Things in the library 17th Sept...

 Things watery... 

The Waterfront Festival returns on Saturday 18 September, with many stalls, events, and activities planned at both Victoria Quays and Attercliffe Don Valley Moorings.  The free event runs from 10am to 4pm at Victoria Quays, and 11am to 3pm in Attercliffe. It will see live music and street performances, boat trips, canoe and paddle boarding taster sessions, stalls and street food. There will also be guided walks, including taking in the canal’s Street Art Trail.

Things foodie... 

The Harvest Fayre is a celebration of Sheffield food and drink and takes place this weekend Sat18 and Sunday 19 in the City Centre 10am – 6pm both days.  Free admission. It features food producers and businesses from around Sheffield and further afield, bringing a range of vegetables, fruits, spices, preserves, oils, cakes, cookery books, craft beers, gins, cakes and much more for you to  enjoy.

Things about Social Care... 

If you want to read the full health and social care plan announced recently by the government - this is a link to the document.

Things about Black History... 

October is Black History month and there are resources and information available on this website. One of the events planned is 'Explore Your Nursing Family History' (Virtual Event). This session is open to everyone, but will be especially interesting to people of colour looking to find out more about the history of their families. Sign up to attend and a Zoom link will be sent to you before the event.

Things about COVID-19 vaccinations for children... 

A statement from RCPCH about this topic in response to the recommendation from the four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) regarding offering COVID-19 vaccinations to all 12-15 year olds. 

Things about transgender children...

Farrer & Co has released a two-part podcast offering guidance on the law, best practice and how to effectively safeguard transgender children and young people.

Things to make... 

If you have family members going off this weekend to be students then they may need simple recipes to cook with limited equipment and a small budget. There is a nice selection here - but of course anyone can make them not just students! Started by students at the University of Portsmouth in 2015, The Student Food Project has since grown into one of the worlds leading student recipe websites.

Student Food wanted to show students how easy it is to cook an amazing meal with fresh ingredients. Their recipes are designed to be easy to follow, quick to make and cost-effective. This Sausage and Ratatouille Casserole sounds perfect - don't forget to remind them to put the dish to soak before they try to wash it! You don't want it to still be there when you pick them up at Christmas.

Things in the library 16th April...

 Things about diversity... 

A new range of e-books about diversity, provided by HEE, have been added to the library catalogue. Some excellent titles that may be of interest to you. The details are on this link and you will need to sign in with your NHS Open Athens account to access them for free. If you don't have an Athens account and you work for the NHS then please sign up here.

Things about serious case reviews... 

The NSPCC catalogue serious case reviews so you can easily find them in one place if you need to. This link takes you to the ones published in March 2021. If you click on the title of each one you will find a brief summary of the case and the findings and also a link to the free full report. You can also search for other past reviews there or our own catalogue for ones relating to Sheffield area.

Things about depression... 

I spotted an interesting article this week "Association between Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Depression Symptoms in Young People and Adults Aged 15-45: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies". Despite some reservations about some of the studies, the authors conclude that evidence seems to be building that a possible association exists, and this may have implications for addressing the burden of mental illness in young people and adults aged 15-45 years. 

Things about modern slavery... 

The Home Office has updated the statutory guidance on identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery. It describes the signs that someone may be a victim of modern slavery, the support available to victims, and the process for determining whether someone is a victim.

Things about looked after children... 

The Mayor of London has published a protocol setting out the roles and responsibilities of groups involved in the care of looked-after children and care leavers in reducing their involvement in crime. The protocol covers: children’s home carers; foster parents; police officers; the Crown Prosecution Service; health services and local authorities. The organisations who have signed the protocol have agreed: that diversion from the criminal justice system should be at the heart of any response to offending behaviour; to listen and learn from children and young people; and ask ‘would this response be good enough for my child?’

Things to attend...

There are a wide range of events available to the public via the University of Sheffield. This page lists the upcoming ones including: history, science, libraries of the future, mental health for NHS, patient reported outcome measures and vegetables for pre-school children. 

Things to make... 

Plenty of al-fresco dining going on I expect at the moment with some meeting possible in gardens. This is a great sharing meal to make Roasted ratatouille & goat’s cheese tart - check the comments as some people have found the mixture larger in quantity...or perhaps they need a bigger tin to cook it. 

