September 2008

Something to bring a smile to your face after months of dreary weather. This giant rabbit is from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and was taken by James.

Welcome to Vicki

We are very pleased to welcome Vicki Ferri to our staff. She has already show her worth by helping at the new doctors induction on her first day. She is new to the NHS and thus will need time to learn about working in a medical library. I am sure you'll all make her very welcome and be patient if she doesn't yet know something.

LAST CHANCE

If you use journals then you really MUST complete our online survey. Because of the lower than expected response we have extended it until the 9th September. Electronic journal purchasing is complex and we need to be able to get the best match to your requirements for the budget we have.

What could be more simple than to click on this link?

http://snipurl.com/survey2008

New Management Books

The SHA have provided us with a selection of management books: some new and some classic texts. If you are studying for any management module or course it would be worth your while exploring the Library catalogue. Within the Trust this can be done from any computer by going to the Knowledge Zone Microsite and clicking on the Quick Link to the Library Catalogue. Once in there you can type in the surname of the author, part of the title or a key word to find if we have any suitable titles.

Not sure what to do? Come up to the 1st Floor in Pinewood House and we can give you a quick demonstration!

AUGUST 2008

Remember we do not have any training sessions in August. They resume again in September. Check out the Knowledge Zone for a comprehensive list or ask to be e-mailed a flyer

IMPORTANT ~ Journal Survey

We need your help. If you have filled in the survey then please encourage your colleagues. If you haven't filled it in - please do it now.

As of the 1st August we have only had 87 people wanting to inform us about the journals they use and would like to have access to. Of this number only 7 are from the PCT.

It is very short and online at http://snipurl.com/survey2008

If we do not tell me what you would like to access, we will have to make decisions based on a limited view.

Vicki Ferri starts 6th August

I'm sure you will be delighted to hear that Vicki Ferri, our new Assitant Librarian, will be starting on Wednesday 6th August. Mary Hill, Library Manager, will then promptly go on holiday! Please do everything to make her welcome and be patient as she learns the ropes in some very difficult circumatances.

Library Logins

During August all library computers will change to an automatic generic login after the black security login. You will no longer be able to login as yourself

Access to Groupwise e-mails
You will need to set a password on Groupwise. You can then access it via Groupwise Webmail

Printing
This will be from the photocopier only. This does allow you to print back to back and in colour as well as standard printing. Costs are displayed in the library, along with instructions on each machine. Ask the library staff if you need help.
Photocoping cards will be introduced at the beginning of September, for those who want them, at a cost of £2 per card which can be uploaded with money for printing.

Saving your work
You will no longer have access to your H drive but a common drive exists on the J drive, called Library. This is available across the Trust. Notes on protecting your work are available from a leaflet on the Knowledge Zone > Documents > Guideline > LIB04

Dialog no longer available

Dialog is no longer available to NHS staff. All searches must be conducted using the NLH Search 2 found at www.library.nhs.uk and logon with your Athens password. This is an improving system which now has a clipboard and is able to de-duplicate. Do try it out.

Extensive instructions can be downloaded from here

If you are a fan of PubMed - remember you can use it with links to some of our journal collection by siging in using stockport_user and password library