Hannah Spring PGCE, BA (Hons), MCILIP
Senior Lecturer – Research and Evidence Based Practice
Support, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Contact Details E: h.spring@yorksj.ac.uk T:
01904 876813
Prior to working at York St John University Hannah held a
variety of posts in Department of Health and NHS settings. By
background Hannah is a clinical librarian and her most recent post
before coming to York was as Knowledge Manager at Airedale NHS
Trust. At York St John Hannah takes the lead on information
literacy issues on health programmes and supports research capacity
development within the Faculty.
Hannah is currently working with the Allied Health Professions
Research and Effectiveness Forum for Yorkshire to which she is
seconded part-time as an integrated member. She maintains a
link with Fisher Medical Centre in Skipton as a consultant clinical
and research librarian. She also works with Nottingham
University as an independent reviewer and content provider for the
Intute Health and Life Sciences database.
Interests/Specialisms
- Critical evaluation of web based health information
- Information literacy and health
- Research development in health librarianship
- Clinical librarianship in primary care and the allied health
professions
Current Projects
Hannah is currently undertaking a PhD looking into the
priorities and barriers to research development in health
librarianship.
Hannah also has membership on a variety of research teams both
internally and external to the University.
Publications
Rossall H C, Boyes C, Montacute K, Doherty P (2008). "Developing
research capacity in health librarians: a review of the evidence."
Health information and libraries journal 25(3): 159-174.