Things in the library 10th May...

Things new and old...
A new batch of books have arrived and are on the shelves. If you are registered with the library and want to be notified when new books are bought on your subject interests please contact us and let us know. This means we have added more old books to our 'For Sale' trolley so come up and browse or check this list (please note some items have already been sold.)

Things just for CAMHS...
We have just launched a Randomised Coffee Trial for CAMHS @SCH as part of their Transforming CAMHS 'It starts with me' programme. Any member of  staff at CAMHS - whatever your role or workplace - is eligible to take part. Please sign up via this form before 30th May (don't try to open in Internet Explorer)  and you will be randomly matched with another CAMHS person and encouraged to meet for a 30/40 minute chat about anything you like during June. Have fun!

Things about science...
Pint of Science returns to Sheffield from Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 May at six pubs across the city. At the festival 55 of University of Sheffield researchers will be swapping the lab for the pub to talk about their work and answer your questions. Covering topics as diverse as 3D printing, the Large Hadron Collider, Game of Thrones fans, air pollution, the physical benefits of playing an instrument, and the future of biological engineering...The talks will be accompanied by hands-on activities, demonstrations and a chance to win prizes - play Periodic Bingo, craft some body-parts, sample some antarctic snacks, build your own air quality monitor, and walk around a virtual reality model of our sun! See the full Sheffield programme and buy tickets - some already sold out.

Things about Prof Illingworth...
Our namesake...and some shots of the library...are featured in this short video. Throughout the last year, the University Library has been gathering nominations from staff, students and alumni for books by their academic community that have inspired, motivated or informed. The Sheffield Authors Showcase honours the achievements of the academic community, by celebrating their contribution to academic endeavour and by recognising the effect that their scholarly works have had on their readers. The latest featured author in the Sheffield Authors Showcase is Professor Ronald Illingworth, a pioneer in both the teaching, and practice, of paediatrics. We have many of his books in the library.

Things to improve your spoken English...

If you are (or know) someone who would like to improve their spoken English The English Language Teaching Centre (ELTC) at University of Sheffield is looking for volunteers to join classes so that trainee teachers can practise their teaching.
The Free English classes are not part of a course and you don't have to work or study at the University to attend. If you wish to join these classes, you will do so as a volunteer not a student. The classes are a great way of learning English in a relaxed environment and volunteers in the past have really enjoyed and benefited from them.
To join our free English classes you must:
- Be over 18 years old.
- Have an English level between pre-intermediate (IELTS 3.0 - 5.0) and upper-intermediate (IELTS 5.0 - 6.5).
- Live in the UK and be able to attend face-to-face classes at the ELTC.
- Be able to attend at least 80% of the classes.
If you are interested in attending, please look on their website for times and days, and complete a simple application form.

Things about the developing child...
Harvard University's Centre on the Developing Child has published a new infographic explaining what executive function is and how it relates to child development. The infographic stresses the importance of relationships with responsive caregivers. The phrase “executive function” refers to a set of skills. These skills underlie the capacity to plan ahead and meet goals, display self-control, follow multiple-step directions even when interrupted, and stay focused despite distractions, among others

Things to eat...
Next week is Coeliac awareness week so I thought I would signpost some gluten free recipes  from the Coeliac Society (UK) and BBC Good Food.. This Harrisa chicken traybake happens to be a favourite recipe of mine whether you follow a gluten-free diet or not.

Things in the library 25 Jan...

Things about Prof Illingworth (our namesake)...
We had an email this week from Kate Statham (Communications/Events Co-ordinator at Western Bank Library) she said this:

I work for The University Library at The University of Sheffield and I am currently involved with organising The Sheffield Authors Showcase, which celebrates publications by some of the universities leading academics.
As part of this, we are filming a short documentary on the following book -  Ronald Illingworth: The Normal Child
I am looking for interviewees, who have read this book or have some interest in this subject/Ronald Illingworth. 
If you would like to help Kate please email her

Things for keeping quiet...

If you are studying or working in the library and do not want distractions, please request our ‘Do Not Disturb’ notice. Place it on the back of your chair or on the desk and it’s clear to others that you are here to work.






Things not to keep quiet...
There is still time to sign-up for our next conversation opportunity in February's Randomised Coffee Trial.
Thank you to all of those who have already signed up i will be matching next week so click on the link to find out more.

Things that might confuse you...
The National Library of Medicine (whose classification system we use) has recently overhauled the paediatric numbers it uses. This is actually a great improvement as now more of the paediatric books will be close together and subjects like childhood asthma and obesity have new numbers in the paediatrics section of the library (books with spine labels beginning WS)

We are gradually moving these books around and relabelling them so if you go to the shelf for a favourite book and it isn't there please ask library staff to help you or search our library catalogue for the new number.

