Trimester
Library Newsletter
Newsletter of the Rotunda Hospital Library & Information Service Volume 5 Issue 2 June 2012
Summer
Projects
Inside this issue:
Summer Projects
1
Recollections of an Irish
Doctor - Book Review
2
Learning Never
Exhausts the Mind Training Days
2
The Diagnosis and
Management of Obstetric
Cholestasis - Midwifery
Journal Club Report
3
Your Library is Your
Paradise - Changes to
Inter Library Loans
3
Notice Board
4
From the Literature
5
Sites to Visit
5
Focus On MediLearning.ie
6
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Librarian: Anne M. O’Byrne
Snr Library Assistant: Geraldine Walsh
Welcome to the Summer issue of Trimester. In this issue we brief you on changes to our
document delivery service from the British Library. An unwarranted change has been forced
upon us but we have benefited from the alteration with the use of our new document delivery
supplier Subito. Read more about this development on page 3.
Other library service providers within the industry have given freely of their training skills
this quarter and have facilitated early morning and lunchtime training sessions for our library
users. Both of our training days were well attended by staff and will continue as regular events.
Our thanks to Maurice Clementi of Ovid and Richard Crookes of Ebsco, for joining us in the
Rotunda and supplying this training (see page 2).
The Midwifery Journal Club continues to develop both in the scope of presentations and
attendances. Thank you to all for supporting this initiative. Read our report on the Midwifery
Journal Club, on page 3.
With the exception of the remaining group of RCSI Research students, our student body
are taking a summer break from studies and travelling far afield. September will bring new
students with their new and varied information needs.
Lest you think we are not gainfully employed during this period, this is not the case! LIS is
involved in the ongoing provision and graphics of the Rotunda Delivery staff newsletter
which has been successful to date. In addition we are involved in a number of Tercentenary
projects which will mark the birth of Bartholomew Moss, our founder. Projects include the
‘History of the Chapel’ and an exhibition to be held on the Tercentenary week in November
2012. Considerable historical research goes into the development of such projects and should
benefit us all. Also, my work as EAHIL council member continues. The EAHIL annual
conference meets July 3rd to 6th in Brussels. I will report on EAHIL in our September issue.
The research focus continues with the development of the Rotunda Research Database and
contribution to the HSE Lenus database. Please contribute to both by sending your current
publications or proposed research (as approved by the ETHICS Committee).
Finally, watch out for our first Trimester supplement in our upcoming September issue
which will highlight the varied and interesting web resources and smart phone applications
which we have featured in our library newsletter over the past five years.
Remember, we are here to meet your needs so please advise us of your information or
departmental training needs. Now that summer is finally here, enjoy it!
A M. O’Byrne