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Social Welfare at the British
Library
J.M. Grimshaw
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The Vision …
• Is to provide a single point of access to research evidence to
practitioners who need it to support their work and professional
development
• Is to provide access to the British Library’s print and digital collections
on social welfare to people who are unlikely to visit our reading rooms
• Is to provide alerting services to keep people up-to-date with the latest
developments
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The audience…
• Researchers working in think tanks, charities or the
voluntary sector
• Policy makers and those influencing policy
• Social work practitioners and students
• Social work managers and learning development leads
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What subjects?
Services for .. Reform of … Policies on …
Children and
families
Health services Housing
Older people Education Mental health
Disabled people Benefits Employment
Minority groups
Criminal justice Substance
misuse
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We focus on …
Policy ideas
from think
tanks, etc
Policy
development
via
consultation
Policy
implementation
Policy
evaluation
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What’s on the portal?
• Full text research reports
• Parliamentary papers
• Government documents
• Statistical reports
• All rights-cleared and
available free, 24/7
• All hand-selected by curators
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Welfare Reform Digest
• Monthly current awareness bulletin
• Indexes journal and magazine
articles, quality press, books
• Hotlinks to full text of articles – if free
• Otherwise link goes to journal
volumes list – here you may hit a
paywall
• Includes health service reform, mental
health, & learning disabilities
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British Library Collections
• Search our catalogue for details of
books, journal articles, theses, etc in
our main collections
• Articles and theses can be delivered
electronically
• This service is fee-based
• Ask your librarian to arrange an inter-
library loan (if possible)
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Register for our newsletter
• Tailored to your subject interests
• Delivered monthly by email
• Two or three references chosen by us
+ editorial
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Next steps …
• Please visit the portal at:
http://www.socialwelfare.bl.uk
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Need more information?
• Contact me:
– Jennie Grimshaw
Curator, Social Policy Collections
British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Email: jennie.grimshaw@bl.uk
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Thank you
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