title: An evaluation on the effectiveness of Web 2.0 Startpages (Netvibes & Pageflakes) within NHS libraries.
abstract: Carol McCormick was Learning Resources Advisor in the library at James Cook University Hospital, South Teesside when she completed her BSc (Hons) Librarianship (Work Based Learning) degree at Northumbria University. She gained a 1st Class Honours and is now Learning Resources Librarian. Carol's dissertation formed part of a wider action research project into the provision of current awareness services at James Cook University Hospital. This article reports on the evaluation which was conducted after a Web 2.0 Startpage, or portal, had been introduced to improve access to current awareness information for all staff within the Trust. It is the second article in the Dissertations into practice series to examine the use of web-based tools to improve access to information for NHS staff. AM.
authors.affiliation: Learning Resources Librarian, Rodney Cove-Smith Library, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, UK.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: Alison Jane
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pickard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007999:Library Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013222:State Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom