The survey is now closed. Thanks to all those who have responded.
We get lots of helpful feedback from KLS users and welcome it at any time (library@newhamhealth.nhs.uk).
It would be great if you could please take five minutes to complete this brief survey - there are fewer than ten questions. The survey is running across North East London so do not be suprised to be asked who you work for. We are interested in the views of both those who regularly use us and those who currently do not.
You do not have to provide your contact details but if you do we can follow up on any issues. We will also enter you into a prize draw to win one of our highly desirable mugs (twenty up for grabs this time).
The survey will be running till 7th of December so please - give us your views!
We will let you know how the comments stack up.
Wednesday 21 November 2007
Have your say - win prizes! Now closed...
Tuesday 20 November 2007
Resource of the ... 3. MyJournals
Todays resource is MyJournals from our colleagues at the National Library for Health .
Put simply this is the one stop you need to find out whether we have a journal available electronically or in paper form.
This counteracts some of the complexity caused by us using multiple suppliers as we attempt to maximise the number of journals we can offer you.
It works best if you use your Athens login - if you don't login you will only see the England wide collection of titles. Once logged in you get extra titles as a London person and as a Newham person. You should be able to jump straight to the full text for electronic titles. MyJournals even includes details of journal content available for free on the Internet.
Perhaps more surprising for something called MyJournals is that you can use it to find details of some of our ebooks. At present I would recommend you stick with NewhamCat for these which is more comprehensive and now includes over 600 links to books and reports in electronic form.
As ever - if we haven't got the journal article you need available straight away we can always get hold it.
Wednesday 14 November 2007
Hurray - NewhamCat picks itself up again
Happy to report that NewhamCat has pulled through and is now up and running again.
Things might be a little slower than usual for a couple more days and there may be brief relapses so bear with us.
Monday 12 November 2007
New books added in October 2007
As promised here is the latest edition of our new books bulletin.
Remember these are a selection of all the titles added last month rather than every last item. You can always use NewhamCat to see if the book you are interested in has been added or is on order.
The list includes ebooks alongside the paper kind.
There is a new edition of "Symptom Sorter" by Hopcroft. A link to the Tooke report on MMC. A book on "Minor surgical procedures for nurses and allied healthcare professionals" by Martin. The latest from Tony Ghaye on "Building the reflective health care organisation" and updated editions of the Lock books on "Project Management". Revision texts for DRCOG and MRCOG and the like. And this years BNF for Children.
Take a look. And suggest things you would like to see purchased (Library@newhamhealth.nhs.uk).
As for the picture? The Library at Angkor Wat!
Friday 9 November 2007
Let sleeping cats lie...
Apologies are due to a few of you who found NewhamCat asleep on the job from late afternoon yesterday (8 November) till 8:30am this morning.
The Library was having some additional power sockets fitted and this placed the Cat out of action.
Lesson learnt - next time we are going to suffer a similar problem we will let you know via this blog which will now also appear on the "sleeping" page.
Please let us know (call - 0207 363 8016 email library@newhamhealth.nhs.uk if you ever find yourself dealing with a recalcitrant NewhamCat or any of our other resources. The sooner you let us know the sooner we can get things fixed.
Tuesday 6 November 2007
Three new books to be taken daily...
For many years now the Knowledge & Library Service has published a new books list.
We have decided to start publicising it here on the blog.
The new issue is a few days away so in the mean time here is the list for September.
If you are onsite at Newham General or in the PCT you can check NewhamCat to see if an item is available straight away or make a reservation. You can always give us a call or email and we will happily put things aside for you.
With upwards of a thousand books added each year (hence the post title) there should be something for all interests.