title: Further developing the library curriculum: skills for life delivery.
abstract: This feature discusses how the library curriculum was developed at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Library Service to aid the delivery of Skills for Life. In particular, the feature describes how, through collaboration with learndirect, literacy and numeracy skills were embedded into the broader library and information skills training programme. The article reports on how the programme resulted in the provision of qualifications and skills development opportunities to NHS staff, and an increase in the NHS library profile.
authors.affiliation: Librarian Training & Education, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Discovery Library. laura.coysh@plymouth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coysh
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007999:Library Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011361:Professional Competence; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom