Things in the Library 11 Dec

Things about service evaluation

The NHS 111 project aims to evaluate urgent and emergency care services to provide system wide learning for commissioners and providers to deliver better care for children and young people.
The RCPCH, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, The Health Foundation and Picker Institute Europe jointly produced the report 'The use of primary and secondary care services by children and young people following contact with NHS 111 - investigating the experience and patient flow of four common conditions.' View the recommendations and conclusions of the report. Also they jointly produced the report ‘A service evaluation of the pathways of care for children <5 years through the NHS following contact with NHS 111: a pilot evaluation with a focus on children with fever.'


Things to keep you informed
We already have our e-prompt service where you can sign up to get emails on recent publications in your chosen specialities see here for details. Recently we have been automatically adding some of these to our Twitter feed. If you follow us on Twitter please let us know if you are finding this useful or too much information.

Things to come to..cakes and coffee

Make a note in your diaries to come to our Christmas coffee and cakes morning from 10:30 to 12:00 on Monday 21st December, F Floor Stephenson Wing. A drop in session when the library staff will be available to help you with  information, sorting email, reference management, Athens accounts, accessing journal articles and how to turn your old copies of the BNF into Christmas trees and angels.

Things to read
You can also take the opportunity to borrow some leisure reading for the Christmas break - we have just added some new fiction items  this list also shows items due to be available soon - if you login to your library account you can reserve one of these items if you wish - or email us if you haven't set a PIN on your library account. One of our new books is Alan Bennett's 'Lady in the Van' - the film is well worth seeing if you can still catch it at the cinema.

Things about the Blitz - 75 years ago
Did you know that on the nights of Thursday Dec 12th and 15th 1940 Sheffield suffered devastating air raid attacks which became known as Sheffield Blitz. Sheffield was always likely to be a target because of the steel factories making munitions and parts for Spitfires. It lasted a terrifying 9 hours and over 300 aircraft were involved. If you have ever wondered why there are so few old buildings in Sheffield City Centre this is the reason as the areas that suffered most devastation were the city centre (The Moor along with Sharrow, Nether Edge, Heeley, Pitsmoor, Broomhill, Millhouses, Meersbrook, and Woodseats. There were around 600 dead, 500 seriously injured, and 3,000 houses and shops damaged beyond repair. Altogether, around 82,000 properties were damaged. At the City General Hospital the top brass had tin hats but nurses frequently had to make do with enamel bowls tied on their heads with straps made of bandages. Because of the naval blockade, there was already a shortage of some dressings and packing for wounds. They reverted to collecting sphagnum moss from the moors above Sheffield which they sterilised and then used in some operations.
Tomorrow (Saturday)  at 7.15pm, Second World War air raid sirens will ring out across Sheffield to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Blitz. Before this two original 1940s searchlights will be beamed into the sky from The Moor – an area of the city centre that was virtually flattened in the attacks. Members of the public are being encouraged to ‘black out’ their homes at the same time for two minutes, to mark the moment the bombs started to fall on the city. The event will hail the start of a two-and-a-half year Heritage Lottery Fund supported project to commemorate, research and examine the legacy of the Sheffield Blitz

Things presented beautifully 

Information presented to make sense is always important and the examples shown here are truly amazing.


If you want to learn more about Infographics and try something out for yourself then this blog entry might be useful - it gives you background information and some examples to try.


Things to bring...Food for thought
This Christmas, the Sheffield Children's Chaplaincy team are supporting a community initiative to collect donations for local independent foodbanks and they are looking for donations from members of staff! There will be a special drop off point under the Christmas tree in the Chapel, D Floor, Blue Wing, which is open 24/7 from 1 to 18 December.Colleagues at the Becton Centre, Centenary House, Flockton House and Ryegate can also gather contributions which will be collected by 18 December.Things they need:
Tins of; soup, beans, tomato, veg, curry, stews, puddings, custard.
Dried pasta, rice, coffee, tea, cuppa soups, hot chocolate, breakfast cereals.
Jars of sauces; pasta, curry, stir fry.
Tampons and towels, festive food with long best before dates, gifts and treats.

