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Making the case

Home   –   Making the case   –   Developing champions   –   Where to get help   –   What worked elsewhere   –   References  –   How to contribute

Overview of the purpose of this section

Understanding your service

Understanding your organisation

Building a business case

Network overview

Policy watch

Health economy

Service Review and Development

 

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Recent Posts

  • Becoming digital champions January 20, 2021
  • Expert Search Early Adopters pilot – pre-switch search data January 8, 2021
  • Mobilising Evidence and Knowledge: A Retrospect December 23, 2020
  • Quality and Impact in 2020: The Value of Knowledge and Library Services December 21, 2020
  • Workforce planning and development 2020 December 18, 2020
  • 2020 and Covid-19: library and knowledge services getting evidence into practice December 16, 2020
  • 2020: Reflections from HEE’s Resource Discovery Team December 11, 2020
  • KfH blog celebrating key milestones and success December 8, 2020
  • Research as an enabler of Knowledge for Healthcare in 2020 December 4, 2020
  • Streamlining inter-lending and document supply  November 30, 2020

Recent Comments

  • Sarah Stones on Lesson Learnt: Supporting your organisation to capture the learning during Covid-19
  • Holly Case Wyatt on Black Lives Matter in Health Libraries
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  • Rob on Health literacy – What’s the story?

Posts by KfH Working Groups & Task and Finish Groups

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