Evidence Case Studies

As part of the #EvidenceInformedHealthcare project of 2017/2018, we asked librarians and information staff to collect and share incidents of their value and impact.  Our colleagues in Knowledge for Healthcare kindly allowed us to use their evidence-based tools to capture this valuable information in the Irish context.

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For more information about the KfH value and impact toolkit, including methods, tools, guidance and definitions, see their website

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Tools to download for #EvidenceInformedHealthcare:

Case studies

Library users have, very kindly, provided us with evidence of their use of librarian-led services.

Use the links below to find out how health librarians are contributing to better outcomes for service users.

Health Research Board – Facilitating quality systematic reviews

HRB National Drugs Library – Specialist resources to facilitate doctoral study

HRB National Drugs Library – Enabling research reviews

HSE Library Services Dr Steeven’s Hospital – Sourcing material for doctoral study and subsequent clinical pathway

HSE Library Services Dr Steeven’s Hospital – Librarian support for copyright and licensing project

HSE Library Services Dr Steeven’s Hospital – Library search instruction to enable evidence gathering and research

HSE Library Services Dr Steeven’s Hospital – Developing guidance for Boards on their role in improving quality and safety 

HSE Midlands Area: Tullamore and Portlaoise – Library staff and resource contribution to a Hospital major emergency plan 

Naas HSE Library – Library literature search/search strategy instruction for completing a MSc thesis

Naas HSE Library – Library instruction and sourcing articles for leadership masters programme

Naas HSE Library – Support for COPD research project

Nass HSE Library – Accessing best practice online for Dept of Nutrition and Dietetics

We have also received evidence from surveys:

Click here to see evidence of value and impact from surveys completed by library users