Library Newsletter spring 2020

______________________________________________________________ Patricia Bowen Library and Knowledge Service Newsletter - Spring 2020 Welcome to the Patricia Bowen Library and Knowledge Services Newsletter. We hope that you find it both useful and informative. The library service welcomes your comments and suggestions all of which help us to deliver a more user-focused service. If you wish to make a comment or suggestion, please visit the library during opening hours or email: [email protected] This issue covers: Library inductions Out of hours access Outreach services Knowledge share Trust staff publications OpenAthens Our performance Book amnesty

______________________________________________________________ Library Inductions Every month we have library induction to new doctors and corporate staff, a tour to the library and a library stand at the market place during corporate inductions to present and promote our services to all the new starters. If you want Library induction at any of your meetings within your team/department, please contact us.

______________________________________________________________ Out of hours Access Library is staffed between 9:00am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Outside these hours access to 24 hour section of the Library is available to eligible Library members. You need to use Trust ID badge to access, please contact us for more details. Facilities available out of hours: eLearning Zone Health & Wellbeing Zone Reference Books Print Journal collection Computers Study Desks/spaces Printer/Photocopier/Scanner

______________________________________________________________ Outreach If you think you don’t have time to come to the library, to use our services, we can help! We can come to your ward or department to deliver training or help with searching for information. We are happy to come to your department meetings to go through the library services and resources that are available to you and your teams.

______________________________________________________________ KnowledgeShare KnowledgeShare Evidence alerts are personalised current awareness service alerts allowing you to receive new evidence on topics tailored to your requirements. It covers latest articles, policy documents, websites, guidance and books on topics of your interest. All Trust staff can register for KnowledgeShare alerts. Submit the online form to receive updates on the topics that you are interested in.

______________________________________________________________ Trust Staff Publication Repository The repository contains 1014 Westmid and 2076 Chelwest staff publications, details of published, peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews, book chapters, conference posters and more!  Have you recently had an article accepted for publication?  Have you recently authored a book or book chapter?  Have you recently presented a poster at a conference that you would like to share? If so, please complete the online form with as much information as possible, and we will add your item to the repository. If you would like to add the full text of your article/book chapter/poster to the repository to share with all the Trust staff you can send it to us

______________________________________________________________ Open Athens Did you know? NHS OpenAthens provides access to a range of nationally and locally procured online resources; including healthcare databases, eJournals and eBooks. Do you want to get Westmid OpenAthens account? Did you know? You can access the following resources with your Westmid OpenAthens account. DyanMed Heath Care Databases BMJ Best Practice EBSCO eBooks Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin Discovery Tool Visual DX Royal Marsden Manual Oxford Medicine Online

______________________________________________________________ Our Performance

______________________________________________________________ Book Amnesty If you have overdue library books, forgot or lost and found, don’t worry! Please bring them back to the library, we don’t charge any fines. Contact Us Tel: 0208 321 5968 Email: [email protected] Library Staff: Library Services Manager: Uma Devalapalli Assistant Librarian: Louise Levitt Library Assistant: Fiona Price