Library audit: report of the process of undertaking the audit of library services of selected educational providers within the former Northern Region: July 1994.

With the current purchaser/provider split in the NHS the purchaser has a responsibility to evaluate the quality of services provided by the provider. In the past year the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Health Authority expressed an interest in auditing library services supplied from selected education providers. This article attempts to given an account of the experience and focuses on the background, the rationale, the process and the outcomes.