Thursday, 31 March 2016

Newham Library Refurbishment – how to access library resources and services during the closure




The Library at Newham University Hospital will be closed from 13th April - 23rd May for refurbishment. The new design of the space will give library users more study space and improved access to staff and resources, as well as a more modern, comfortable environment in which to work.

We apologise for any inconvenience this closure will cause you.  Below is information on how you can continue to access library resources and services during the closure:

COMPUTER FACILITIES
The 24 Hour Knowledge Hub at Newham will remain accessible throughout the closure.  A printer will be moved to the Knowledge Hub to allow Black and White printing only.  Please continue to observe the Library’s Fair Use policy and only print up to 10 pages per visit – larger jobs should be printed within your department. 

ACCESS TO BOOKS AND JOURNALS
Members can continue to access our wide range of electronic resources remotely via OpenAthens.  If you do not already have an OpenAthens account or are not sure how to access e-books and e-journals, contact library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk for more details.

During the closure, the majority of Newham’s book stock will be held in off-site storage and will be inaccessible.  However, members can continue to access a small collection of the 100 most popular books at Newham, and any books in our Whipps Cross book collection, by reserving the items and collecting them from the Reception of the Alan Naftalin Education Centre at Newham.

To request a print book to collect from Reception of the Alan Naftalin Education Centre at Newham:

Either call 020 8535 6973 or email  library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk and request that the book be sent for you to collect at Alan Naftalin Education Centre Reception, or to request online:

  1. 1Find the book you want by searching the Library Catalogue at http://bartshealth.nhslibraries.com/, then click on the book
  2. Click on Reserve button under the cover image or icon. 
  3.  Log in with your Reader ID number and your P.I.N (which is your home postcode).  If you do not know your Reader ID or P.I.N, or have trouble logging in, please contact library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk or call 020 8535 6973
  4. Select a Collection Site: Newham Library
  5. The item will be sent to the Reception at Alan Naftalin Education Centre and you will be contacted when it is ready for you to collect
  6. You will be asked to sign for the item to confirm you have received it

To return a book:

The book return bins will remain in the first floor corridor at Zone 2, outside the entrance to the Alan Naftalin Education Centre at Newham University Hospital.  These will be regularly emptied by library staff.
Alternatively, you can return the book to Knowledge and Library Services, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Medical Education Centre, Willow Lodge, Junction 11, Leytonstone, London, E11 1NR.

LIBRARY SUPPORT AND INFORMATION SKILLS TRAINING
You can contact library staff at library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk, or call 020 8535 6973, to seek guidance, renew books, or request articles. 

Abi Alayo, Clinical Support Librarian, will be based at the Alan Naftalin Education Centre at Newham for the duration of the closure, and can deliver training and support on site. Contact her at Abimbola.alayo@bartshealth.nhs.uk to request an appointment.

We look forward to welcoming you to our new Library at Newham in May. 

If you have any questions, please contact library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk

Monday, 21 March 2016

KLS closed for the Easter Holidays

Knowledge and Library Services at Whipps Cross and Newham will be closed for the Easter Holidays on Friday March 25 2016 and Monday March 28 2016. Visit the Library catalogue to renew books online or email any enquiries to us and we will respond as soon as possible when the libraries reopen on Tuesday March 29 2016.

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Newham Library
Books can be returned into the Red and White book return bins on the main corridor by the first floor entrance to Alan Naftalin Education Centre. The Knowledge Hub remains available 24/7.

Whipps Cross Library
Books can be returned into the book return bin near the entrance to the Medical Education Centre.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Newham Library closing for refurbishment April/May 2016

The library space at Newham University Hospital will be refurbished next month. The new design of the space will give library users more study space and improved access to staff and resources, as well as a more modern, comfortable environment in which to work. This project has been funded with charitable funds from the Waltham Forest Medical Education and Research Trust.  
The Library at Newham will be closed from 13th April - 23rd May.
The 24 Hour Knowledge Hub at Newham will remain accessible throughout the closure.
Further details of how to access library resources and services during the closure will be circulated in due course.
If you have any questions, please contact the Library Manager by emailing merinne.whitton@bartshealth.nhs.uk

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Information resources on the Zika virus






Knowledge and Library Services have produced the following guide to key sources of information on the Zika virus.  If you would like to receive current awareness updates about Zika, please contact library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk.




