Things in the library 25 Sept...

Things about childhood trauma... 

The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on children and young people’s lives. It has increased the experience of trauma for many, and compromised the support which children and young people receive from friends, family and public services. As the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic unfold, the UK Trauma Council has developed four recommendations that should be prioritised by all UK Governments to address childhood trauma in both the short and long term. These recommendations present a clear framework for action, to be taken forward in different ways across the UK. 

Things to do soon...

Closing date for our treasure hunt library quiz is coming up soon (30th Sept) so still time to enter and take a tour of our library catalogue at the same time. Winner to be announced next week.

Things about nurses... 

A King's Fund report about the health and wellbeing of nurses and midwives which are essential to the quality of care they can provide for people and communities, affecting their compassion, professionalism and effectiveness. Ensuring that working conditions across all settings – in primary, secondary, mental health, community and social care – are supporting nurses and midwives in their work is fundamental to ensuring the best outcomes for people who need health and care services. This report focuses on their work life experience and what needs to be done to address the problems they face. This review investigated how to transform nurses’ and midwives’ workplaces so that they can thrive and flourish and are better able to provide the compassionate, high-quality care that they wish to offer. 

Nurse and midwives have three core work needs that must be met to ensure wellbeing and motivation at work, and to minimise workplace stress: autonomy, belonging and contribution. This report sets out eight key recommendations designed to meet these three core work needs. These recommendations focus on: authority, empowerment and influence; justice and fairness; work conditions and working schedules; teamworking; culture and leadership; workload; management and supervision; and learning, education and developme

Things to attend...  

University of Sheffield Music Season concerts will be a little different this year. It’s their intention to bring you a series of concerts – both live and streamed online – this autumn, starting from Thursday 5 November. Instead of welcoming their performers to Firth Hall they'll be moving to the Octagon Centre. This move allows them to bring in measures for the safety of their musicians, performers, audiences, students and staff. The Octagon Centre is a COVID-secure venue as per Public Health England guidance. It also has extra sound and lighting capability far beyond what they would usually have in Firth Hall, which they hope to use to full effect.

To ensure they can safely seat their audiences online ticket sales will be limited to two per booking, and you can only book in your social bubbles. They can accommodate groups of three or more, they just ask you to contact them via email to process the booking. On the door tickets will not be available for the autumn season. Masks will need to be worn unleess medically exempt.

Things to help you...

Don't forget that although we are not doing face-to-face training under the current situation we can do much of our training online using Microsoft Teams or Google Meet - literature searching, accessing journals, reference managment and critical appraisal. Please contact the library for further details or use our Book a Librarian form.

Things to eat... 

How about some Caribbean flavours this week - we like this easy recipe for Jerk chicken thighs from Levi Roots

Things in the library 7th February...

Things to read...

Watch out for meteor showers and the plants in your city...our next book is the 1950s sci-fi classic 'Day of the Triffids' which we will be discussing on 4th March. Our last read Edith Wharton's  'Age of Innocence' scored 71%. One interesting fact I found whilst researching the author (whose maiden name was Jones) is that it is believed the phrase 'keeping up with the Joneses' was originally referring to her wealthy New York, high society family.

Things to watch...
Health Education England NHS have launched two short animations showcasing the benefits of working with NHS Librarians & Knowledge Specialists:



- Why work with Librarians and Knowledge Specialists?

- The benefits of working with Librarians and Knowledge Specialists 

Please take a couple of minutes to watch these and if you or your department want help to manage your knowledge do please talk to us. That's why we are here!


