Christmas and New Year Opening 2010/11

A very merry Christmas and happy new year to all our colleagues



We are open over Christmas and the New Year except for the Bank Holidays and on the first Tuesday in January we will not be open late (full details below).

The Knowledge Hub and Cyber Room remain 24hr access as usual.

Books can be returned in the white book bin by the main doors to the Education Centre,1st floor.
You can renew your books anytime on NewhamCat

Friday 24 December - OPEN 08.30-17.00
Monday 27 December - CLOSED
Tuesday 28 December - CLOSED
Wednesday 29 December - OPEN 08.30-17.00
Thursday 30 December - OPEN 08.30-17.00
Friday 31 December - OPEN08.30-17.00
Monday 03 January - CLOSED
Tuesday 04 January - OPEN 08.30-17.00

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Latest New Books

Now that winter has well and truly set in, why not curl up with one of our new books?

Our list of November purchases has lots to keep you happy, from new editions of weighty old favourites such as Rockwood & Green's Fractures and Williams' Obstetrics, to curiosities such as Medicinema : doctors in films, & the entertaining & useful 101 Top Tips in Medicine.

On a more serious note, we have several new titles in the area of child care & protection including Making Sense of 'Every Child Matters' : multiprofessional practice guidance & the latest edition of Hobart's Good practice in Safeguarding Children.

See the full list for all our new titles, or look on NewhamCat to see what else we have. And if all you need is a novel, don't forget our Newham General Reads shelves.


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Training - December 2010

Finding the Evidence: searching the healthcare databases
Invest one hour of your time learning how to search for journal references / full text articles specific to your area of interest

Dates for December:
Thursday 2 December 09.30-10.30
Monday 6 December 17.15-18.15
Wednesday 15 December 10.00-11.00

Book on ESR or contact the Library on x8016 for advice


Information Advice Session
For quick information needs enquiries we are holding our drop in session:
Monday 13 December
Call into the Cyber Room anytime between 14.00 and 16.00

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Give us feedback (prizes to be won)

We need your help.

The KLS team are always busy trying to improve our service to you. To guide this we need your feedback and suggestions. Positive or negative views are welcome - as are those of people making limited or no use of the KLS at present.

So how to help? Please complete our brief survey. With eight questions it should take only a few minutes to complete.

The eight questions even includes the one to provide your email address for a chance to win one of ten 1GB USB memory sticks.
We will feed back on your input in Knowledge News.

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October 2010 New Books List

We constantly update our stock with newly published titles and new editions of old favourites, and this month is no exception. The October New books List shows over 100 titles received in the last month, spanning a wide range of topics.

Latest editions of the Oxford handbooks (eg in Oncology) are all now available, along with new editions of many other classics (eg Ghaye's Reflecton: principles and practice for healthcare professionals and Polit's Essentials of nursing research).

New titles span the range from Aquatic exercise in pregnancy to The checklist manifesto : how to get things right which discusses how professionals deal with the complexity of their responsibilities.

The full list shows all our new titles. Meanwhile, check on NewhamCat if you are searching to see if we have a particular subject or title, as this lists our whole stock.

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Closing the loop

Most years the Knowledge & Library Service runs a user survey in November. On starting to prepare the latest version we realised we had not provided a promised update on what you said and what we were going to do about it. So here, with apologies for the delay, is some feedback.




The top three areas influenced by information from the KLS were advice to colleagues, teaching and confirming patient care.

70% of people reported learning something new and 60% shared that learning with colleagues.

The KLS scored high satisfaction scores with most aspects of service rated very good or good by 75% or more of respondents. The areas of lowest satisfaction were ebooks, ejournals and opening hours. We are working hard to improve ejournal availability and ease of access (watch this space). Opening hours will hopefully be an area of increased satisfaction in the new survey following the creation of the Knowledge Hub - greatly increasing the quality and quantity of 24 hour study space. eBooks are an area for further investigation. Experiments to date have seen poor uptake.

Lots of comments were received and these are particularly helpful. A recurring theme was the need for quiet working space. The Knowledge Hub has been designed as a noisier area and groups needing to work together are encouraged to use that space. Hopefully this will take some noise out of the main library. KLS staff are trying to be more quiet as we appreciate that we have an impact on noise levels. Many of the comments demonstrated a lack of awareness of what the KLS offers with people asking for things we already provide. To try and bridge this knowledge gap we have started a monthly news letter that is circulated to all registered users and via the Trust Information Bulletin. You can find back issues online.

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BMJ Best Practice 3-month trial

We currently have a 3 month trial of BMJ Best Practice to the end of the year.


In a single source Best Practice combines the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach and covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

Best Practice has a unique-patient focused approach, and provides a second opinion, at the point of care, without the need for checking multiple resources.

You will need your NHS Athens to sign in. Best practice has a similar simple interface to UpToDate with brief evidence linked topic reviews. It has the advantage that once set up you can use it on your mobile.

Get in touch with us for help with Best Practice (or to feedback).