TRAINING DATES

To enable you to plan ahead, here are our training dates for the next several months. Note there are no training dates in August
Bite Size Option : Internet for Beginners
AIM: To gain awareness of the range of Internet sites which contain quality health information and to feel confident navigating these sites.
07 September 2009 Monday 12 – 1pm

Bite Size Option : Electronic Books
AIM: How to access and use e-books efficiently from home. Some time will be spent exploring the library catalogue.
22 October 2009 Thursday 12 – 1pm

BITE SIZED OPTION Finding Journal Articles
AIM: To be able to access the full text of a journal article from a known reference
14 July 2009 Tuesday 12 – 1 pm
16 September 2009 Wednesday 8.30 – 9.30am
12 October 2009 Monday 4 -5pm

BITE SIZED OPTION Literature Searching
AIM: To introduce the clinical databases and learn how to conduct a quick but effective search.
29 July 2009 Wednesday 9 -10am
25 September 2009 Friday 9 – 10am
27 October 2009 Tuesday 4 – 5pm

Bite Sized Option: ATHENS It’s all Greek to me!
AIM: To provide an overview of the Athens authentication system and electronic resources via NHS Evidence (National Library for Health)
23 July 2009 Thursday 4 - 5pm
05 October 2009 Monday 9 – 10am

Critically Reviewing Research Evidence - Qualitative and Quantitative
Currently we have no facilitator for these sessions

Evidence Based Resources : The Cochrane Library and More
AIM: To understand the purpose and explore the use of prime sources of evidence-based information.
10 July 2009 Friday 9 – 12pm
14 October 2009 Wednesday 1.30 – 4.30pm

IN DEPTH Literature Searching
AIM: To be able to formulate your search strategy by using the PICO method. To provide a comprehensive overview of the NHS clinical databases and to be able to search these effectively using advanced techniques.
16 July 2009 Thursday 1.30 - 4.30pm
30 September 2009 Wednesday 9am - 12 *
30 October 2009 Friday 1.30 - 4.30pm

Using PubMed Effectively
AIM: To provide an introduction to using PubMed for finding journal articles, including the full text of articles where available
06 July 2009 Monday 9.30 - 12am
04 September 2009 Friday 9.30 -12am

The demise of Dynamed

Many people have found this site very useful.

https://www.cks-nhs.net/dynamed

One of our consultants reckons it is the best place to check for new guidelines.

You do this by carrying out a search on your topic. If it is covered, you can then select References including Reviews and Guidelines

This is a resource that has been bought nationally and will no longer be funded after the end of September. It is unlikely that we will be able to find funding to continue to have access.

Enjoy whilst you can ......

E-books

There has been an update to the MyiLibrary site which has affected our e-book links from the catalogue. Some links do not work as they should although the majority do.

You can access online books by using the link on the front of the Knowledge Zone or from the books section on the Stockport website . This will direct you to the new site. A new guide has been produced.

You can access via http://lib.myilibrary.com too. Remember to look for the Athens logon. Do NOT logon in the obvious place - the Athens login is at the bottom of the page in small writing

JUNE 2009

The sun is setting over the newsletter as we know it...

CHANGES TO THE NEWSLETTERS

Reducing staff numbers and a desire to get the right information to the right people at the right time have forced us to rethink our newsletters. Over the next 2 months we will be changing how they are delivered.


1. The final 'Show me the Evidence' is being posted today. We will in future produce a single Library Newsletter which will contain library news items and general postings for new sites which would be useful to the majority of users

2. We already have specialist feeds which help to deliver the right information to the right people. Over the next few months we are investigating making these more widely available (currently they are through the specialty guide pages on the Intranet) We will announce more information in the next general newsletter.

3. We will stop posting out a reminder as the e-mail list is becoming very large and out of date. It is very difficult for us to maintain this. We will be looking at ways to make it more readily available. Any suggestions on this will be welcome.

4. We will make the specialty feeds more readily available and looking how we can link them to your library membership. To do this we would like to know your areas of interest. Let us know now if you can. We will also be contacting you specifically about this at a later date.

5. We will review our Internet site to see if we can make this more useful within the confides of what the Foundation Trust allows.

We always welcome your input so please contact us on 419 5809 with your ideas

CHANGES TO THE LIBRARY LAYOUT

We are currently working on modernising the entrance to the Library with some external funding. This is likely to result in the library being CLOSED for a few days during August. Plans are available if you wish to see them.

We had sent out a final design to a number of people but there are fire safety issues with the sliding door. So the ultimate plan may have to be different.

Our aim is to make it more welcoming and user friendly. We also are hoping to be able to reduce the cost of heating the library.

Jo is leaving us

With a mixture of 'happy for Jo' and 'sad for us', we say farewell to Jo Bates. Jo came to us as a graduate trainee in November 2007 working both here and at Macclesfield. She started her librarian course at MMU in September 2008 and remained working part time at both Trusts.

In that time she has become very skilful in the use of Web technology for library purposes. She leaves us on the 12th June and after a short holiday starts her first professional post at Macclesfield. We wish her all the very best and expect to see her quickly climbing the library ladder of success.