SERVICES

Joanna Ptolomey Information Services provides research, bespoke training and consultancy services.  This helps organisations work more effectively in accessing information and having a better evidence base on which to make business decisions.

Research

• Bespoke evidenced based research using qualitative and quantitative evidence sources
• “Knowledge portfolios”, value added search process to aid and support organisational decision making
• Specialist in Health and Social Care including biomedical and clinical sources
• Recent example
• An audit of multilingual health information resources
• Evidence portfolios to support health service delivery model

In-house Training

• Skills to search, evaluate, appraise and add value to the search process
• For library and information professionals in “how to search for” accessing qualitative and quantitative resources
• Training library and information professionals in adding value to the search process
• Literature searching specific to the clinical and biomedical field

Consultancy

• Audit library and information service delivery
• Audit staff skills
• Strategies for implementing new information services.