Library opening times over Christmas and the New Year

Here are the days and times we will be open over Christmas and the New Year:

22nd Dec 9am-5.30pm
23rd Dec 9am-5.30pm
24th Dec 9am-1pm
25th Dec CLOSED
26th Dec CLOSED
29th Dec 10am-4pm
30th Dec 10am-4pm
31st Dec 10am-4pm
1st Jan CLOSED
2nd Jan 9am-4.30pm

Please come in and say hello!

Training dates for December

Training sessions for December are at the following dates and times:

Monday 1st December 1-2 pm Bite-sized option: Tour of the top health website
Tuesday 9th December 12-1pm Bite-sized option: Finding journal articles
Wednesday 17th December 12-1pm Bite-sized option: Literature searching

As usual, all our sessions are free. And don't forget that there will be training in January, too. Why don't you make it your New Year's Resolution to come along? ;-)

Athens accounts are changing...

Athens accounts are going to look a little different in the near future. For example, you'll be able to log in with your e-mail address rather than with your Athens username. The date for the changeover has yet to be finalised. We'll let you know when we have more news!

NOVEMBER 2008

Salford at its best!

Journals for 2009

Many thanks to all who filled in our online survey. So why did we do this?

In 2008, the NHS bought the whole of the BMJ journal collection and JAMA and its archives for online use across the NHS in England. We had previously bought this for you and so this money became available to purchase other journals. Also Blackwell publishers were bought by Wiley and we believed that they might alter how they sold the Blackwell collection.

At the end of October we learnt that Wiley will continue with an enhanced Wiley-Blackwell collection at a price we can afford. The enhancement includes some top titles from Wiley. The following are the new titles which were requested.

* Arthritis and Rheumatism (previously physically taken);

* British journal of surgery;

* Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews;

* Hepatology;

* International Wound Journal

All told 29 titles were requested from this collection, including the most requested journal. When we calculated the cost of these journals it came to considerably more than the collection.

We are continuing to work on the other journals to buy and are looking at those areas which are poorly provided at the moment and seeing what is the best deal we can do with the remaining money.

Finally, the vote for keeping UpToDate at the expense of more journals was resoundedly voted for by 68% of respondents. We will continue for another year although it is paid for in dollars ....

New books just in!

A number of interesting books have arrived in the library recently, hot off the press! Here are a few of the titles:

Stroke: Practical management

The third edition of this book, which focuses on the diagnosis and clinical management of stroke.

Clinical skills made incredibly easy

This is the first UK edition of the book. The step-by-step instructions and the illustrations make it very user friendly.

Nursing know-how: Evaluating heart and breath sounds

This book is accompanied by a CD of heart and breath sounds, to be used in conjunction with the text.

OCTOBER 2008

A scene from the Lake District (to see the detail see Show me the Evidence)



Remember:
We are asking you to let us know if you find our newsletters useful

THANKS FOR COMPLETING THE SURVEY

223 people completed our online survey and the results are now being analysed. 76% were from the Foundation Trust and 19% from the PCT

The makeup of those who completed was as follows:
39% doctors; 34% nurses; 10% AHP; 3% Scientific

Of those who replied to the question about UpToDate 70% would wish to keep it with some journal provision.

Shortly we will be presenting the results and the options we have for purchasing. If you would be interested in getting involved in the final decision, please contact mary.hill@stockport.nhs.uk

RSM ONLINE JOURNALS

If you are a PCT member you have full text online access to the following journals
**Annals of Clinical Biochemistry** **Clinical Ethics ** **Clinical Risk **
*Health Services Management Research**International Journal of STD & AIDS
**J. of Health Services Research and Policy**J. of Integrated Care Pathways
**Journal of Medical Biography** **Journal of Medical Screening **
**J. of Telemedicine and Telecare****J. of the Royal Society of Medicine **
**Laboratory Animals** **Menopause International**
**Obstetric Medicine ** **Phlebology** **Tropical Doctor **

Get an Athens username and password to allow access from ANY internet linked computer

Foundation Trust Users
You have access to these journals only within the Library. Ask the Library staff to log you on, as your usual Trust Athens account will not give you access to these particular journals.

Printing in the Library

The library computers are connected to the photocopier which has greatly enhanced the service you get. You can now

• print in colour for 30p per A4 side or 50p per A3 side
• print on both sides (b&w 5p per side or colour as above)
• print in booklet format (must be chosen before printing)
• when you click on print you get a number and how much the job will cost to print. You do not pay until you are ready to print
• No more printing 50 pages by accident
• printing available for out of hours users

Remember when printing, you must use the exact money. Change is available at the Enquiry Counter. However, if you have say 3 jobs of 10p each, you can put in 30p and print out the 3 jobs together.