Things in the library 4 Feb

Special things in the Library this week 
To celebrate National Libraries Day we are offering a competition and drop in sessions throughout the week event details

• Join the library – borrow books, request articles
• Register for an Open Athens Account – access resources via Athens
• Introduction to Literature Searching – taster session to help you improve your search results
• Introduction to Journal Club – see what is involved and sample the home baking 

Competition thing
Come to the library and  take a #libraryselfie or a #bookselfie
Follow us or Like our page or sign up to subscribe to this blog or share your photo on Twitter or Facebook  including #NLD15  and mentioning us for a chance to win a book token.
• Follow us -  @illingworthinfo
• Like our page - search for 'Illingworth Library' as a place
Anyone who has posted a selfie can come to the library for a free hot drink and a muffin or cakey bite. See our #libraryselfie pictures below - we promise not to eat all the cakes ourselves......

Things read 
Over Christmas I managed to find time to read 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett published in 2009. Some of you may have seen the film but if you want to read the book we have a copy available for loan in the library.
The book is set in Mississippi in 1962 and is about the lives of the the black maids employed by the white families - trusted to raise the white children yet segregated  in so many ways and not trusted with the family silver. The intertwining of these two worlds: the home lives of the maids and those of the 'ladies who lunch' at a time of political change and racial tension is in turn horrific, hilarious and often moving. A friendship develops between a white college girl trying to find out what happened to the black maid who raised her and two of the maids who trust her and want to tell their stories.
The characters are brilliantly described and there are those on both sides that you feel empathy with and the courage they have to show crossing boundaries is clearly described. The food and weather of the southern states are a running theme throughout the book adding to the atmosphere and drawing you into this world. An extraordinary story which I couldn't put down it had me in turn laughing out loud and despairing of man's (and women's) lack of tolerance and understanding of others.

Things theatrical 
Do you know about the library theatre...no not us..the Central Sheffield Library. Hidden away on Tudor Square next to the Lyceum. They have just released the next season's programme




Things about medical education

The GMC are consulting about standards for medical education and training and would like to hear your views on their draft proposals. They are asking medical students, doctors in training, trainers, teachers, as well as the organisations that educate and train medical students and doctors, for their views on the proposed standards. Anyone who is interested in medical education and training can respond to the consultation. Take part here

Things in the library next week
Infobites on 'Resources via Athens' Tues 10th 13:00 come along for 20 mins
Journal Club an introductory session to find out more and sample the cakes Thurs 12th at 8:00

Kate hiding..or reading?

Sarah (the boss) getting a cuppa

Jac with the audiology books
..and the cakes

Me..Gill..hoping there
is a cake left for me

 

Things in the library 4 July

Things to be aware of

New NICE guidance consultation on co-sleeping - the draft recommendation is extending the advice to infants up to 1 year of age and 

says that midwives, GPs and health visitors should ensure parents and carers are told of the link between co-sleeping (falling asleep with a baby in a bed, or on a sofa or armchair) and 

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Public consultation on these draft recommendations will run until Thursday 31 July 2014.

They also ask healthcare professionals to:

• advise parents and carers that the association between co-sleeping and SIDS is likely to be greater when they, or their partner, smoke
• inform parents and carers that the association between co-sleeping and SIDS potentially increases if they have used drugs and/or recently drunk alcohol
• tell parents and carers that the association between co-sleeping and SIDS potentially increases if their child had a low birth weight or was born prematurely

Commissioning of public health services for children

From 1 October 2015, the responsibility for commissioning children’s public health services, including health visitors, will transfer from NHS England to local authorities. The Department of Health, alongside its partners, has produced documents to support local authorities and other stakeholders through the transition. The documents identify six areas where health visitors have the most impact on children aged 0 to 5’s health and wellbeing:

Overview of the six early years high impact areas

Early Years High Impact Area 1 – Transition to Parenthood & early weeks

Early Years High Impact Area 2 – Maternal (Perinatal) Mental Health

Early Years High Impact Area 3 – Breastfeeding (Initiation and Duration)

Early Years High Impact Area 4 – Healthy weight, healthy nutrition 

Early Years High Impact Area 5 – Managing minor illness & reducing accidents 

Early Years High Impact Area 6 – Health, wellbeing and development of the child age 2                                                   

A Thing to help understand the new NHS

Commissioned by NHS England and written by five doctors in training, 'Understanding the new NHS' is an accessible and informative guide to the NHS for everyone working and training within it.

