Library Promotion Plan 2016-17

Goals 2016-17 Activities Lead Completion date Welcoming new starters:

All new staff: ensure are aware of the Library Display boards & forms at each month’s new staff induction. Coral Monthly and have an opportunity to join at their 1-2 library staff attend to answer any questions induction All new clinical staff: ensure are aware of the Work with Elaine, Rachel and Mike to schedule tours for Tim Monthly Library and have opportunity to join at their staff on clinical induction induction Medical students – PCMD, PUPSMeD & UEMS: Work with Emma to schedule tours and prepare relevant Tim Ongoing ensure all are aware of the Library and have an materials opportunity to join at their induction Students e.g. nursing, radiography: ensure are Identify and work with relevant staff to schedule tours and Tim / Ongoing aware of the Library and have an opportunity to prepare relevant materials Coral join at their induction Trainee doctors: ensure are aware of the Work with Jan to schedule Library awareness sessions that Tim Summer annually Library and have an opportunity to join at their make best use of their time for all F1 and F2 new starters / ongoing induction (approx 100 tbc); prepare relevant materials Key Services:

Enquiries desk work including ILL and loan Review documents/forms e.g. comp slips and standard Tim / Ongoing activities emails to maximise Library promotion Coral Print and electronic journals: ensure best use of Consider survey-results and reduced space; plan print and Catherine Survey June- funds when planning subscriptions electronic subscriptions and promote holdings / Tim September 2016; ongoing Print and electronic book-stock: ensure texts Celebrate and promote ongoing acquisitions, liaising with Catherine Ongoing remain up to date and meet current needs subject experts throughout year Electronic information delivery: seek Pilot Knowledgeshare with new starters & Athens users, Catherine Ongoing opportunities to offer efficient community-wide then roll-out to rest of the Trust. Promote Trust-wide throughout year current awareness service/s Website: ensure content matches current Re-design website, with a core focus on the discovery Lucy Q1 2017 needs and best reflects Library Services system. Use user focus groups to test website prior to launch Information displays: create in response to Create timely informative displays using range of online and Tim One per month national themes and / or local events including print resources, working with team and a range of contacts for the Paignton monthly Paignton library meetings to promote information-delivery across the community talks Training delivery: traditional face-to-face - Offer regular timetabled information-skills training Lucy Ongoing formal and one-to-one; informal “bite size” Offer regular bite-sized informal sessions throughout year Provide ad hoc one-to-one training as appropriate Use additional off-site venues e.g. Paignton, Newton Abbot Training delivery: electronic - promote Actively promote Webex for training delivery Lucy Ongoing alternative method/s of delivery throughout year Communicating our message:

Network of Library Champions Continue to build up network of champions; liaise All Ongoing proactively and imaginatively with them to cascade Library activities e.g. outreach, training, current awareness, etc. Raise awareness of Library Services with ‘non Demonstrate how the Library can support staff groups e.g. Catherine Ongoing traditional’ users from staff groups within the by assisting on health/wellbeing projects, work with groups throughout year Trust such as innovation panel

Increase the Library’s impact through Demonstrate the Library’s ability to support e.g. by Catherine Ongoing; supporting the Trust’s agenda on community exploring opportunities to introduce elements of SW Monthly engagement and patient/consumer/public consumer health work; health/wellbeing activities such as Paignton talks health mood-boosting books project; Paignton talks . Consider holding workshops to help patients locate health information online

Promote all the above via a continuous stream Via: Catherine Ongoing of appropriate communications to users and staff bulletins – one resource/service per month / Lucy stakeholders across the South Devon email lists – targeted for specific staff groups health/social care community board reports – whenever invited posters – for key events and information displays Promote activities across the library profession Swimming Pool newsletter – at least one item per year Catherine Ongoing and share examples of good practice LQAF National innovation scheme – share and learn from ideas Monitor and review Library & Information Actively seek and collect feedback on all promotion All Ongoing Services activities outlined above, report outcomes Catherine Micklethwaite, April 2012 rev Aug 2012, April 2013, April 2014, Aug 2014, August 2016

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