A regular piece of feedback to the library has been that people would like to be able to borrow more books.
In the past we had a limit of four items on loan from us at any one time. Over the past few years we have increased the size of our collection considerably. Regular users will have noticed the effect of this as the area of shelving devoted to books has slowly grown. NewhamCat has also had an impact in helping people find, reserve and manage their loans.
We are happy therefore to announce that the new upper limit is five.
PS The picture is (of course) the Superfive-a-daybanana.
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Five a day
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Newest book arrivals!
The August New Books list has now been published, showing our latest arrivals during the past few weeks.
This month we have been building on our Medical Education collection with a collection of items supplied by the London Deanery. We have several ASME titles in the Understanding Medical Education Series , eg Simulation in Medical Education & Teaching and Leading Small Groups, and books by Della Fish in collaboration with Linda De Cossart & Colin Coles, including Developing the Wise Doctor & Medical Education: Developing a Curriculum for Practice.
Paediatricians will appreciate the new editions of Duffy's Essentials of Paediatric Urology & Waterston's Paediatrics : A Core Text on Child Health, while psychiatrists will find access to new e-books (electronic online books) useful, eg The MRCPsych Study Manual, Hughes' Outline of Modern Psychiatry & Freeman's Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies. These e-books are available via your NHS Athens log-in.
All new and existing stock items are listed on NewhamCat, our on-line catalogue available on Newham UHT & Newham PCT networks.
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
NewhamCat is one... contribute and win!
NewhamCat is one today!
In the past year it has issued some nine and a half thousand books, seen us add a thousand books / 300+ ebooks, gained cover images in search results and generally been a boon to all concerned.
To celebrate this anniversary we are launching a new feature. NewhamCat'sEye is your opportunity to write a brief review of any item you can find on NewhamCat.
Just one paragraph describing why you found the book useful (or why you didn't) is all we are after. You might want to explain why colleagues might want to read it or how it changed your practice or just highlight a key concept.
We will add the best ones to NewhamCat so you can see what others think. The first 25 accepted reviews will win one of our eco friendly reusable shopping bags (or a library mug).
To give you the idea see the NewhamCat record for "Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions" - you can choose to have your name on your contribution or leave it anonymous if you prefer.
Submit your entry to the usual address.
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