Things in the library 20 Nov...

Things happening soon...

Our next Reading group and Christmas Party will be on 2nd Dec at 18:30 via Microsoft Teams. please contact the library if you would like the link. If you are a regular attendee don't forget to submit your choice of books that we might read next year. The book we are discussing in December is The Silver Sword by Ian Seraillier.

Things about health librarians... 
A report to an All-Party Parliamentary Group Mon 2 Nov 2020 clearly outlines the true value of NHS Library and Knowledge Services having both a direct and indirect effect on the care patients receive. They make a positive impact on services as a whole, providing an economic value of millions of pounds to the NHS.

Health Education England (HEE) commissioned the report Library and Knowledge Services Value Proposition: The Gift of Time.  This identifies key benefits of a library and knowledge service within an NHS organisation and, specifically, the specialist roles embedded within NHS teams.    

Health librarians and knowledge specialists make the gathering of information as easy as possible for healthcare professionals, relieving the burden of sourcing and synthesising evidence while enabling NHS organisations to meet their statutory obligations to get evidence into practice across the service. A recent speaker at SCHs Clinical Summit -Sue Lacey Bryant, National Lead for NHS Library and Knowledge Services, HEE said: 

“We are passionate about the positive impact that librarians and knowledge managers have on the quality of care. Our regional library teams will now work with NHS organisations and local library services to help the NHS fully realise all these benefits.

We will continue to work with trusts, Integrated Care Systems and Arm’s Length Bodies to make sure that NHS library services are adequately resourced; aligned with local priorities and able to support the organisation to adopt NICE guidelines and CQC standards”

Things about time...

The library can give you a great gifts...not just for Christmas... and that is the gift of time...let us do the things we are good at leaving you free to do yours. There are many things we can do to save you and your colleagues time and if you look at a summary of the feedback we receive for our services below you will see there are many other benefits too! Find out more about how we can help you on our website.

Effect on Patient Care

Diagnosis	7%
Choice of tests / treatment / drugs	18%
Other	24%
Advice given to patients/carers	16%
Unnecessary hospital admission	2%
Unnecessary outpatient visits	4%
Unnecessary costs	9%
Unnecessary surgery, tests /procedures / radiography	13%

Effect on Service

Reduced risk or improved safety	9%
Improved the quality of patient care	17%
Saved money or contributed to financial effectiveness	5%
More informed decision making	20%
Contributed to service development or delivery	14%
Facilitated collaborative working	9%
Contributed to personal/professional development	25%

Things crafty...

If you are missing the opportunity to poke around in craft workshops you might be interested in the Digital Craft Festival Nov 27- 29 with demonstrations, live events and activities for adults and children. Some events need booking and others are freely available. Also there links to crafters websites if you are looking for different present ideas. 

Note to self...must direct my family here!

Things to make... 

We ate this Simple Thai noodle soup during the week, very quick and easy and absolutely delicious. Though could really have done with Nigel Slater not listing 'a small jug' of vegetable stock...just use enough so you will end up with 2 good bowlfuls. Also I would do rice noodles just before you want them so save them from sticking together if left on oneside (they did separate with boiling water poured over them)!

Things in the library 6 Nov...

 Things still open... 

The Illingworth Library will be remaining open during 'Lockdown 2'. The opening hours are 8:45 - 17:00 Mon - Friday but most of our services are available remotely, so there is no need to come into the library if you do not wish to do so. 

We will be issuing books as normal during this time and so will be continuing to charge fines.

If your book is due for return and you are not able to (or do not wish to) do so in person then please renew it to avoid charges. You can renew books by logging in to your library account online http://illingworth.cirqahosting.com/ or by using the library app, by phone or by email.

If you do visit the library please only do so if you are well. You must wear a mask , observe social distancing and use the hand sanitisers and wipes provided for you.

Things to celebrate...

The winner of our library catalogue treasure hunt was Louisa Wallbridge and Tom Mann won a prize for recommending someone new to take part in the Randomised Coffee Trial, both these events were part of our library 70th birthday celebrations. Well done both of you!

Things to read and plan... 

