Updating the Wessex Classification Scheme for UK health libraries : a case study in improving inclusion and diversity in a specialist classification scheme

Authors

  • Jason Curtis Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
  • Lotty Summers University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Abstract

The Wessex Classification Scheme was created in the early 1980s by healthcare librarians in the former Wessex Regional Health Authority area in the South West of England, with the aim of improving the cataloguing of items relating to UK healthcare practice.

Author Biographies

Jason Curtis, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Librarian, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Lotty Summers, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Library Assistant, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Published

2024-09-02

Issue

Vol. 208 (2024)

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2024 Jason Curtis, Lotty Summers

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