title: An investigation into the move towards electronic journals: a case study of NHS libraries in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
abstract: Electronic journals are so embedded into practice in academic libraries that it is easy to forget that this is not the case everywhere. In NHS libraries, for example, the staff face a particular set of issues. This article is based on Rebecca England's dissertation on this topic, completed as part of the MSc Econ course in Information and Library studies at Aberystwyth University. Rebecca is E-resources Librarian at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. She investigated the momentum towards electronic journals in NHS libraries in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region and the potential for a regional purchasing consortium.
authors: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Tunbridge Wells, UK. rebecca.england@nhs.net
authors: Rebecca
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authors: England
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004739:England; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011643:Publishing / Q000639:trends*; D013222:State Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Electronic journals (e-journals); Libraries; National Health Service (NHS); Questionnaires; Surveys; hospital