Even if the books you use haven't been given new numbers you may find they have moved several shelves to the left in order to make room for some of the others...we are sorry about this as we know how irritating it is when supermarkets change where things are kept...but you never know you might just stumble across something interesting which you wouldn't have otherwise found.

Things about inpatient mental healthcare...
From Young Minds website there is a useful set of resources aimed at young people about what happens in a mental health unit if they are an inpatient.

Things to access and read...

People sometimes forget we have e-books available to you via your NHS Athens login. They can all be found via our library catalogue. The most used titles at the moment are:

• Training in Paediatrics
• Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopaedics
• Operative Pediatric Surgery
• Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder : Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment
• Essentials of Audiology

If there are books which you think would be useful as e-books for you or your team please contact us and we can consider buying them.

Things to attend...

These three courses from ScHARR are available to book

Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis  

3 day course:  Tuesday, 26th - Thursday, 28th March 2019

The Early Bird Rate for this course will automatically close at 11pm on Sunday, 27th January 2019 Here is the  link to the full course information, including fees:

How to Quickly Synthesise Research 

1 day course:  Tuesday, 12th February 2019

Bookings for this course will automatically close at 11pm on Wednesday, 29th January 2019. Here is the link to the full course information, including fees:

Utility Data for Health Technology Assessment  

2 day course:  Monday, 11th - Tuesday, 12th March 2019

Bookings for this course will close automatically at 11pm on Monday, 25th February 2019 Here is the  link to the full course information, including fees:

Things about child health...

This report from RCPCH on 'State of Child health: England - two years on'  congratulates the Government on its commitment to child health, commending them on bold pledges in areas such as obesity, mental health and the integration of children’s health services. However, the scorecard also reveals that England continues to lag behind other Western European countries on a range of child health outcomes and notes areas for improvement, particularly in universal public health provision, including: reducing child poverty and inequality; child deaths; tobacco and alcohol control and breastfeeding.

Things to make...
A recipe from Kate this week for Peanut butter chicken...apparently yesterday was Peanut Butter Day!

Things in the library 3 Feb...

Things historical...

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I had a visit today from someone who wanted to know more about Professor Illingworth (after whom we are named). Ronald Illingworth (1909-1990) was appointed as the first Professor of Child Health at University of Sheffield in 1947, working here in Sheffield Children's Hospital. His book 'Babies and Young Children' published in 1954 was always on the book shelf when I was growing up and I used to love looking through the illustrations (which even then seemed a little dated!). Professor Illingworth's collection of books formed the basis of the first Library here which is why we are named after him.

Things to discover in new research...
The National Institute for Health Research  has a 'Signal' service which you can sign up to if you wish. You can choose specific areas of interest or receive all of them. Each signal will summarise some recent important research along with an expert commentary. This week a signal looked at 'Young children from deprived areas are more at risk of serious burns and scalds' 

Things about PICU...
A recent article in Paediatrics and Child Health looked at 'Care of the child and family in paediatric intensive care'. In the UK 19,760 children were admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit last year. This article summarises an approach to the pastoral care of the child and their family during the journey through paediatric intensive care from admission to discharge.


Things limited by time...
Wiley are offering you the chance to read the top 5 most downloaded articles that have published in different specialities this year in their journals. Follow the links from this website. The articles in paediatrics are :

• There is no such thing as infant sleep, there is no such thing as breastfeeding, there is only breastsleeping
• Work-life balance
• Breast milk nutrient content and infancy growth
• Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management
• Bed-sharing by breastfeeding mothers: who bed-shares and what is the relationship with breastfeeding duration?

Things being moved...

We have been having our bound journal volumes dusted recently so we have shuffled some of the titles around slightly - some of them are very heavy. We are not moving our library (though we would like more space) but if we ever have to I hope we can count on your support in the same way the people of Ghent did recently! Watch the video.

Things about health lives...

The greatest influences on people's health and well-being come from outside health care. They include factors such as education, employment, housing and community.During 2017 the Health Foundation will begin implementing a long-term strategy to improve people's health in the UK. This document introduces eight key themes that underpin the strategy.

Things to help you...

 We have recently added quite a few links to tutorials and resources that you might find useful on our YouTube channel. Help with Microsoft Office, reference management software, Cochrane library and Trip database are amongst the resources linked.


Things without lettuce...
In the news today the 'rationing' of salad leaves in some supermarkets due to the poor weather in Spain and crop failures. Though personally I don't know why anyone would want to buy an iceberg lettuce as it is 96% water! So here is a lovely salad not requiring any lettuce...and if you can't get broccoli then I would substitute frozen green french beans.