Half Time in the Global Challenge!

We’re now half way through the 100 day 2017 Global Challenge and The Library Stampers have been ‘stepping out’ and building up the step count; 4,266,884 steps to date. It’s about time for a short rest and a cup of tea to contemplate the journey so far, and to give ourselves a little pat on the back.

The team have (virtually) walked across America to Canada, then back down and admired the Statue of Liberty, sunbathed in Cuba, hung out with the Sloths in the Amazon Jungle, took in the view from Table Mountain in Cape Town and have now reached the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. 

Along the way we have been collecting more virtual trophies for setting and beating personal bests, completing mini challenges set by the Global Challenge organisation and setting personal step milestones such as 500,000 steps. We are also in the Trust's top 10 most improved teams.

The last 50 days have made us more aware of how much (or how little exercise) we do each day and how it can be tricky fitting it in between the daily commute and a desk job.

The Global Challenge is also about general health and wellbeing and provides useful information, hints and tips on improving nutrition, mindfulness and sleep quality.  We may be tired but we're looking forward to the next 50 days!

Disruption to library catalogue & out of hours access Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th of July

Due to an essential software upgrade to our Library Management System there will be some disruption to our online catalogue from 4 pm on Monday the 24th of July and overnight. The upgrade process is scheduled to finish late morning on Tuesday the 25th of July after some testing.

During this period library staff will also not be able to access the system.

You will still be able to search for items (although some periods of disruption where there is no access are possible), but you will not be able to log in, reserve or renew items.

Our self-issue machines will also be out of action, but you will still be able to borrow items or request the renewal of a current loan.

There will also be some disruption to out of hours access and users may find they are unable to swipe into the libraries at Berrywood and Northampton General over night.

Apologies for any inconvenience. 

A mile in my shoes: stories from health and social care

In 2016, the Health Foundation teamed up with the Empathy Museum to develop a collection of stories from people working in, and using, health and social care in the UK. With each story that was shared, the individual donated a pair of shoes.

A Mile in My Shoes is an interactive shoe shop that invites you to step into someone else’s shoes and embark on a mile-long physical, emotional and imaginative journey to see the world through their eyes.

This collection of stories showcases the remarkable contribution and challenges faced by those working in, and using, our health and social care system.

Re-imagined for digital audiences, you can now share in this immersive experience online.

Important changes to the BNF and BNFC apps

There is a new version of the BNF and BNFC apps now available.

The previous versions produced by NICE will soon stop being updated and so it is important to install the new one in order to ensure you are using the latest information.

The good news is that the new version has been completely redesigned and no longer requires you to log in with an OpenAthens password. The app is being made freely available to any non-commercial users in the UK (it is not available outside the UK)

The new version also contains all the information from both the BNF and the BNFC in a single interface (you can select which you want from a drop down menu).

The app can be configured to automatically update itself (which is does on a monthly basis) so you can always be sure you are using the most current information.

There is also an evidence grading feature where you can see the strength of the evidence behind recommendations within the content.

The app is currently available for iOS (Apple) and Android devices. There is no Windows phone version at present.

For more information please see the BNF App FAQs page.

Web site of the month: Educator Hub

Educator Hub is a new e-learning resource aimed at educators and supervisors of doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists, allied health professionals and healthcare scientists that has recently gone live.

The content, which is hosted on the Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) Hub, includes both academic and video-based practical modules, such as supervision, feedback, workplace based assessments and Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP).

These have been migrated from HEE Kent, Surrey, Sussex's e-Training for Trainers (etft) platform together with London's Multi-professional Faculty Development modules. Complementary content from other regions will also be included to produce a national resource.

Modules are linked to the new 'Professional Development Framework for Educators' which is being adopted in London and South East in the first instance. The framework domains map to professional regulatory standards for education and training including HEE's Quality Framework standards and are applicable to all educators working in clinical practice and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as guidance for best practice.

Nearly 50 modules will be available initially, with complementary resources from elsewhere to be included in due course. All the resources are free to access (just browse the catalogue of modules). Registration with the site allows you to track your learning, provide feedback and keep copies of certificates of completion. 

