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Standing on the shoulders of giants: Shane Godbolt in the beginning and at the ending
AbstractThis paper introduces Shane's early life up to the point of her joining St Bartholomew's Medical College, London, as an Assistant Librarian. It tracks her links with her professional association and concludes with a cameo of her social life and contribution to her church. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - December 12, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nicky Whitsed Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

‘A journal with ambitions’: Health Libraries Review and Shane Godbolt
AbstractIn 1978, the UK Library Association's newly formed Medical, Health and Welfare Libraries Group decided to establish a newsletter for its members. This paper sets out to describe how that newsletter evolved into Health Libraries Review (subsequently Health Information and Libraries Journal) and became the premier European journal for health ‐care information professionals. Drawing on both published accounts and personal reminiscences, it focuses on the role played by Shane Godbolt as the Review's founding editor. It analyses and discusses the factors that influenced her work, and concludes by summarising the lasti...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 30, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Peter Morgan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Fashioning the future: Shane Godbolt ’s leadership of the NHS regional library and information service in North Thames and London 1992‐2003
AbstractThis paper reviews Shane Godbolt ’s work as the National Health Service (NHS) Regional Librarian in North Thames and London between 1992 and 2003. It was a challenging time for both the NHS and the world of health care librarianship, and this article describes how the opportunities presented by continual organisational change and new ways of working were fully grasped by Shane and her colleagues to move library and information services forward in the capital, working in partnership with NHS partners and Higher Education – and laying the foundations for today’s NHS library and knowledge service. (Source: Healt...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 30, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Richard M. Osborn Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

African Hospital Libraries: How Shane Godbolt inspired and shaped a seedling
AbstractThe co ‐founderof African Hospital Libraries (AHL) chronicles how this charity grew from a tiny pop‐up library set up by two VSO volunteers and the hospital management team, to establishing health care library services in three provincial government referral hospitals (Makeni, Bo, Kenema) in Sierra Leo ne, and supporting link‐ups with a shared maternity and paediatric hospital library service in Freetown and two libraries in healthcare training institutions. She reflects on the impact that Shane Godbolt had and continues to have on the work and growth of the organisation. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 24, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Claire Blacklock Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Shane Godbolt: the Charing Cross years (1970 –1991)
This article looks at the period in Shane's career when she was based in the library at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School (1970 –1984) and then the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School (1984–1991), following the merger. The topics covered include audio‐visual materials and new technology, user education, staff training and development, word processing and automation in the library and Shane's involvement and ac tivities in the wider profession. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 24, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Howard Hague Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Shaping a librarian; the impact of Shane Godbolt as manager, mentor and more
AbstractA personal appreciation of Shane Godbolt as a colleague and friend. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 21, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Louise Jones Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Mapping a high ‐level overview of information flows in the Dutch declaration chain for medical specialist health care
This study is based on Philippe van der Voorn ’s master’s dissertation at the Utrecht University, Department of Science, Information and Computing Sciences. The problem identified was a lack of an integrated information chain and clear governance structure for information flow in the Netherlands’ health care sector. The method of Design S cience was followed to construct an overview model of the chain, and towards a business process model that is intuitive for both technical and business users. An initial declaration chain was identified in the literature and presented, to be confirmed and elaborated on via eight int...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 17, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Philippe van der Voorn, Nico Brand Tags: Dissertations Into Practice Source Type: research