Health Library News

The Health Library is holding a Foodbank Collection appeal, between December and  January. If you would like to make a donation, there is a donation point in the Health Library  to deposit your item(s). The Foodbank is currently short of the following: Long Life Milk Tinned Rice Pudding Tinned Fruit Tinned Vegetables Tinned/Packet Potatoes Tinned Tuna. Pasta Sauces Biscuits Chocolates Toiletries - shampoo/shower gel/toothpaste/deodorants The Foodbank does amazing work, providing 3 days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food  and support to local people who are referred to them in crisis. To learn more about their  work, visit newcastlestaffs.foodbank.org.uk . Basket of food on the Foodbank collection table Your help will be greatly appreciated by the Foodbank. Thank you

It looks like the Health Library was busy before Christmas: The trainers were busy delivering 228 training sessions & inductions Our team completed 55 literature searches We supplied 131 inter-library loans 251 of our NHS staff and students registered for an Athens account

Thank you to everyone who kindly donated items which will make such a difference to people in crisis this Christmas. Here is  Health Library staff member Janet Ford pictured surrounded by some of the donations to the Food Bank appeal. Janet with foodbank donations It is still not too late to donate to the appeal which has been extended until after Christmas, any non-perishable food and toiletries will be much appreciated. If you work at UHNM and are unable to bring the donations to the library please contact Rachael Lewis on  01782 679563  or  rachael.lewis@uhnm. nhs.uk  who can arrange collection from your department.

We are holding a Foodbank Collection appeal at the Health Library, between November and Christmas.  If you would like to make a donation, there is a display and a basket in the Health Library to deposit your item(s). Deposit items at the display in the library The items collected will be donated to the Newcastle-Staffs Foodbank, which is a part of the Trussell Trust. The Foodbank does amazing work, providing 3 days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to them in crisis. To learn more about their work, visit newcastlestaffs.foodbank.org.uk . Any donation would be a huge help, although the Foodbank has particular shortages of: Long Life Juice Long Life Milk Tinned Rice Pudding Tinned Fruit Tinned/Packet Custard Tinned/Packet Potatoes Tinned Meat - ham/corned beeef/etc Jam Biscuits Chocolates Toiletries - shampoo/shower gel/toothpaste/deodorants) Your help will be greatly appreciated by the Foodbank. Thank ...

Well, we are a joint NHS / University library and we have lots of services and resources especially for our NHS staff. Find out more about how the Health Library can support you and your work by taking our new etutorial Supporting NHS Staff. You can find a link on our Getting Started page . Have a go and let us know what you think – complete the feedback form at the end of the tutorial.

Get help finding the books you need by using our online catalogue. You could try our etutorials: Find a book on the Catalogue   Find a book on the Shelf   Did you find our etutorials helpful? Make sure you let us know by completing our survey form – we’ll enter you into our prize draw!  You could win a selection of useful stationery goods, including a memory stick, and the lucky first prize also gets a £20 voucher. Our etutorials include presentations, photo tours, video demonstrations and interactive quizzes. They are short and most only take a couple of minutes to complete. You can access them online via our website at any time. 

In order to enhance security at the Health Library in the light of current changes on the hospital site, we will be implementing access control from 5:30 p.m. to closing time, and at weekends. This will start at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday 15th March. From this time you will need either: a current valid Keele card, or: an NHS Library membership card with the number starting 5081 The card should be presented to the proximity reader inside the north lobby of the CEC outside the Library’s secondary entrance. This will unlock the Library door. Please ensure that it locks securely behind you. Access control will operate between the following hours: Mon – Thu    5:30 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. Fri               5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Sat              10:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Sun             1:00 p.m. – 5 p.m. ...

World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October , and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. Organized by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) every year, World Osteoporosis Day involves campaigns by national osteoporosis patient societies from around the world with activities in over 90 countries. International Osteoporosis Foundation, World Osteoporosis Day,   http://www.worldosteoporosisday.org/ For any one interested in learning more about osteoporosis, here at the Health Library we have numerous resources related to the subject.  In the lists below you’ll find both our most popular items and information on materials recently added to our collection. To find these books simply click on the title and follow the link to our online catalogue . M O S T   P O P U L A R -  Osteoporosis / by Anthony D. Woolf -...

Welcome to all the new students starting here at the Clinical Education Centre. We are here to support you throughout your studies, providing you with access to information resources, study space and training. You can find out all about our services for you on our website Drop by and take a look. Have a look at our online Welcome tour or take a look at our frequently asked questions page to get the basics.

The Health Library will be closed for the Bank Holiday, Monday 30th August. Electronic resources are available online using your Athens username and password. Check our website for more details about online resources.

A recent review of NHS health libraries, by Professor Peter Hill, is now available from the National Library for Health ( http://www.library.nhs.uk/aboutnlh/review ). The review highlights the importance of library centrality within the organsation and identifies the role of the library in the support of clinical decision making, lifelong learning by health professionals, research, commissioning decision and health policy making.

Find out what the outreach Librarian's service has been involved in over the past year in their recent annual report (pdf, 470kb). For further information about the service please contact Clare or Marilyn .