Health Library News

The Library warmly welcomes three new members of staff: ROB WESTWOOD is covering the Deputy Library Manager's (Alison Thornley) maternity leave. Rob is a chartered librarian with experience in information literacy work with NHS Scotland and Glasgow University. VIX CAMERON joins us as a Library Assistant Her background is as Library Assistant with Bournemouth Borough Council Libraries. ANITA ROY will be Library Assistant covering Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Her background includes both HE (Staffordshire University) and local government (Staffordshire County Libraries). And last but by no means least, SUSAN SMITH (Electronic Resources Librarian) will be leaving us after Friday 11 December to take up a library manager post at Leighton Hospital, Crewe. For any queries regarding Athens or electronic resources, please contact the main Health Library enquiry by email: health.library@keele.ac.uk or tel: (01782) 556565.

The Health Library would like to welcome two new members of staff. Jayne Hickton ( jayne.hickton@northstaffs.nhs.uk ) will be replacing Marilyn Vigurs as the Outreach Librarian for the two primary care trusts, local social services and hospices. Jayne was previously a Community Librarian for Stoke-on-Trent Libraries with responsibility for Bentilee and Meir Libraries and is well versed in delivering library services within a community setting. Jayne is there to help people whom find it difficult to visit the Health Library directly. Further details of the service are available on the Health Library website . Tom Fallows ( t.j.fallows@lib.keele.ac.uk ) has joined the team as a new part-time library assistant, who will be staffing the new Sunday opening to be launched on 3rd August. Tom began working in libraries while studying for a Film degree at Plymouth College of Art & Design and has since worked at Hanley Library and several different bookshops within Stoke-on-Trent. Watch out ...