraryMarketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryPledging and collecting pledges for NHS Change Day 2013Marketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street LibraryEndnote software available to all GOSH staffProcess Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryReporting of data on Highly Cited PublicationsProcess Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice

2012-13 Awards

2012-13 Innovation submissions
LibraryInnovationAward
Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street LibraryNew Library video used at all Trust inductionsMarketing Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryAligning research publications metrics review with Trust appraisal & revalidation processesProcess Innovation - Runner up
Royal Free Medical LibraryTraining session for medical students involved in clinical audit projectsProcess Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryTraining course to raise awareness of QIPP and knowledge managementProduct Innovation - Judged to be Innovation
Royal Free Medical LibraryCompiling evidence to support e-resource licence extension at NHS-HE crossoverOrganisational Innovation - Judged to be Innovation

2011-12 Awards

2011-12 Innovation submissions
LibraryInnovationAward
Royal Free Medical LibraryIntroduction of 11½ Things, to enable staff to increase their awareness and develop skills in using Web 2.0 / social media toolOrganisational Innovation - Winner
Royal Free Medical LibraryIntroduction of a library staff professional development initiative for new professional members of staffOrganisational Innovation - Judged to be Innovation
Royal Free Medical LibraryWeb-based library staff training module delivered via Moodle, UCL's virtual learning environmentOrganisational Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryIntroduction of a variety of different study spacesProduct Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryElectronic current awareness service - CEES UpdateProduct Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice
Royal Free Medical LibraryBlog, RSS feed and Intranet page to support the Trust's QIPPProduct Innovation - Judged to be Good Practice

2010-11 Awards

2010-11 Innovation submissions
LibraryInnovationAward
UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square Library (formerly Rockfeller MedicalLibrary)Use of a three screen digital totem to market & promote the library, archives, museum etcMarketing 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 museumOrganisational 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 staffProcess 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 networkProcess Innovation - Judged to be Innovation