Ask a librarian if you get stuck

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

James Leaves

We sent James off in style with a gathering on his last Wednesday and a meal with the Training Department on the Thursday evening. His farewell presentation can be viewed within the Trust by clicking on the J drive and going to Library > James. This will be available until the end of September.

Journals Survey

The Library would like to hear your views!


The Library is now considering which journals to purchase for 2009. Within our budget it's impossible to meet everybody’s requirements but we would like to hear from you which titles would be of most benefit to you and your colleagues.


Complete the journals survey to share your views.

The survey will close on August 8th.

July 2008

From James, a final beautiful photograph to see us through the summer

James goes on to bigger and better(?) things

Rumours that James will be leaving us are absolutely true. He will be moving onto an excellent post at Salford University and we are more than sorry to see him go. His last day at work will be Thursday 24th July.

Over the last 2 years, James has

• developed further our online access and resources. This has helped users. He has also made the processes behind them as efficient and idiot proof as possible (he will be leaving them for us non-techies to operate).


• He has entertained and educated with his talks and training sessions


• His photographs have graced our newsletters


• His patience with those struggling with this complex electronic world is legendary


• He has introduced us to electronic newsletters, countless databases and Mark Miller photographs of brain cells


• He has been nominated for support staff of the year


• He has tidied shelves, stamped books and made countless cups of tea


• But best of all, he has been great company, making us laugh with his wry sense of humour
  

I am speaking for everyone when I say, he will be very much missed but we do wish him all the very best and hope that Salford appreciate him as much as we do.

James (right) doing what he does best - working with people and computers

We have appointed his replacement who will be starting on Wednesday 6th August. Her name is Vicki Ferri and she is coming to us from the University of Chester Library in Warrington.

The Competition Results

Thanks to those who participated in our caption competition. We could only select from those who gave us enough information to contact them.

So the winner is Margaret Field

with the quote "Caring for all, even the baby bird. By the way does my bum look big in this?"

Many thanks to Gwynneth who fed the poor fledgling who fell out the tree, allowed us to use her photograph and chose the winning comment.

What happened to Blackwell Synergy?

Blackwell Synergy journals, such as BJOG and the Journal of Advanced Nursing, are now owned by Wiley. This has resulted in a few changes when you access titles

• you can still access them from the A-Z, both from the intranet and internet
• you still need to logon using Athens.
• Find the article you want as before. Once at the article, click on the html (extra features) or pdf (printable) versions
• Click on the small link to Athens either at the top right hand corner or below the registered users login on the left
• You will be taken to an Athens authentication page where you type in your username and password which should grant to you access

Currently we are experiencing problems with the actual logon to articles. We have contacted Wiley and hopefully this will be quickly resolved.

Journal Survey

We want to buy the best journal collection we can for all specialities for the money we have. So from 14th July - 1st August we will be running a very simple online survey which should take the minimum amount of time to complete. Look out for this and complete it when you see it. It will help us make the best decision for the journals we purchase in 2009.

Search 2

The demise of Dialog access has again been moved back and is now given as Thursday 31st July 2008 and we have been assured that this will be the final date.

There have been some recent changes which have improved stability and added some new features.

BEST NEW FEATURE: You can now search the Health Business (management journals) database from the advanced search facility.

Want to improve your searching? Attend one of our training sessions. Click here for a list

Team Knowledge Officers

In June 2007 the National Library for Health (NLH) Board commissioned a review of NHS Libraries in England to make recommendations for the future of such services. The report, known as the Hill Review, was published in March 2008 and includes 50 recommendations.

One recommendation is that Trusts identify a Board level Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO). For Stockport NHS Foundation Trust this will be Nicola Reucroft and for Stockport PCT it will be Stephen Watkins.

A second is to develop the Team Knowledge Officer (TKO) role within Trusts. Every clinical or management team in the NHS should identify someone in the team as “Team Knowledge Officer” (or equivalent). The TKO will have responsibility for ensuring the effective input of evidence to enable the team to function properly. The Library Service will very much support this role and will liaise with this person by offering training on our resources to teams or individuals; helping to keep your team up to date; help with finding evidence; building the resources you need, to name but a few.

Bill Cheetham is the TKO for the Infection Prevention and Control Team. As somebody interested in the importance of evidence you might like to consider taking on the role for your team. Anyone who liked to find out more, please contact Mary Hill by e-mail or on 5809.

Exciting new e-books

Nationally a new set of e-books have been bought which include a number of Oxford Handbooks. Unfortunately we are loosing access to the WHO collection which has not been well used.

To get a list of the new titles and those that we are loosing, click here

Do take a look. You will need an Athens username and password. Logon to http://www.library.nhs.uk/ with this password & select e-books from under Resources.

Note: These titles may not be available until the end of June

June 2008

Caption Competition!

Click on the 'comments' link to leave a caption.

Click on the image for a bigger view of the picture.

Fabulous prize to be won!