TRIMESTER - Rotunda Library Newsletter March 2014 | Page 4

4 Trimester Rotunda Library Newsletter Notice Board Recent Additions Staff Members are entitled to borrow up to 5 books at any one time. The following titles were recently added to the library catalogue. • • • • Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008, ISBN: 9780470699515) Doing a Literature Review in Nursing, Health and Social Care (Sage, London, 2013, ISBN: 97814462-4960-4) by Coughlan, M. et al. Doing a Research Project in Nursing and Midwifery: a basic guide to Research using the Literature Review Methodology (Sage, London, 2013, ISBN: 9780-85702-748-1) by Siu, C, and Comerasamy,H. New Anaesthesia title : Obstetric Anaesthesia Digest. (Full Text from Ovid on A-Z), recently added to the Journal Collection. Library Closure Dates The Library will be closed over the following days due to St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Holidays: St Patrick’s Day: Monday March 17th, 2014 Easter: Good Friday April 18th, 2014 Easter Monday: April 21st, 2014 Library Users may avail of the 24-Reading Room for computer, printing and study facilities. Obstetrics Journal Club Training Event The Library & Information Service were facilitated by the Obstetrics Journal Club in hosting an early morning training event entitled “Making UptoDate Work for You” on Friday February 21st, 2014 : (7.30-9.00am) in the Small Classroom, School of Midwifery. The session was given by Ms. Debbie Williams of Wolters Kluwer, Ovid. Debbie gave a general introduction to the UptoDate evidence based tool, and its processes of peer-reviewing material and updating. Some of the features covered in the sessions are as follows: SHELLI Event PROMOTE Visibility and Identify Champions will take place at 10.00am - 2.00pm on Friday 14th March, 2014 ∗“Find Function With Topic” - used to identify a word for The Health Sciences Libraries Group (HSLG) of the Library Association of Ireland in co-operation with the Department of Science and Library and Information Statistics Department of Loughborough University commissioned a study on the status of Health Librarianship and Libraries in Ireland. This review took place between December 2010 and March 2011. As a result The “Shelli Report”, Irish Health Libraries : New Directions: report on the status of health librarianship and libraries in Ireland was published by the Library Association of Ireland, in 2011. A number of key recommendations were forthcoming. Recommendation one “ Identify champions and promote visibility” is now being acted upon in the form of this one day event aimed at sharing experience and raising an awareness of marketing and partnership good practice in the health librarian community. We hope to report on the events of this meeting in our June issue. ∗E-mail Function - used a Ready Reminder or Case highlighting and tracking through the text. ∗Use of printed peer-reviewed information - placement in patient notes. Management / Teaching Tool. ∗Graded Recommendations - Strong Recommendations or evidence grades - highlighting the value of evidence ∗Topic Feedback Button - to send a comment to the editorial team directly. ∗Limit by Topic. ∗Graphics Database—ability to export to PowerPoint, to edit tabs and manipulate for display. ∗“What News” within specialities, to keep up to date with current practice in your area. The session was well received and attended. My thanks to the School of Midwifery for making facilities available for this session.