 

ZIKA VIRUS

GUIDANCE 


Public Health England. Zika virus infection: guidance for primary care. Published online 04 February 2016.  
o   This guidance summarises key advice for those working in primary care, since they may be consulted by patients, including pregnant women, who are travelling to or returning from countries that are part of this outbreak (ie those countries with active Zika transmission).

Public Health England. Zika virus: interim algorithm for assessing pregnant women with a history of travel. Updated 1February 2016.
o   Flowchart for assessing pregnant women with a history of travel during pregnancy to areas with active Zika virus transmission.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/496817/Interim_Zika_testing_algorithm_for_assessing_pregnant_women_with_a_history_of_travel_v2_010216_Gateway.pdf 

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Interim clinical guidelines on Zika virus infection and pregnancy. Published online 29 January 2016.

CURRENT CLINICAL EVIDENCE 


DynaMed Plus. (2016). Ipswich, MA: EBSCO Information Services. Zika virus. [updated 2016 Feb 04]; Available from
Full Text:
http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T909469/Zika-virus-infection

UpToDate. (2016). Zika Virus Infection (free resource).
Full Text: http://www.uptodate.com/contents/106169


World Health Organisation. (2016). Free WHO Zika app available on iOS and Android.
iOS version: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/who-zika-app/id1090088404?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.universaldoctor.zika 
  

PATIENT INFORMATION  

 

NHS Choices. Zika Virus: Your questions answered. Published online 29 January 2016.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2016/01January/Pages/Zika-virus-your-questions-answered.aspx 

Patient Info. Behind the news headlines: Zika virus. Published online 25 January 2016.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED LITERATURE 


Attar, N. (2016). ZIKA virus circulates in new regions. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 14 (62), Published online 11 January 2016 doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2015.28 

Bogoch, I. I., Brady, O. J., Kraemer, M. U., German, M., Creatore, M. I., Kulkarni, M. A., & Watts, A. (2016). Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil. The Lancet.

Enfissi, A., Codrington, J., Roosblad, J., Kazanji, M., & Rousset, D. (2016). Zika virus genome from the Americas. The Lancet, 387(10015), 227-228.
Full Text:
Available from The Lancet in Lancet, The 

Enserink, M. (2015). An obscure mosquito-borne disease goes global.Science, 350(6264), 1012-1013.
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/mip/newsletter/images/Science-2015-Enserink-1012-3%20(1).pdf 

Fauci, A. S., & Morens, D. M. (2016). Zika Virus in the Americas—Yet Another Arbovirus Threat. New England Journal of Medicine.

Gatherer, D., & Kohl, A. (2015). Zika virus: a previously slow pandemic spreads rapidly through the Americas. Journal of General Virology.
http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/77455/1/jgv.0.000381.pdf 

Gourinat, A. C., O’Connor, O., Calvez, E., Goarant, C., & Dupont-Rouzeyrol, M. (2015). Detection of Zika virus in urine. Emerg Infect Dis, 21(1), 84-6.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/1/pdfs/14-0894.pdf 

Higgs, S. (2016). Zika Virus: Emergence and Emergency. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/vbz.2016.29001.hig 

Lancet, The. (2016). Zika virus: a new global threat for 2016. The Lancet,387(10014), 96.