Things to listen to...
University of Sheffield Concerts have announced their upcoming season which brings a host of musical treats to take you from the cold winter nights right through to the cusp of summer.
They have jazz offerings in the form of two trios – the Barry Green Trio and the Jason Rebello Trio. Expect inventive, versatile and accomplished playing from these stalwarts of the UK and international jazz scenes.
In March world music fusion from Kabantu is on offer along with a concert from  the Ligeti Quartet, playing music to honour stop motion animators while blending pop and techno influences.
To round off the season Will Pound pays a return visit to present A Day Will Come – a musical journey across the states of the European Union. Mark Radcliffe, from BBC Radio 2, thinks Will is “a flat-out genius”. Come along and find out for yourself!
Complementing these performers are a range of concerts from the talented musicians found within the University. On offer is a range of concerts from student ensembles, free lunchtime and rush hour concerts and Sound Junction; the boundary-pushing weekend of music presented in conjunction with the University of Sheffield Sound Studios.

Things to attend...
Many University events are open to the public -including public lectures, drama, exhibitions and family events. the deatails can be browsed here. The World Food festival is coming up on Sunday 16th February.

Do you use music ...
If you are working in Sheffield (or its direct surroundings), and employ music making or listening in any activities in a professional capacity, involving (others) then Music Mind Machine lab at the University of Sheffield Department of Music would love to hear from you! They are interested in any ways, no matter how big or small, in which your organisation is using music for health or wellbeing.
For example, it may be that you are using music with individuals or groups, to support mental, social, or physical health or wellbeing. Specific aims might include (but not limited to):

• actively promoting physical health
• improving mood and providing comfort
• promoting access to music
• bringing together and build connections within the community (community music)
• easing pain
• increasing mobility and promoting exercise
• reducing stress and or anxiety
• promoting education

Their goal is to make the topic of music for well-being more visible and easy to access, as well as to create a map of music and well-being in Sheffield. This project is supported by Research England.

Things to announce...

Next week we will announce the winner of our 70th birthday library website quiz...we are gathering some nice prizes for this and our next quiz thanks to Blackwell's Bookshop,  Smörgås (the Scandinavian themed cafe located opposite the Hallamshire hospital) and some other local businesses.







Things to eat...

These Blueberry cheesecake brûlée pots are a great and very easy dessert to make.

Things in the library 13th Dec...

Things to listen and watch...
The Snowman: Live   Saturday 21 December, 3pm Family ticket: £40 (up to two adults) Under 18s £10 / Adults £14 Babies go free
Raymond Brigg’s heartwarming tale of a snowman that comes to life, and his adventures with the little boy who built him is magically brought to life in this breathtaking performance!
A full orchestra (Sheffield Rep.) will play Howard Blake’s musical score live as you watch the film. The orchestra will also be playing a medley of music from the film FROZEN, alongside other Christmassy favourites; timeless Christmas magic for the whole family!
This concert takes place in The Octagon, Clarkson Street, Sheffield S10 2TQ.
The event is seated but specific seat numbers are not allocated.

Things inside...
The human microbiota plays a crucial role in educating the immune system and influencing host health right since birth. Various maternal factors along with the vertical microbial transfer from the mother, as well as the horizontal environmental transmission and internal factors relating to the infant, play a crucial role in modulating the gut microbiota. The early life microflora is highly unstable and undergoes dynamic changes during the first few years, converging towards a more stabilized adult microbiota by co-evolving with the host by the age of 3-4 years. Microbiota studies have underlined the role of dysbiosis in developing several metabolic disorders like obesity, diabetes and immune-related disorders like asthma, to name a few. Thus, understanding early life microbial composition and various factors affecting the microbial community will provide a platform for developing strategies/techniques to maintain host health by restoring gut microbial flora. This review focuses on the factors that affect the microbial composition of the foetus in utero, during birth, infancy through childhood.

Things about delivering care with magic...

This article discusses five unconventional health and care organisations. These are organisations that have considered deeply the needs of people in their care and found substantively different ways of supporting them, in some cases adopting practices that might seem unusual or even risky to people working in traditional health and care services. There is also evidence that they have been successful, including in coping with increasing demand for services, delivering humane and compassionate care with limited resources and providing effective support for people with complex needs. The long read highlights common features of these organisations’ approach: their ways of working with service users, their approach to providing care, their organisational structures and their management practices. Magic is one of the examples used in Evelina London Children’s Hospital with children with hemiplegia.

