What is the SINC Group?
The Strategic Inter-Network Collaboration group has oversight of inter-lending and document supply (ILDS) in NHS Knowledge and Library Services in England.
The SINC has various responsibilities within library services:
- ensuring ILDS processes and infrastructure are as streamlined as they can be for both knowledge and library services staff and end users
- monitoring, reviewing and evaluating ILDS systems and processes, and making recommendations for improvement and standardisation
- setting national policy and develop guidance
- overseeing ILDS developments, and contributing to the design, testing, implementation and evaluation of these developments
- ensuring effective communication, engagement and collaboration with KLS, end-users and other stakeholders
- identifying trends and developments
- ensuring that document supply considerations are included in NHS England’s knowledge for healthcare (KfH) resource discovery work
- representing the needs of the ILDS network and end-users
Members of SINC are expected to:
- represent the needs of the network, region, wider KLS staff and end-users
- keep library staff in their regions informed of group activities, decisions and discussions as appropriate
Governance
Membership
- Chair: an NHS England KfH team representative
- 1 representative from each of the geographical document supply networks/NHS regions to represent that region
- Up to 5 members of NHS KLS staff with an interest in ILDS and its development
- NHS copyright first responder representative
Current membership
- Richard Bridgen (Chair)
- Beverley Walsh and Rebecca Bradshaw (EDEN)
- Kaye Bagshaw and Samantha Gibson (LENDS)
- Julie Stoppani and Charlotte Day (KSS)
- Lisa Lawson and Lotty Summers (MIDS)
- Gary Heneghan (PANDDA)
- Claire O'Connor (SWIMS)
- Paul Lee (Copyright First Responders)
- Sharon Hamidi, Jorden McNally, Claire Pogonowski, Samuel Stormont and Johanna Vanochten