New books and journal added to Clinical Key

Elsevier have added a new journal and electronic books to Clinical Key this month, including:

Journal

• Clinical Nutrition ESPN 2015 to present

Books

• Alzheimer’s Disease (Borenstein, Amy) New to CK
• Antibiotic Resistance (Kon, Kateryna) New to CK
• Barrett’s Esophagus (Pleskow, Douglas) New to CK
• Basics of Anesthesia (Pardo, Manuel) 7th ed
• Biomarkers of Kidney Disease (Edelstein, Charles) 2nd ed
• Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2018 (Ferri, Fred) 
• IASLC Thoracic Oncology (Pass, Harvey) 2nd ed; New to CK
• Lanzkowsky’s Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (Lanzkowsky, Philip) 6th ed
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Fonseca, Raymond) 3rd ed
• Plotkin’s Vaccines (Plotkin, Stanley) 7th ed
• Radiology Noninterpretive Skills: The Requisites (Abujudeh, Hani) New to CK
• Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (Walls, Ron) 9th ed
• Ryan’s Retina (Schachat, Andrew) 6th ed
• Swaiman’s Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice (Swaiman, Kenneth) 6th ed
• Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics (Rifai, Nader) 6th ed
• Zitelli and Davis’ Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis (Zitelli, Basil) 7th ed

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:

• 1,400 topic pages
• Over 600 electronic journals 
• Over 1000 electronic books
• 850 First Consult monographs
• 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
• 300 + Procedures Consult videos
• 15,000 patient education handouts
• 2.2 million images
• You can find a full content list here

To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

The Library Stampers are back!

After a break last year, the Trust has submitted another selection of teams to the 2017 Global Corporate Challenge and once again the Library Service has answered the call.

The Library Stampers are a team made up of people from all the library sites and contains some staff who completed the challenge in 2015 and some who are completely new to it.

The Global Corporate Challenge sees teams from across the world measuring their physical activity for 100 days which is translated into progress on a virtual trip across the globe.

Starting at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Library Stampers are taking a virtual walk across the Americas. By day 28 the team has crisscrossed the US and Canada, and made it to Santiago de Cuba, having done over 2,236,300 steps

With a higher than average daily step count, for both the competition and our Trust, the team are making great progress on their world virtual tour, winning (virtual) trophies, increasing their daily amount of exercise (and beginning to wear holes in the library floors...).

Guest WiFi at the Berrywood & Isebrook libraries

We have had access to staff WiFi for some time but there is now WiFi freely available for visitors at the Berrywood and Isebrook libraries (and throughout the hospitals).

To connect your device simple turn on the WiFi, select NHFT-Guest and open your web browser. Enter your email address and once you have accepted the terms and conditions you will be connected.

You connection will last for up to two hours after which you may need to re-select the guest WiFi.

New citation export function in Clinical Key

Clinical Key has a new export citation feature. This will enable you to make better use of your search results by selecting and exporting references, allowing you to store, organise and share them.

Researchers who often develop their own database of citations may find this new feature particularly useful.

When you have searched Clinical Key you will find the citation export icon against each reference.



You can then export you citation(s) from Clinical Key in several different formats and you can chose to include abstracts or just the bibliographic reference. Formats available from Clinical Key are:

• RIS for End Note, Reference Manager, Procite and Menderley
• BibTeX for Menderley
• Text

Library closure Thursday 8th June

Due to staff training, Richmond Library at NGH  will be closed from 9.00am to 1.00pm on Thursday 8th June.

Access will still be available to registered members via our swipe card system and Isebrook and Berrywood Libraries will be open and staffed as normal.

We apologise for any inconvenience...

Spring bank holiday closure

All the libraries will be unstaffed on Monday the 29th of May for the bank holiday



24 hour access is available as usual to our registered members by swiping in using your library card at the Berrywood and Richmond libraries.

We reopen as normal on Tuesday the 30th at all of our sites.

Our email is back!

Our IT team has worked its magic and our access to email is now fully restored. 

It may take a while for us to get around to replying to everything that has been waiting since Friday so please bear with us.

We have also found there are some problems with some of the emails received up until now too, so if it is really urgent, you might want to resend it or give us a call instead.

This also means you should again start to receive email and text reminders if your loans have become overdue.