Things Sheffield medics did in WWI
Sheffield Medics in WW1 exhibition is now officially open and will be until the 28th November 2014, Accessible to the public from 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.In addition to the exhibition, a lecture series will continue to run alongside and all lectures are also open to public, although must be booked in advance.Further details about the project can be found on the webpages 

Thursday 24 July 2014 6.00pm - 7.00pm Lecture Theatre 1, B Floor, Medical SchoolLecture by Tom Scotland, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Emeritus
'The changing management of abdominal wounds during the Great War; from "laissez faire" to urgent surgical intervention and lessons learned!''

Wednesday 24 Sept 2014 6.00pm - 7.00pm Lecture Theatre 1, B Floor, Med School
Lecture by Brian Morgan
'Harold Gillies and the Birth of Plastic Surgery in World War One'

Wednesday 8 October 2014 Venue and time to be confirmed
Lecture by Surg Cdr A. W. Lambert OBE, MSc, MS, FRCS (Gen Surg) RN, Mne Andy Grant
'Military and medical training for deployment: the views of a surgeon and Royal Marine'

Things summery to eat

What else but..a salad or what is known in my house as 'Wimbledon salad' this recipe is similar to mine

(C) https://www.flickr.com/photos/floringorgan/4694122800

Things out of the library

I'm off on my holidays next week and then off to a Health Librarians Conference so I will be leaving the blog to Sarah & Kate...and will be checking to see what they have been doing.

If you are off on your holidays soon have a great time and don't forget your holiday reading from the library. This does mean the library will be closed for some Tues & Wed evenings so please check before visiting

Things in the Library 7 March

Things in the News
Researchers warned that passive smoking causes lasting damage to children's arteries, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes in later life. Read the research behind the headline here   

Things to avoid
Artificial food colourings which have been linked to hyperactivity in some children. The FSA has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the following six food colours

• sunset yellow FCF (E110)
• quinoline yellow (E104)
• carmoisine (E122)
• allura red (E129)
• tartrazine (E102)
• ponceau 4R (E124)

but..
These additives which have been withdrawn from food and drink are still available in children's medicines according to a report "The Hidden Additives in Children's Medicines" by the campaign group Action on Additives.  Their parent's guide to additives in children's medicine and details of their campaign can be found here.

Things for keeping up to date

InfoBites next week on Tuesday 11th March at 13:00 is a quick 20 min taster on the subject 'Keeping up-to-date'. As usual cakey nibbles will be available or bring your lunch with you. Find out how to keep abreast of the latest evidence for clinical practice.

Things to read or see

We don't recommend stealing books from anywhere but both Sarah and Kate are currently reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, it tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family and Max, a Jewish refugee who they are hiding under the stairs. For Liesel and Max, the power of words and imagination become the only escape from the tumultuous events happening around them. 

This film, in cinemas now is a life-affirming story of survival and of the resilience of the human spirit. If you would like to read the book thief you can pop up and borrow the book from the library.

Things needing your help

A review for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner "Assessing the Evidence Base in Relation to Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse".
This will cover the nature, scale and scope of intrafamilial CSA, the child protection response and implications for legislation. The authors have sent out a call for unpublished papers, documents, reports and briefings that are in the public domain which will help them understand Intrafamilial CSA. The deadline for receipt of papers: 24th  March, 2014.  Send any electronic materials to: ICSAREA@mdx.ac.uk 

Things to make and eat

This week is British Pie week which had us thinking about which pies we would like to make this weekend. We have chosen both a savoury Chicken pie with tenderstem broccoli, sweetcorn, tarragon and shallots and a sweet Apple, elderflower and almond pie recipes for you to try.