Things to drink...
Research shows that what children drink – from birth through age 5 – can have a big impact on their health, as beverages make a significant contribution to dietary intake during this period. However, with so many choices available in the marketplace, it can be confusing for parents and caregivers to know which drinks are healthy and which ones to avoid. Many authoritative bodies have issued guidance and recommendations for healthy beverage intake, but important gaps exist as these recommendations have not been comprehensive in the age groups covered or in the types of beverages discussed. Given the importance of beverage consumption in early childhood and the need for comprehensive and consistent evidence-based recommendations, Healthy Eating Research convened an expert panel representing 4 key national health and nutrition organizations to develop comprehensive recommendations for beverage consumption consistent with a healthy diet for children from birth to age 5. The 4 organizations represented on the expert panel are the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Heart Association. The beverage recommendations put forward by this expert panel are based on the best available evidence and provide consistent messages that can be used by health care providers, public health practitioners, and parents and caregivers to improve the beverage intake patterns of infants and young children. This consensus statement presents the expert recommendations and an overview of the evidence for why certain beverages are or are not healthy for young children.

Things to attend...
Journal Club F Floor Stephenson Wing,  Thursday 19 Dec 8.00 - 9.00 am, the article being presented and discussed is 'Chromosomal Microarray Analysis and Whole-ExomeSequencing in Children With ASD'. Please contact the library if you wish to see a copy of the paper.



Things to read next year...
The full list of books we will be reading in our Reading Group next year and the dates are as follows. As always we will have one copy of each available to borrow in the library - we have an extensive fiction collection now so do come and choose some Christmas reading.


8th  Jan   The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 

5th Feb    Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

4th Mar   Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

1st  Apr    Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

6th  May  The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 

3rd  Jun    God’s Own Country by Ross Raisin

1st  Jul     Before the Coffee gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

5th Aug    The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

2nd  Sep   When I had a little sister by Catherine Simpson.

7th  Oct     The versions of us by Laura Barnett

4th Nov    John Wyndham: Day of the Triffids

2nd  Dec  The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

6th Jan 2021 The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Things to eat...

A breakfast dish for today, Papas a lo pobre with chorizo,

Things in the library 11 October...

Things about mental health...
Public Health England (PHE), in partnership with the NHS, launched Every Mind Matters this week to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others.
It is increasingly recognised that taking care of our mental health is as important as maintaining good physical health. A new PHE survey reveals more than 8 in ten (83%) people have experienced early signs of poor mental health including feeling anxious, stressed, having low mood or trouble sleeping in the last 12 months. While these can be a natural response to life’s challenges, they can become more serious if people don’t take action, and many wait too long.

Things about childhood obesity...

An Independent Report by the Chief Medical Officer, 2019 Professor Dame Sally Davies was published yesterday. the media have picked up ,of course, on her comments about snacking on public transport. If you want to read the actual report click here. There are some truly shocking facts such as each week 738 children, enough to fill 13 school buses, are admitted to hospital to have teeth removed due to decay. Until recently type 2 diabetes was considered an adult disease. The first cases of the condition were reported in children [8 cases] in England in 2000. Today there are over 100 new diagnoses each year and over 700 children living with the condition. 

Things musical...

 The new season at University of Sheffield Concerts kicks off on 17th October with multi-award winning fiddler, composer and producer Aidan O'Rourke (Lau) and Mercury Prize nominee pianist Kit Downes, they will be performing from their latest album 365:Volume Two. Bold, tender, full of old truths and distilled modern wit, their music is built on the beauty of the miniature. Both the album and this concert are a collaboration between artists steeped in tradition but constantly breaking new ground. There a wide variety of musical events at the University which you can enjoy.

Things about gaming addiction...