Our next Virtual Reading Group meeting is 2nd Dec where we will be discussing The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier and choosing books to read next year.  It is our Christmas party so members may dress in festive garb, have hats, mince pies and mulled wine…or just turn up online completely normal if  they wish! The meeting will start at 18:30 but may last longer than normal. Contact the library if you wish to be added to the mailing list.

The Silver Sword is taken from accounts of actual events, the silver sword became the symbol of hope and courage which kept four deserted and starving children alive through the years of occupation in Warsaw, and afterwards on the search to find their parents.

Things about society...  

A free, online festival showcases the University of Sheffield’s world-leading social science researchers and their work on tackling some of the greatest problems facing society today.

Join them from 7-15 November for a series of talks, debates, films, podcasts and interactive exhibitions. This is part of the national ESRC Festival of Social Science. Details of events and exhibitions can be found on these links.

Things about disadvantge during Covid-19...

Oxford Brookes University has published a study looking at family life and early child development in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic. Findings, based on the experiences of over 500 parents of under-3-year-olds, include: 90% of families reported an increase in enriching activities (like talking, reading and playing together) during lockdown; however, during, but not before, lockdown socio-economically disadvantaged parents were less likely to engage in enriching activities with their children. 

They recommend that

• Children from disadvantaged families should be given extra support to promote their early development
• Communal outdoor spaces and libraries should be closed only as a last resort in lockdowns

Things about child growth... 

In the news today a study which aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. If you want to read more than the news headlines then the full article is available. their interpretation of results is that the height and BMI trajectories over age and time of school-aged children and adolescents are highly variable across countries, which indicates heterogeneous nutritional quality and lifelong health advantages and risks. Some very colourful infographics!

Things to make... 

No big bonfire parties this year for us sadly though we will still be setting off a few fireworks tomorrow and eating some festive fare. Probably we will be streaming the event to our son in the Netherlands, to whom I had to post an emergency pack of stuffing this week so that he can also make our famous pork sandwiches! Given my store of apples I might have a go at these homemade toffee apples. 

 

Things in the library 9th October...

 Things to read...

Our online Reading Group met this last week and gave 'The Versions of Us' a score of 57%. Our next book is 'Ella Minnow Pea' by Mark Dunn. Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal pangram, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island's Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop. As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel. The result is both a hilarious and moving story of one girl's fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere. If you want to read along and join us for a chat we will be meeting online on Wednesday 4th November at 18:30 - 19:30 - contact the library for the joining link.

Things to collect...

If you are searching our library catalogue for an item and want to ensure it is here ready for you then use our Click & Collect button. There is a short video here by the developers of our system to show you how it works. 

Things about self-harm... 

A report had been published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self-Harm

Prevention supported by the Samaritans after their inquiry into the support available for young people who self-harm . Respondents to the inquiry made clear that the single most impactful change to improve the support available to young people who self-harm would be a system shift away from the current reliance on crisis interventions towards a preventative model of support. To facilitate this long term aim, planned investment in NHS mental health support for young people should be increased and brought forward more quickly than currently planned. Investment in community-based preventative services, often delivered by the third sector, will also be key.

Things about sugar...  

Public Health England publishes its third annual report on industry action to reduce sugar levels in products that contribute most to children’s sugar intakes. The latest report shows mixed progress across a range of food categories and sectors:

• 
  retailer and manufacturer branded breakfast cereals and yogurts and fromage frais have seen some of the biggest falls in sales weighted average sugar – around 13% – between the baseline (2015) and year 3 (2019)
• sugar levels in chocolate and sweet confectionery are relatively unchanged, while product sales have increased, growing 16% and 7% respectively between 2015 and 2019
• average overall sugar reduction across all food categories stands at 3%

The latest report also finds that marginal progress has been made in reducing sugar in products purchased and consumed in the eating out of home sector, such as cakes and puddings purchased from restaurants or cafes, although calories in these products have declined.

Things about kinship care...  

The report of the Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care First Thought Not Afterthought has been published. There are more than 180,000 children across the UK who are being raised by kinship carers – relatives or friends who have stepped in to help. They are often grandparents but also aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, or even family friends. Many more children are raised in kinship care than in the care system and many more than are adopted, yet awareness of this element of children’s social care is low and support for families is variable and often very limited. This crucial third pillar of the children’s social care system is an afterthought.  This report sets out a vision for a good quality system of kinship care where family are the first point of call and where kinship carers are valued and properly supported to deal with the many challenges they face. They present a series of recommendations which they believe the government, local authorities, and others should consider as a means to achieving that. 