Things in the library 13 December

Things that are twinkly

We have put up our Christmas decorations and around the tree a selection of our leisure reading books. If you plan to curl up with a good book over Christmas come up to the library to borrow one or browse our selection online here search for 'leisure'.

Things to do with Christmas
On 23rd and 24th December the library staff will be conducting their annual keep fit (and get dusty) routine. We will be stocktaking ...which means we take every item off the shelves, clean them, scan them and put them back again. As this is not a spectator sport the library will be closed those two days and then remain closed until re-opening on Thursday 2nd January.

Things you can help us with
Prior to the stocktake we are looking at various areas in the library to see if the book coverage is as you would like it to be. If you would like to help us by coming and looking at 'your' specialist area and making suggestions please get in touch.

Things to look at  and perhaps use

The British library has just added over a million images to Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books and concern a startling mix of subjects - which can be viewed here I found this image  from 1879 Taylor's "The Illustrated Guide to Sheffield and the surrounding district" of the gates to Weston Park.


Things to ponder on and discuss
There has been considerable discussion lately about scientific publishing - and from our experience we know many journal subscriptions are rocketing in price. This week Andy Schekman, a US biologist who won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine this year and receives his prize in Stockholm on Tuesday, said his lab would no longer send research papers to the top-tier journals, Nature, Cell and Science. Read the article he wrote in the Guardian here

Things we did
Journal Club this week involved an interesting mix of consultants (Gastroenterology, Surgery and General Paediatrics) along with a clinical nurse specialist and junior doctors discussing a paper on predictive marker tests for children with constipation. Next journal club 9th Jan 8.00 to 9:00 am.

Thing to read
NICE issued new update to guidance on treating urinary tract infection in children download full text here

Things to do with cycles
There has been a lot in the press recently about the safety of cyclists on the roads so I was interested to spot this item. The Canadian Paediatric Society recently published a position statement on 'Bicycle helmet use in Canada: The need for legislation to reduce the risk of head injury'. They state that "research evidence to date and recognition of the substantial impact of traumatic brain injuries support the recommendation for all-ages bicycle helmet legislation" you can read the full text here .Watch out for wobbly young bike riders on Boxing day but I think this chap from 1880 may have had a little too much brandy butter in his mince pies!

Things to eat
A recipe recommended by one of Sarah's daughters who has made it for Christmas gifts - white chocolate mallow fudge - recipe here. Don't eat too much though or you may have to join us in our Stocktaking Exercise.

Sun, sand, sea ...and a good book

If you are off on your holidays soon and haven’t had chance to stock up on some relaxing fiction don’t forget we have around 50 leisure books available in the library..including science fiction, thrillers, chick lit and biographies.


Pop up to Illingworth Library on F Floor Stephenson Wing to browse the shelves or check our library catalogue on the internet (search for ‘leisure’) at http://illingworth.shef.ac.uk/Heritage/



Image used under a Creative Commons 'Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)' - by Ibontxo

Nice books at last!

When you tell people that you work in the Library at the Children’s Hospital  they often assume it is a patients’  library and say things like  ‘that must be lovely...all  those nice picture books’.  

Well it is lovely working here but most of our books certainly don’t have nice pictures in them!

Recently we have expanded our small (donated) fiction collection to include a wide variety of books including poetry, biography, chick lit, suspense, thriller and classic fiction.

Our new Leisure Reading Collection is available for all SCH staff and registered library users to borrow or read in the library – we also have a selection of very short Quick Reads.

We believe it is important to provide this additional service to staff who may not get the chance to get to a public library or perhaps feel the need to chill out from work with a good book. Many of the titles have been selected from the Reading Agency’s MoodBoosting Books list.

Check out the titles available by coming up to browse the shelves (F Floor Stephenson Wing) or by searching our library catalogue  for the keyword ‘Leisure’.