Library Staff Forum, Tue 14/12/21 @ 10.30 am.
This will be held via Webex @ https://easternhealth.webex.com/meet/ruth.lawrence
The attestation tool is available on the Department of Health website at
For the time being, there are two ways of joining the Grand Round zoom sessions:
i) in person (max. 74 people permitted in seminar rooms on Lvl 3, 5 Arnold Street); or
ii) from your desk/office.
The zoom link for Grand Round will be the same each week:
https://monash.zoom.us/j/87692186320?pwd=NXJNa3gzY0NiUTM0b0xoRDZ1Wm5zUT09
Meeting ID: 876 9218 6320 | Passcode: 572550
Join by phone: 03 9905 9666
EndNote video for review
Jacinta's latest draft EndNote video can be viewed at L:\EHGroupShare\EH Library\Library Hub\Camtasia DRAFT videos for Ruth\Vancouver Style DRAFT2_smaller.m4v
COVID-19 UPDATE – Friday 10 December 2021: Research Keynote Lecture
On Tuesday, we were fortunate to have Professor Colin Pouton (Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, Monash University) present an insightful overview of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics - for COVID-19 and beyond. Professor Pouton is the developer of the mRNA vaccine who, in collaboration with The Peter Doherty Institute, is the first to be supported by the Victorian Government’s landmark $50 million fund to develop the state’s mRNA manufacturing capability. We were thrilled to have him join us and share his insights into this translational research. The lecture is available on Workplace to view via catch-up and I encourage you to take the time to watch.
NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2021, MEDLINE 2022 Initiative: Transition to Automated Indexing
As part of the efforts of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to transform and accelerate biomedical discovery and improve health and health care, we are transitioning to automated MeSH indexing of MEDLINE citations in PubMed. Automated indexing will provide users with timely access to MeSH indexed metadata and allow NLM to scale MeSH indexing for MEDLINE to the volume of published biomedical literature. Human indexers have been and will continue to be involved in the refinement of automated indexing algorithms and will play a significant role in the quality assurance approaches for automated indexing
Medical Student Programs - November 2021 newsletter
Health Libraries Group newsletter
Journal of the Medical Library Association
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association
Recorded webinar: EDS Searching Overview
Link to recording Passcode: d*eRz6t9
Recorded webinar: Market and promote your library's e-resources
Link to recording Passcode: 3gu^%FaW
Forthcoming Webinars
MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching 2022. January 14, 2022
Every year, NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? What happens when a term gets changed, added, removed or moved to a different part of the MeSH hierarchy? How do you accommodate vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches? How do you check your saved searches and alerts?
Join Kate Majewski of NLM to learn the answers to these and other questions.
Class Details
Date(s): January 14, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST (5.00 am - 6.30 am Melbourne)
Platform: Webex
CE Credits: 1.50
Class Experience Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
This is a National NNLM class.
Social Inclusion Week
The focus of this week is to CONNECT, COLLABORATE & CELEBRATE!
Social Inclusion Week (Nov 20-28th) aims to help all Australians feel included and valued, giving everyone the opportunity to participate fully in society. Social Inclusion Week is about connecting or reconnecting local communities, workmates, family and friends, in order to build and strengthen relationships or networks and address isolation and exclusion of those who may be marginalised. This week encourages us all to be inclusive of all cultures, age groups, nationalities and abilities particularly for communities who can often feel excluded such as young people, jobless families with children, people with a disability or mental illness, those who are homeless, the elderly and Indigenous Australians. One of the simplest things we can do is to reach out to those around us, work on our friendships and partnerships, and celebrate each other!
Resources to support Social Inclusion week are available via the Equity & Inclusion Workplace page and include posters, a booklet and a Spotify playlist that has been developed by our wonderful partners the Hush Foundation. If you have the facility to play music, I urge you to check out the Spotify playlist and surprise your staff with some soothing sounds.
The resource book which includes some very powerful lived experiences and stories of those in our society who know first-hand the barriers that can be faced by individuals and communities that are marginalised. Please share these stories with your teams.
ALIA Incite In Conversation
Please join us for a discussion with distinguished guests, Michele Gaca, Jane Richards and Gulcin Cribb about their transitions into retirement, the anticipated risks and rewards and their continuing engagements with the library sector.
Michele Gaca has had an outstanding career in health libraries and held the position of Chief Librarian at Austin Health and Mercy Hospital for Women in Melbourne before she retired in August 2021.
Jan Richards spent nearly 50 years working in libraries across New South Wales and managed Central West Libraries for the twenty-six years prior to her retirement which she marked with a move to Bruny Island Tasmania. You can listen to an interview with Jan on ABC Breakfast here.
Gulcin Cribb has enjoyed an international career working in academic libraries in Australia, Singapore and Turkey. She is currently Chair of the IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Standing Committee.