Things to enjoy ... 

Sheffield's Off the Shelf festival of words starts today until 31 October. Something for everyone, even if it is online this year. Examples include Live with the Sheffield Laureate - Otis Mensah and Warda Yassin in conversation with Magid Magid; Ladies Can’t Climb Ladders – Jane Robinson ; the Number Bias – Sanne Blauw in conversation with Professor Wyn Morgan ; Loud Black Girls ; Archeology of Sheffield Castle and Gender Swapped Fairy Tales. Some items are live and some pre-recorded find out more.

Things to make...

The branches of my apple tree are almost touching the ground this year with the weight of fruit, so its another apple recipe for me this weekend...and some more chutney. This one caught my eye this week from the National Trust - spiced toffee apple cake.  

Things in the library 18th Sept...

Things to challenge you... 

Our latest 70th birthday library quiz takes you on a tour around our library catalogue and leads you to some treasure....don't miss out on the chance to win! Still time to enter...also a useful exercise in how to find our resources!

Things to help you... 

Many of you have already had out one-to-one training on Mendeley Reference Managing software. If you are doing any sort of studying, research or writing we thoroughly recommend using this free tool. If you want training then  please use our Book a Librarian service. If you are already a Mendeley user then you might like to start using the New Menderley Reference Manager.

Providing ways to help you efficiently store, organize, annotate and share references, Mendeley Reference Manager has a range of new time-saving features, including:

• A unified experience — the new desktop and web versions are identical in look and functionality, allowing you to switch seamlessly between the two and work how and where you want
• Always up-to-date — new automatic sync gives you peace of mind that your changes are saved and that you’re always working with your latest references and notes
• Connected thinking — new Mendeley Notebook allows you to collate your notes and highlights from across multiple PDFs in one place, keeping your thoughts organized, accessible and retrievable

Things about autistic people... 

The National Autistic Society has published a report on the impact of coronavirus on autistic people and their families, including children. Findings from the report, which surveyed 4,232 autistic people and families in the UK during June and July, include: 68% of family members said their autistic child was anxious about the loss of routine brought on by disruption to education and that 65% said their autistic child couldn't do online work.

Things to join in... 

University of Sheffield has just started their Festival of the Mind event - this year online - it runs from 17th-27th September and brings together University academics and professionals from Sheffield’s cultural, creative and digital industries to bring their research to life in exciting, entertaining and innovative ways. Events are available as podcasts and there really is something for everyone. This morning, for example, health researcher Dr Chris Blackmore and Nick Bax, Creative Director of Human Design studio, talked about using virtual reality as a storytelling and therapeutic tool for improving mental health and wellbeing and a later event has Christine Gregory share stories from The Land That Made Us – a book based on the personal accounts of farmers of the South West Peak District. The accounts were collected by Christine as part of an oral history project exploring farming lives in the region.

Things to eat... 

I managed a quick weekend to the Netherlands last weekend to deliver my son to his new home, The Dutch have always had fabulous bakeries and their Indonesian food is also very special. When we lived there 30 years ago it was still quite unusual for private homes to have ovens so people didn't make their own cakes. Something you will see more in cafes than shops is Appelgebak a cross between an apple pie and a cake. With a large glut of apples at the moment it seems a shame not to have a go at making one myself. This recipe is American (it was that or Dutch langiage) so uses cup measurements. There is a conversion chart here if you need it.

Things in the library 28 Feb ....

Things about depression and exercise...
This article in The Lancet Psychiatry  concludes that sedentary behaviour displaces light activity throughout adolescence, and is associated with a greater risk of depressive symptoms at 18 years of age. Increasing light activity and decreasing sedentary behaviour during adolescence could be an important target for public health interventions aimed at reducing the prevalence of depression

Things about Health Visitors...

The Institute of Health Visiting has just published a report on the State of Health Visiting in England, the results from a survey of 1040 practising health visitors. The full report can be accessed here

Things about Book sale...
Link to updated list of books available for sale in the library, 40 more title have been added.

