Terms and Conditions of Use of the NHS Scotland e-Library
The use of and access to pages of this website is subject to the disclaimer and terms and conditions set below. By using or accessing this website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Disclaimer
NHS Education for Scotland operates the e-Library website to allow information on the e-Library and its services to be freely available. NHS Education for Scotland uses its best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of information on this website. However, no guarantees are made that the information contained on this website or associated, or linked to web-sites is accurate, complete and current at any given time. Information presented on this website or associated sites may change at any time. Any views expressed on this website are those of the writer and not of NHS Education for Scotland. Any information appearing on this website is issued as general information and is not warranted by NHS Education for Scotland, or any other health organization, nor should it be taken as advice. No responsibility can be accepted by NHS Education for Scotland or any other health organisation for action or inaction as a result of information contained on this website. This website is not intended in any way to replace the advice of your doctor. Specific advice should be sought in specific situations from a properly qualified health worker.
Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 UK : Scotland License.
The Creative Commons licence permits users to derive other non-commercial works provided that NES is acknowledged as the creator of the original work.
Data Exchange and Data Sharing
The NHS Scotland e-Library team is committed to the principles of Freedom of Information, and supports open, seamless access to NHS and other public sector knowledge resources.In order to facilitate knowledge access and knowledge sharing, the e-Library infrastructure is founded on international standards for information management and exchange. We welcome discussion with potential partners regarding knowledge sharing arrangements.
Links to Other Websites
The provision on this website of a link to another website does not constitute any authorisation to access material held at that location. Links to sites are provided for information purposes only and no responsibility is accepted for the quality of resources to be found on such websites. The contents and material made available on linked sites are completely outwith the control of NHS Education for Scotland and as such no liability is accepted for any damages resulting from accessing or failing to access these sites. No endorsement is expressed or implied by the presence of a link on this website. No responsibility or liability for the privacy of personal information is accepted for linked websites, as these are beyond the control of NHS Education for Scotland.
Warranties
No warranty is given that files downloaded or accessed from this website are free from computer viruses. No warranties are made as to fitness for purpose, quality or completeness of information. NHS Education for Scotland excludes any liability for errors in or omissions in information provided on or linked to from this website.
Governing Law
The terms and conditions of use of this website shall be governed by the laws of Scotland.
Data Protection for Knowledge for Care Scotland and NHS Scotland e-Library services.
The information you provide to register for usernames and passwords to use Knowledge for Care Scotland, the NHS Scotland e-Library and any associated services is kept in a secure online database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988. This database is managed by NHS Education for Scotland and held securely on a single database server at Lumison Head Office, Edinburgh Datacentre, 12 Dock Place, Edinburgh. All personal details and databases are protected by firewalls at Lumison. Only authorized administrators have access to the databases. All data transfer/communication is over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
Your information in this database is confidential, and is accessible only to NES Knowledge Services Group staff. We use the details you provide for the purposes of administering Knowledge for Care Scotland, the NHS Scotland eLibrary and associated services, contacting you about issues relating to the eLibrary service, and evaluation of our systems and services. We may also use your data in automated reporting about service usage to help us to understand how people are using our services and to plan for future development. With the exception of Eduserv for provision of ATHENS usernames and passwords when requested (see below), we will not provide your data to third parties.
You may access the information we hold on you directly via the web at www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home/myprofile.aspx or www.mcs.scot.nhs.uk/edit-profile.aspx (My Profile). Alternatively, you may email elibrary@nes.scot.nhs.uk, or send a written request to The ATHENS Administrator, NES Knowledge Services Group, Clifton House, GLASGOW G3 7LN.
Eduserv is the organisation which holds and uses the personal information of registered ATHENS users and administrators. Eduserv is a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1988. Full details of Eduserv’s management of personal data are available at http://www.athensams.net/privacypolicy.
We try to make the user experience as simple and seamless as possible through single sign on – i.e., enabling users signed on to one system automatically to be signed into other systems managed by NES Knowledge Services Group. Personal data (such as login identifiers and passwords) is encrypted when exchanged between systems, both within NHS Education for Scotland’s domain and externally, e.g. to non NHS services such as Athens.
Use of NHS Shared Learning
Users uploading e-learning objects to the NHS Shared Learning Repository are required to register separately for the Intralibrary repository software. User details are held securely in this database at Lumison (address above) in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1988.