While all three LIS professionals are moving into a new stage in their careers with more time on their hands, none are preparing to take a significant step back from their involvement with the library and information sector, demonstrating their lifelong dedication to the profession. We'll be discussing having time to devote to pursuits such as passion projects, new businesses, volunteering and mentoring. This is an INCITE in Conversation not to miss.
Register via Zoom here.
Event details here.
Thursday, 25 November 2021
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm AEDT
Therapeutics Initiative (TI) Methods Speaker Series:
Systematic review searching: an overview of best practices & real world experiences
WHEN: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 from 12:00-13:00 PDT (i.e. Thursday, November 25 2021, 7.00 am - 8.00 am Melbourne time)
WHERE: Offered online using Zoom. You must register order to receive the Zoom link.
SPEAKER: Rebecca Rishar, MLIS
FREE REGISTRATION:
About the topic: This presentation will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the systematic review search process. Current best practices in systematic searching will be discussed, including translating clinical questions into PICO search statements, database selection, PRESS peer review, PRISMA-S search reporting, and citation management. A brief overview of available text-mining tools designed to help with the systematic review search process will also be provided.
About the speaker: Rebecca Rishar, MSLS, is a Senior Medical Librarian at ECRI, a non-profit healthcare research institute. As a Senior Medical Librarian, Ms. Rishar regularly conducts literature searches for both rapid review and systematic review projects covering a wide variety of healthcare topics, specifically focusing on the efficacy and safety of devices and procedures. She has also supported a wide range of systematic review projects for clients such as the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Veteran’s Administration and Department of Defense. Ms. Rishar holds a master’s of library science degree from Clarion University.
Advanced searching on APA PsycINFO.
Webinar Recording link (Passcode: zTGW#J27 )
Marketing Libraries Journal
Fall 2021 issue of Marketing Libraries Journal is now available online.
This is part 2 of our special themed issue on library marketing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marketing Libraries Journal is the first open access, peer reviewed, scholarly journal devoted to the marketing of libraries.
The Fall 2021 issue contains a variety of articles that include:
• Crisis Report to Marketing Tool: The Auraria Library’s COVID-19 Report
• Transitioning and Sustaining Community Connection During COVID
• Sink or Swim? Transitioning Academic Library Outreach in Times of COVID-19
• Rethink, Reuse, Recycle: Turning an Existing Workshop into a Virtual Opportunity for Outreach and Engagement
• COVID-19 Cannot Censor: Banned Books Week Programming During a Pandemic
• Accessible, Sustainable Outreach: New Priorities for an Online Orientation Program
• Making Lemonade: Reimagining the Target Audience for Local Continuing Education Programs
• What We Did During the Pandemic: Transforming Our Student Welcome Fest to Virtual
• Promoting a Rapid Deployment of New Services for Remote Reference at a National Laboratory
• Leatherby Libraries from Home: Online and Social Media Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Meeting Strategic Communication Goals Through a Sustainable Library Newsletter
• Perspectives on Presentation and Perception of Libraries on Admissions Campus Tours
Medical Students Program - October 2021 newsletter
Skilltype
Some time ago there was a VALA presentation on Skilltype
Skilltype collects various library-related training material, sourced from conferences, YouTube, training organisations etc
At the time, of the presentation it had around 6000 trainings available online with about 100 new added each week
Access is free (sign up and choose topics of interest) with paid extras also available
Content coverage seems a bit variable – nothing on Endnote, but a couple of hundred results for Alma, OCLC etc
Nonetheless could still be useful for PD, the price is right, and you can suggest topics for coverage
If of interest, the Skilltype presentation (link below) starts around the 25 min mark
https://www.vala.org.au/events/vala-tech-camp-2021/techex-talk-3/
Incite - November/December 2021
November/December 2021 - taking risks, it’s what we do
The November/December issue of INCITE is now available to read online, with the theme of risk.
This issue of INCITE explores how library and information professionals have handled making decisions to minimise negative outcomes and keep their patrons, staff and collections safe.
Health Information and Libraries Journal - 2021 Virtual Issue
2021 virtual issue of HILJ - Engaging with Technology: Projects and Research Initiated by Health Information Professionals.
The articles chosen for inclusion in the VI all demonstrate how health science librarians are carrying out research to find ways of using technology to meet the needs of their user groups. The articles cover the following topics:
• A literature review of the factors which make it easy for doctors to look up information whilst seeing patients
• A study of how technology can improve the availability and use of health information on cancer subjects
• An investigation of the types of questions posted on a medical consultation website.
• An analysis of Twitter data collected during the 2009 swine flu epidemic
• The use of electronic health records in dental settings
• Electronic healthcare records and data quality
• The use of gamification techniques to teach medical residents how to conduct bibliographic searches in health sciences’ databases.