More things about old books...
Books that we don't sell are collected by Better World Books, they sell second-hand books online and also.help to provide a steady stream of books to be digitised by the Internet Archive. Any book that does not yet exist in digital form will go into a pipeline for future digitisation, preservation and access. Every time you purchase a book from BetterWorldBooks, they donate a book to someone in need. The books they donate go to hundreds of non-profit organisations – you can see them on their Impact Map. In particular, Books for Africa and Feed the Children partner with them to take large numbers of donated books and get them to people who need them.

Things about science...
Discovery Night returns on Friday 13 March 2020.   From 4 - 8pm University of Sheffield's laboratories and lecture theatres will be open to the public for an evening of science for the whole family. There'll be talks, exciting demonstrations and hands on activities from across science, engineering, medicine and dentistry. Full programme:  www.sheffield.ac.uk/discoverynight
There will be plenty of fun science activities for children, and lots of opportunities to put on a lab coat and have a go yourself.  Find out about our research and get inspired by science.
Everyone is welcome and the event is free so bring your friends and family and spread the word.  Recommended age 5+.Everyone welcome. No booking required, just turn up.
Venue - Firth Court and the Alfred Denny Building
Date - Friday 13 March, 16:00 - 20:00

Things about organ and tissue donation...

From 20 May 2020, organ donation in England will move to an 'opt out' system. You may also hear it referred to as 'Max and Keira's Law'. This means that all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to be an organ donor when they die unless they have recorded a decision not to donate or are in one of the excluded groups.

Things about epilepsy...
Developed in partnership with Epilepsy Action, SUDEP Action and Young Epilepsy, this Epilepsy Toolkit will support systems to understand the priorities in epilepsy care and key actions to take. It provides opportunity to assess and benchmark current systems to find opportunities for improvement. It is produced with reference to an expert group of stakeholders and is supported by NICE.

Things to attend...
Reading group on 4th March  will be discussing Day of the Triffids, come and join us 17:15 in the Illingworth Library, F Floor Stephenson Wing.

Things to eat...
With the snow falling outside and all the miserable wetness everywhere it is definitely still time for comfort food. This butternut squash and chickpea curry from Tom Kerridge is easy to make and is also vegan.

Things in the library 20 Dec...

Things festive and dusty...
We will be having our annual pre-Christmas workout in the library on Monday....our stocktake day. We will be closed all day but will be open in the evening from 17:00 until 19:00.

We are then closed over Christmas and New Year, re-opening on Thursday Jan 2nd so we wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. If you need to return items when we are closed then a book-drop box is available outside the library.

Things about cell genomics...
There is a SITraN external seminar  on January 10th 12:00 - 13:00 in Meeting rooms B02/B03, SITraN, 385a Glossop Road. The speaker is John Marioni - Cancer Research Uk, Cambridge / European Bioinformatics Institute , University of Cambridge
Title: "Using single cell genomics to understand cell fate decisions"
With recent technological developments it has become possible to characterise a single cell’s genome, epigenome, transcriptome and proteome. However, to take advantage of such data it is critical that appropriate computational methods are applied and developed. In this presentation, I will describe some of the computational challenges and the solutions we have developed, focusing particularly on applications in the context of cell fate decisions in early mammalian development.

Things about neonates...
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership has published National Neonatal Audit Programme 2019: annual report on 2018 data.  The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) reports on key measures of the care provided to babies in 181 neonatal services across England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man.  Included in this annual report for the first time is network level reporting of mortality until discharge from the neonatal unit, and adherence to neonatal nurse staffing standards.

and also...
NHS England has published Implementing the recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Transformation Review.  This action plan to implement the recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Transformation Review sets out how the NHS will further improve neonatal care with the support of funding set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

Things about Paediatric Intensive Care...
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership has published Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network: Annual Report 2019.  This is the sixteenth annual PICANet clinical audit report summarising paediatric critical care that took place in the United Kingdom and Republic of  Ireland between 2016 and 2018.  It provides data on five key metrics: case ascertainment; retrieval mobilisation times; number of qualified nurses per bed; emergency readmissions within 48 hours and mortality in PICU.

Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay 

Things carolling...
If you want to catch some Christmas carol singing in Sheffield over the next few days then this search should bring you plenty of choice.





Things to eat...
If you are catering for vegetarians (or anyone else!) over the Christmas period there are some fantastic recipes here like this savoury spiced baklava.