Wednesday 9 March 2005

NLH contributes to NHS Common User Interface

National Library for Health is working with Microsoft to integrate library and knowledge services into MS Office as part of the NHS Common User Interface programme. From Summer 2005 library services will begin to be available directly to end users as part of the MS Office suite. Initial delivery will focus on the Research Pane; an RSS aggregator will form part of later releases. Subsequent releases will be guided by a user group

Tuesday 8 March 2005

Launch of Specialist Library for Skin Diseases

The Specialist Library for Skin Diseases was launched at an event in London today, featuring Dr Hilary Jones (GMTV doctor), Frank Cook MP (Vice chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin), Peter Lapsley (CE, Skin Care Campaign) and Dr Muir Gray (Director, NeLH).

Monday 7 March 2005

NLH launch reported in HLG Newsletter

In the latest issue of the Health Libraries Group Newsletter (http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/hlg/newsletters/march05.pdf) Colin Davies reports on the NLH launch last November. The report includes a summary of the key messages from the day including the need for more infomaniacs (librarians) as outlined by Dr Muir Gray.