• Digital health interventions - opportunities for health science librarians
All the content is available free on the HILJ website.
Monash Wellbeing session
Staying motivated the mindful way 16-11-2021
When: Tuesday 16 November from 12 to 1pm.
Mindfulness is more than just a relaxation technique to cope with stress and improve wellbeing. Join us and explore how mindfulness can be used to foster deeper, calmer and more sustainable motivation.
This blog post by Rowena McGregor beautifully captures the benefits of developing a reflective approach to professional learning and practice. Rowena shares her process and gives her reasons for engaging in both private and public reflective writing.
Letter to Editor regarding flawed method in Nursing Outlook systematic review
This letter, taking the authors of a systematic review to task for their poor search strategy, was published in 2016 but is still an entertaining read.
A recent conference poster on a similar topic
This past fall, we presented the findings of a study we recently published by presenting a poster of our study at the INANE’21 Conference [the conference of editors of nursing journals]. We felt that editors are the gatekeepers for the standards of what is being published. Our poster was extremely well received with editors popping in and out of our breakout session interested in our poster, and fascinated by the attendance of librarians at their conference.
Batten, J., Grossetta Nardini, H., & Nyhan, K. (2021). Editors and authors benefit from librarian involvement in peer review. Poster presented August 3, 2021, at INANE'21, Virtual Conference.
See poster pre-recording teaser https://osf.io/a9wcq/ and our poster https://osf.io/tv3ay/
And another study from 2020
"Systematic review search methods evaluated using the Preferred Reporting of Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and the Risk Of Bias In Systematic reviews tool"
Highlight from the conclusions: "Ninety percent of SRs are failing to report search methods adequately and to conduct comprehensive searches using a wide range of resources."…
InCite In Conversation recording
Many thanks for registering for the November INCITE in conversation session on Thursday 25 November. If you couldn’t make the session live, here is a link to the recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF20b0TDPZI
Jan Richards, Michele Gaca, and Gulcin Cribb discussed their transition into retirement, the anticipated risks, rewards and their busy schedules in these new stages of their careers that include mentoring, chairing committees, volunteering and passion projects. They shared their reflections on their careers, the future of the sector and how to find the right work-life balance.
The session expanded on the article ‘Time for Pursuits of Choice’ that came out in the November-December 2021 issue of INCITE magazine, which you can read here: https://read.alia.org.au/incite-novemberdecember-2021
Jan, Gulcin and Michele also each gave their two top tips for retirement:
Jan:
• Listen to your heart not what everyone else is telling you
• You’re never too young to have serious questions with your superannuation advisor
Gulcin:
• Create opportunities for enjoyment and fulfilment, not because you have to
• Don't expect a complete work and retirement divide. Interest in and giving back to the profession and community can be incredibly fulfilling
Michele:
• Retirement is the beginning of a new life, not the end
• Instead of a to-do list, create a can-do list ?
The book mentioned by Michele was: How to retire Happy, Wild and Free: retirement wisdom that you won’t get from your financial advisor by Ernie J. Zelinski.
“This is not a book on retirement rather an inspirational guide on how to enjoy life to its fullest!"
Managing the publication explosion - the role of libraries and technology : a review of current methods and tools
Produced by Scholarcy, one of the "tools" mentioned - but does include a range of tools that researchers can use to find and manage articles.
Webcasts available on demand (registration required)
Psychology Research and Behavioural Health Trends
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Wiley webinars on open access
Our recent open access webinar series is now available on-demand for you to watch any time.
Open access publishing process and benefits for institutions and researchers »
Open access impact on library role »
Infrastructure and workflows to support open access »
Interesting articles
A best-fit solution: transforming an NHS Library and Knowledge Service in readiness for a new hospital building without a traditional library space, Journal of the Medical Library Association, July 2021
Covid-19: a catalyst for change?
Do libraries face an exclusively digital future? Research Information, October/November 2021.
Wellbeing Month week 4
Recent webinar recordings
Free or Fee- How Open Access Publishing Impacts Your Choices as an Author
Click here to view the recording
Organised by the Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Why are some journals offering or requiring a fee to publish an article? How does paying to publish impact the prestige and accessibility of your work? What is a Creative Commons license and how does it impact the dissemination of your work? The Open Access publishing model has ushered in these and other pressing questions for academics. Learn how Open Access is changing how you publish your research, what requirements funding agencies impose on researchers, and who owns the copyright of published works.
Recent Ebsco Webinars
Ebsco mobile app - recording passcode: 7Xk#gaTn
Ebsco's open access ebook collection - recording passcode: yr!50y^Y
Authentication methods to utilise during lockdown - recording - passcode - 3@.XQxku
Free RAECO webinar : The library world duing Covid
The team at Raeco is here to support your business as we emerge from lockdowns. Join us for a free webinar which features a panel of experts who can help navigate you through changes in library spaces during Covid!