Full Text:
Available from The Lancet in Lancet, The 

Lucey DR, Gostin LO. The Emerging Zika Pandemic: Enhancing Preparedness. JAMA. Published online January 27, 2016. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.0904 
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2485361 

Musso, D., Roche, C., Nhan, T. X., Robin, E., Teissier, A., & Cao-Lormeau, V. M. (2015). Detection of Zika virus in saliva. Journal of Clinical Virology,68, 53-55.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Didier_Musso/publication/275410834_Detection_of_Zika_virus_in_saliva/links/55aaccb508aea3d086827c59.pdf 

Musso, D., Roche, C., Robin, E., Nhan, T., Teissier, A., & Cao-Lormeau, V. M. (2015). Potential sexual transmission of Zika virus. Emerging infectious diseases, 21(2), 359.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313657/pdf/14-1363.pdf  

Musso, D., Cao-Lormeau, V. M., & Gubler, D. J. (2015). Zika virus: following the path of dengue and chikungunya?. The Lancet, 386(9990), 243-244.
http://insanemedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Zika-virus-following-the-path-of-dengue-and-chikungunya.pdf 

Oster, A. M., Brooks, J. T., Stryker, J. E., et al. (2016). Interim Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus — United States. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 65:(Early Release):1–2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6505e1er   

Patiño-Barbosa, A. M., Medina, I., Gil-Restrepo, A. F., & Rodriguez-Morales, A. J. (2015). Zika: another sexually transmitted infection?. Sexually transmitted infections, sextrans-2015.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfonso_Rodriguez-Morales/publication/279180677_Zika_another_sexually_transmitted_infection/links/55afdba208ae11d31039a779.pdf 

Petersen, E. E. (2016). Interim guidelines for pregnant women during a Zika virus outbreak—United States. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 65:30-33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6502e1 

Tappe D, Rissland J, Gabriel M, Emmerich P, Günther S, Held G, Smola S, Schmidt-Chanasit J. (2014). First case of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection imported into Europe, November 2013. Euro Surveill. 19(4): pii=20685. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20685 

World Health Organization. (2015). Zika virus outbreaks in the Americas.Weekly Epidemiological Record, 90(45), 609-610.
Full Text:
Available from EBSCOhost in Weekly Epidemiological Record
Available from ProQuest in Weekly Epidemiological Record 

Zammarchi, L., Stella, G., Mantella, A., Bartolozzi, D., Tappe, D., Günther, S., ... & Schmidt-Chanasit, J. (2015). Zika virus infections imported to Italy: clinical, immunological and virological findings, and public health implications. Journal of Clinical Virology, 63, 32-35.
http://www.journalofclinicalvirology.com/article/S1386-6532(14)00467-3/pdf 

Zammarchi L, Tappe D, Fortuna C, Remoli ME, Günther S, Venturi G, Bartoloni A, Schmidt-Chanasit J. (2015). Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 2015. Euro Surveill. 20(23): pii=21153. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21153  

To gain access to the Full Text links identified, login using your NHS OpenAthens username and password.

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Monday, 14 December 2015

Christmas and New Year Library Closure

The library sites at Newham and Whipps Cross will alter their normal opening hours as follows over the Christmas and New Year period:

Newham University Hospital:

Thursday 24 December: 8.30 - 13.30
Friday 25 December: CLOSED
Saturday 26 December: CLOSED
Sunday 27 December: CLOSED
Monday 28 December: CLOSED
Tuesday 29 December: Open as usual - 8.30-17.00
Wednesday 30 December: Open as usual - 8.30-17.00
Thursday 31 December: 8.30-13.30
Friday 1 January: CLOSED
Saturday 2 January: CLOSED
Sunday 3 January: CLOSED
Monday 4 January: Open as usual - 8.30-17.00

Whipps Cross University Hospital:

Thursday 24 December: 8.00 - 13.00
Friday 25 December: CLOSED
Saturday 26 December: CLOSED
Sunday 27 December: CLOSED
Monday 28 December: CLOSED
Tuesday 29 December: Open as usual - 8.00-17.00
Wednesday 30 December: Open as usual - 8.00-17.00
Thursday 31 December: 8.00-13.00
Friday 1 January: CLOSED
Saturday 2 January: CLOSED
Sunday 3 January: CLOSED
Monday 4 January: Open as usual - 8.00-17.00

We wish all our members a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

LIBRARIES CLOSED from 12 noon Monday 7 December

The libraries at Newham and Whipps Cross Hospitals will both close at 12 noon on Monday 7 December so that all staff can attend training.  We apologise for any inconvenience caused.  The libraries will open as usual on Tuesday morning.