Children and young adults who are seriously addicted to computer games will now be able to get help on the NHS after the launch of country’s first specialist clinic.The new service is part of the National Centre for Behavioural Addictions which will also provide support for internet addiction and is located alongside the National Problem Gambling Clinic. It comes amid growing concerns about the amount of time children and teenagers spend playing online games and the impact it can have on their mental health. The World Health Organization has recently classified gaming disorder as a mental health condition for the first time.
The new Centre for Internet and Gaming Disorders launches at the same time as the children and young person’s gambling addiction service goes live. The service will be hosted by the Central and North West London mental health trust and be located alongside the National Problem Gambling Clinic.

Things about children's wellbeing...
In a research report from Dept of Education,  'State of the nation 2019: children and young people’s wellbeing' the headline messages are:

• The majority of children and young people are happy with their lives, but it remains the case that many are not.
• Age is consistently associated with decreasing wellbeing in children and young people as they get older.
• Looking at only average wellbeing may mask important differences in the experiences of different groups of children and young people, at different times in their lives
• In their focus on psychological health in teenage girls they found that bullying, including online bullying, had the strongest association with their psychological health.

Things about Bobby Seagull...

University Challenge Star and the UK’s best-known Maths teacher, Bobby Seagull, becomes a CILIP Library Champion with the launch of his 10-point Manifesto for Libraries. This manifesto includes:

 Implement the recommendations of the independent Topol Review to enable librarians and knowledge specialists to transform evidence-based healthcare;

 You can see the range of services we offer to help you in your work on our website

Comfort food...
It is so miserable outside that I think a comfort food recipe is called for - but one that is relatively healthy! Pork & apple stew with parsley & thyme dumplings

Things in the library 1st Feb

Things that are not ok...

As part of their 'It's Not OK' program, which helps children and young people recognise concerning behaviour and identify characteristics of positive relationships, NSPCC Learning have created lesson plans, films and accompanying activities cover what behaviour to look out for and how to respond to it. It's Not OK reinforces the importance of building and maintaining positive relationships and recognising and responding to behaviour relating to:

• online safety
• grooming
• sexting
• harmful sexual behaviour
• child sexual abuse
• child sexual exploitation

Things that have had a spring clean...

Well I did spend the whole day yesterday with my head inside my mother-in-laws kitchen cupboards...but before that I asked our Library Management Software company to give our library catalogue a bit of a make over as it was looking tired. I am very pleased with the results and it now matches more closely the SCH Trust website. If you have a library PIN (ask if you don't) then you can do so much more here - you can write book reviews or rate books, keep a track of items you borrowed previously, reserve or request books and create your own reading lists and of course you can renew your books before they go overdue!  What do you think?

Things about asthma...

Millennials in the UK are more likely to be at high risk of having an asthma attack and the least likely to get life-saving basic asthma care than any other age group, according to a new report by Asthma UK. They surveyed more than 10,000 people with asthma and reveal that:

• Two thirds (67%) of millennials, those aged 18-29, are not getting basic asthma care, higher than any other age group
• Millennials are more likely to have uncontrolled asthma, putting them at a higher risk of an asthma attack
• They are twice as likely to need emergency care compared to those over 60 years old
• The National Review of Asthma Deaths found two thirds of asthma deaths would have been prevented if people had had basic asthma care

Basic care includes, among other things, a written asthma action plan, a yearly review with your doctor, and an inhaler check.

Things musical...

Not me actually ...though I am looking forward to taking my recently spring cleaned mother-in-law to a performance of Sibelius’s Finlandia,  by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, followed by Mozart’s third concerto for violin and Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending. This is part of Sheffield Classical Weekend 2019 in March. there are many events and workshops to attend and weekend passes are available (many events free for under 18s). The festival has three themes:

• Women in music - Celebrating International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March
• Future Makers  - Celebrating talented young musicians in our city
• Beyond Borders - Celebrating the fusion of classical music with other art forms and different world cultures

Things to keep you warm...

