Spring / Jubilee bank holiday closure

All the Libraries will be unstaffed on Thursday the 2nd and Friday the 3rd of June for the extended bank holiday.

24 hour access will be available as usual to registered members via our swipe card system at the Richmond Library.

The Berrywood and Isebrook Libraries will be closed over the bank holiday.

We reopen as normal on Monday the 6th at all of our sites.

Library catalogue out of action 24th May 2022

Our library management system, Koha, along with our online catalogue and our self-issue machines, will be out of action from 7:00 am on Tuesday the 24th of May. This is for a system upgrade.

We expect the the upgrade will be completed and the system up and running again by lunch time, although it may be longer, depending on how the process goes.

During this time users will not be able to search our catalogue or renew their books.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Do you use NHS eBooks? HEE are after your views.

Health Education England are conducting a survey to find out what NHS staff need from electronic books provided by NHS Library Services.

If you are a user of our eBook collections, or have a view on the provision of eBooks to the NHS, please complete this short survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BDDTRRY 

It will take no more than 10 minutes of your time and help support local library services and Health Education England to ensure the content you need is available to support your work and learning.

NHFT virtual book club - our next read is A Gentleman in Moscow

After spending some time  (and just about surviving) with The Book Club by C.J. Cooper we are off to 1920s Russia for our next read, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. 

Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. 

Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery.

“A tale abundant in humour, history and humanity, with a poignant message about time passing. That Towles also makes this rollicking good fun is no mean feat.” ― Sunday Telegraph.

The next meeting will be Thursday the 30th of June at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

New Fast Facts collection of eBooks available

The Library has a new collection of electronic books from Karger which they have made available for free to NHS staff and students.

The Fast Facts titles are concise, informative guides covering a wide variety of clinical areas:

• Over 100 topics covered from cardiology, diabetes and mental health to rare diseases
• Authored by international key opinion leaders 
• 20+ new titles added each year

As with most of our electronic resources, you will need to use your OpenAthens account to access this collection. If you don't have one, NHFT and NGH staff, as well as attached students, can register online in just a few minutes using this link https://openathens.nice.org.uk/.

You can find the whole Fast Facts collection on our catalogue via this link.

The phone number for Berrywood Library is changing on the 4th of May

Berrywood Hospital is getting a new telephone system. 

From the 4th of May the telephone number for the
library at Berrywood will be: 03000 271585.

The internal extension number will be 71585.

The old number will work for a short time after the switch over, but please update your contacts lists.

May Day bank holiday closure

All the Libraries will be unstaffed on Monday the 2nd of May for the bank holiday.

24 hour access will be available as usual to registered members via our swipe card system at the Richmond Library.

The Berrywood and Isebrook Libraries will be closed over the bank holiday.

We reopen as normal on Tuesday the 3rd at all of our sites.

UpToDate access for NGH staff extended

Good news for staff at NGH!

Following the initial decision to cancel the subscription to UpToDate, the Medical Education Team heard your concerns and are going to fund access for another year.

UpToDate provides quick and easy access to synthesised evidence-based information on thousands of clinical topics and is an invaluable resource for all health professionals.

Find out more about UpToDate and its many features (including cpd/cme credits) here: https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/uptodate/resources/user-academy

You can access UpToDate in several ways:

• Use the link on the front page of The Street
• Download and install the UpToDate App for access on the go https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/uptodate/uptodate/mobile
• Use the UpToDate via the web site at www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/uptodate and log in with your OpenAthens account (and if you don’t have one of those you can register online here https://openathens.nice.org.uk/) 

If you have CME points on UpToDate you no longer need to rush to redeem them by the end of April.

Easter opening

All the Libraries will be unstaffed on Friday the 15th and Monday the 18th of April for the Easter holiday.

24 hour access will be available as usual to registered members over the Easter period via our swipe card system at the Richmond Library.

The Berrywood and Isebrook Libraries will be closed over the bank holiday.

We reopen as normal on Tuesday the 19th at all of our sites.

NHFT virtual book club - our next read is The Book Club!

Following our step back in time to the 1600s with The Illumination of Ursula Flight we are moving to the present day (and being rather meta) with The Book Club by C.J. Cooper.

The book club was her idea, of course. Alice's.

It was her way into our group. A chance to get close.

I knew from the day she arrived that she couldn't be trusted.

And I was right.

Because Alice didn't come to the village for peace and quiet.

She came for revenge. 

''Dark, twisty, claustrophobic' Jo Spain

The next meeting will be Thursday the 12th of May at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Will you dare come to our book club?

UpToDate access for NGH staff ending 30th of April

NGH has taken the decision not to renew its UpToDate subscription when the current contract expires at the end of April, and all users will lose access from the first of May.

If you have Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits stored on UpToDate it is important you redeem them before the end of the subscription or they will be lost and there will not be any way to retrieve them.

To download a guide on how to mange and redeem your CME credits click here There are also some instructional videos on how to do it from both the app and desktop versions of UpToDate here.

Whilst not equivalent to UpToDate, you can find lots of evidence-based health resources on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub here: http://library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub/. 

BMJ Best Practice is also available to all NHS staff here https://bestpractice.bmj.com (and if you use the link on the front of The Street, you will not need to log in).

New collection of sustainability eBooks available

The Library Service has a new collection of electronic books themed around sustainability, climate change and green issues.

As well as general principles of sustainability, the books cover healthcare, the use of energy, transport, corporate governance, purchasing and supply chains, and more.

You can find them all on our catalogue here.

To access the collection you will need an NHS OpenAthens account. If you don't already have one you can register online here https://openathens.nice.org.uk.

We also have a brief guide to the registration process if you have any problems, and of course you can also contact us if you need any help.