Staffordshire Libraries have launched a new online catalogue called the ‘e-Hub’.
For the first time, visitors to the Staffordshire Libraries webpages can view books in all formats (electronic and hard copy) from the same catalogue, in the same search.
The e-Hub, which can be found at the same web address, replaces the old online catalogue and has a number of added features and benefits.
Once logged in, one click on a title is all that's needed to show detailed information about a book, a short description of what it's about, previous readers reviews, and all the formats the title is available in.
We’ve had feedback from a number of library staff, asking how Evidence search works behind the scenes to produce the sets of results that you are presented with. We thought a set of notes for advanced searchers would give some insight to how Evidence search works, explain what happens when different search features are used, and provide some extra hints/tips for searching. The notes cover ranking of search results, word stemming (lemmatisation), synonym expansion and wildcard searching, phrase searching, Boolean operators, stop words, spelling correction and UK vs international searching.
Broseley Library and Customer Service Point will be temporarily closed for around six weeks from Monday 29 February 2016 for refurbishment, as part of the transfer of the library to Broseley Town Council.
The transfer follows a public consultation led by Shropshire Council, in which proposals for the future of the library and Customer Service Point were put forward for residents to consider. A total of 87% of respondents opted for the transfer of the library to the town council.
Academics from across Australia, Wales and England will join with University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) tutors to launch their new book which provides an introduction to mental health at each stage of life.
The publishing of Mental Health Across the Lifespan will be celebrated at a free event on Tuesday 8 March 2016, held in partnership with Routledge Publishers at UCS’ learning and research base.
People are invited to Guildhall in Frankwell Quay to hear from seven of the authors who have contributed to the book, representing a diverse range of expertise.
Background
Systematic reviews have found limited evidence of effectiveness and impact of clinical librarians (CLs) due to the poor quality of reporting, scale and design of previous studies.
Objectives
To measure specific CL impact on organisational and patient outcomes using a robust approach that helps CLs develop research skills.
LB: Sorry I can't see this Journal on the spreadsheet, I assume access is via CILIP/HLG
Staff at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust are asking people to donate items they can use to support patients.
Helping to keep patients at the Community Hospitals in Bishop’s Castle, Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Whitchurch occupied and stimulated plays an important part in support their mental and physical health needs. This is especially important for patients with dementia.
Positive discussions have taken place between Telford & Wrekin Council and Madeley Town Council with a view to saving the town’s library & First Point Service.
Madeley Library was one of six earmarked for possible closure in Telford & Wrekin Council’s budget proposals – as the council strives to make £30m of cuts.
However, since then a drive to establish community partnerships to enable libraries to be delivered in a different way has resulted in announcements that Hadley, Dawley and Newport libraries will all continue.
No final decisions have been taken but one of the preferred options is for the Library to move into the Anstice Memorial Hall – which historically used to house Madeley Library.
Stirchley Library is set to soon be run by Stirchley & Brookside Parish Council.
Meanwhile talks are progressing well with community organisations led by the Brookside Big Local Partnership (BBLP) and supported by the parish council on the future of Brookside Central.
Stirchley Library was one of six earmarked for possible closure in Telford & Wrekin Council’s budget proposals – as the council strives to make £30m of cuts.
As the first nurses and midwives start to pass through the revalidation process, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) continues to produce supporting materials for employers and registrants.
Over the next few weeks, look out for new resources designed to help you and your nursing and midwifery workforce go through the process.
The Royal College of Physicians' (RCP) new report Research for all: Building a research-active medical workforce has noted that the greatest barrier doctors face in engaging in research is a lack of time, even though they are eager to do so. Drawn from the findings of a survey of almost 2,000 doctors, the report shows that respondents cited the lack of time as having a ‘significant impact’ on their ability to engage in research.
If you haven't had a look at the HDAS preview, then do have a look. It's available here: http://alpha.hdas.nice.org.uk/
Some of the features that you can currently use on the preview site are:
Saving strategies
Browsing the thesaurus
Using thesaurus terms in a search
Using limits and fields to refine your search
Re-running searches
Editing existing search rows
Saving results
Exporting results
Access to full-text links
This article is the first in the feature to highlight the social network site Twitter as a tool for health information and it reports on a study by Emma Hughes, who completed an MSc in information and library studies at Aberystwyth University in 2014. Emma's research investigated the quality of health information available on Twitter, in particular the information available on UK alcohol consumption guidelines. Her research suggests that users searching for this information would need certain literacy skills to interpret it correctly. However, there is no doubt that Twitter is an increasingly popular resource for information dissemination and health professionals, and organisations should be encouraged to use it frequently as a tool for sharing information.