A nice warming bowl of soup and some chunks of bread...what could be better for a snowy weekend? I made this Curried lentil, parsnip & apple soup in half an hour this week and it was lovely - thick and warming.

Things in the library 9 June...

Things about cystic fibrosis...
An article in European J Pediatrics was published this week on 'Factors associated with changes in health-related quality of life in children with cystic fibrosis during 1-year follow-up' the authors conclude:

"In the group as a whole, HRQoL improved significantly over time. However, changes over time were significantly influenced by age: below 12 years of age, HRQoL improved in most patients whereas a deterioration was observed in most children >12 years. Strategies how to preserve or ideally to improve HRQoL in adolescence should be developed"


Things about antibiotics...

The World Health Organisation has released the latest edition of its essential medicines list which is updated every two years. WHO has grouped antibiotics into three groups—access, watch, and reserve—indicating which can be used for common infections and which should only be used in rare circumstances.

• WHO recommends that antibiotics in the access group, which includes amoxicillin, be available at all times to treat common conditions.
• The watch group includes antibiotics that are recommended as first or second choice treatments for a small number of infections. In this group are ciprofloxacin to treat cystitis and upper respiratory tract infections which, WHO says, should be dramatically reduced to avoid further development of resistance.
• The third group, reserve, includes antibiotics that should be considered last resort options and used only when all other drugs have failed, such as for life threatening infections from multidrug resistant bacteria. The antibiotics colistin and some cephalosporins should only be used when all other treatments have failed in a bid to combat anti-microbial resistance

Things about chronic illness...
Serious chronic illness can have a detrimental effect on school attendance, participation and engagement, leaving affected students at risk of failing to meet their developmental potential. An improved understanding of factors that help to explain or mitigate this risk can help educators and health professionals deliver the most effective support. This meta-review 'Understanding the school experiences of children and adolescents with serious chronic illness: a systematic meta-review.' critiqued the available evidence examining the link between six chronic illnesses (asthma, cancer, chronic kidney diseases, heart diseases, cystic fibrosis and gastrointestinal diseases) and children's and adolescents' school experiences and outcomes, as well as investigating the medical, school, psychosocial and sociodemographic factors that are linked to poorer or better school outcomes.

Things to read...
If you didn't manage to make it to our  Reading Group this week now is the time to start reading the next book 'Elizabeth is Missing' for our meeting on Wed 5th July at 17:15.  Our last book 'Black Diamonds' scored 67% from the group.
'Elizabeth is missing', reads the note in Maud's pocket in her own handwriting. Lately, Maud's been getting forgetful. She keeps buying peach slices when she has a cupboard full, forgets to drink the cups of tea she's made and writes notes to remind herself of things. But Maud is determined to discover what has happened to her friend, Elizabeth, and what it has to do with the unsolved disappearance of her sister Sukey, years back, just after the war.'

Things to see...
At the Graves Gallery, above the Central Library in Sheffield  (next to the Lyceum), they have an exhibition entitled 'An Earthly Paradise: Gardens in Art' which explores the diverse ways artists have represented these uniquely personal spaces in their work.
The exhibition sees the return of a major work to the city, Stanley Spencer’s Zacharias and Elizabeth (1913-14). The painting, co-owned with Tate, goes on display alongside highlights from Sheffield’s visual art and Ruskin collections, including paintings and works on paper by Paul Cézanne, James Tissot, Evelyn Dunbar and more. The exhibition is on until 12th August and is open Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 4pm  (Wednesdays 1pm – 6pm), entry free.

Things to hear...
At the City Hall on Friday 30th June there is a concert 'The Music of James Bond with The Hallé' , the greatest themes and songs of 007 ...listen to the sounds that gave musical voice to the films in catchy title sequences and haunting songs performed by vocalists Alison Jiear and Matthew Ford with the Hallé orchestra.

Things to taste...
With the elderflowers coming into bloom I think we are going to attempt an elderflower gin this weekend at home! If I have enough flowers left I might try these fritters too.