This webinar will feature a keynote presentation on library spaces plus our panel of independent experts will answer your questions
The event will commence this Tuesday October 19 at 3.45pm and conclude at 5.15pm. (AEDT).
We will hold the event online, via Zoom. There is no cost to attend.
WIN a $250 Raeco voucher!
Everyone who RSVPs before the event will be placed in the draw to win the voucher.
The prize will be drawn on the day from the RSVP emails received before the event begins. The winner must be online on the day to win!
Please RSVP here and we will send you the event link via email next week.
Click here to RSVP.
Knowing all the stuff you're supposed to know that you don't know - it's an exhausting endeavor. How can you know the stuff you don't quite know yet that you're supposed to know?! See, even we're tired just thinking that through. Here at Springshare, we have several different channels for you to communicate with each other, with us, and to keep updated on Springshare news. So, we thought we'd make it a smidge easier for you and outline all the places and sign-ups for you to stay in the Springy know... right in this blog post!
Wellbeing Month
Recordings of previous sessions can be found on the recordings page.
Events on this week are listed in the attached file, or check the calendar
Journal of the Medical Library Association
Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia : JoHILA
Vol 2, no. 2 (2021) issue is now available
Code4Lib Journal
Issue 52 is now available
Newsletters
Wellbeing Month - week 2
Wellbeing month is from 27th September - October 29th
Below are some of the events for this week. All events are listed on the wellbeing month calendar.
Join in for a quick 10 minute session (with either Dr Joe Starke and Gareth Fuller from Eastern Health) their take on mindfulness and meditation. Attend the internal sessions to go into a prize of the Eastern Health Book of Hope (MHWeek@easternhealth.org.au) or a Mindfulness Jigsaw puzzle.
Each Monday 3:30 - 3:40 pm. Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73634647145?pwd=dDVtSFUvelpvWnRvNFNFV2pCNFhtdz09
Meeting ID: 736 3464 7145
Passcode: mindful
Also Friday 2.00 - 2.15, EH’s Gareth Fuller will provide some spiritual sustenance via this link
Creating Meaningful Moments : Practical Mindfulness
Thursday 10.00 - 10.30 Join via this link
Sleep Better, Feel Better - Friday 8th October, 11:30 - 12.30 pm
Insufficient sleep leads to a plethora of physical, mental and emotional problems. This seminar outlines different sleep patterns, what happens when you do not get enough restful sleep and provides practical and easy strategies to establish a good routine for a restorative night’s sleep. Topics include:
Presenter Deborah Piper is a psychotherapist with over 30 years’ experience in coaching, psychology, communication and health.
Registering is recommended via the links provided to add the event to your calendar and get reminder emails prior to the event. Missed it? A recording of the event will be available by clicking on the link.
Desk-based stretching
Tuesday 11.00 - 11.30 Join via this link.
Physical Activity for the Busy Worker, Stand-up for your Health
Tuesday 5th October, 3.30 - 4.00 pm
Even elite athletes go through peaks and troughs with exercise motivation. This seminar will discuss strategies which enable participants to stay on track and to fit exercise into their busy schedule.
The following components are covered in this seminar:
• Getting started on your exercise program
• Barriers to exercise and how to overcome them
• Staying motivated and focused on your exercise goals
• 5-minute fitness – exercises you can do at home or on the road
Presenter Robbie Clark is an accredited dietitian and exercise scientist who holds a Bachelor Exercise Science & Nutrition, and a Masters in Nutrition & Dietetics.
Join via this link.
Weekly Lunchbox Talks - Pitfalls of Dieting
The Health Promotion team are hosting weekly lunchbox talks focused on how we can continue to eat well during lockdown.
Wednesday 6th October 12-12.30pm
These lunchtime talks are a chance for you to pop in, meet some of your fellow Eastern Health staff members have some conversations on eating to support wellbeing. Feel free to pop in and out and engage in some conversations to support your wellbeing. Come along and go into the draw for Nutribullets!
Benjamin Brewin has been a member of the Health Promotion team at Eastern Health for four years. During this time, he has supported a number of initiatives including driving school changes to canteens and lunch order programs, and Zouki at Eastern Health to adopt healthier options in all retail sites and vending machines. Ben has a Bachelors of Nutrition and Dietetics, as well as a Bachelor of Exercise and Health Sciences.
Join via WebEx https://easternhealth.webex.com/meet/benjamin.brewin
Join a dietitian and nutrition coach to take you through healthy, simple recipes that you can make at home, whilst explaining the different nutritional components and why they are important for your health. Participants are welcome to either just tune in, or to join in the session, cooking along with the presenter. Recipe cards will be available on this page prior to the event. Participants who join live can also ask nutrition-related questions to the dietitian. Both adults and kids are welcome to join!
The cooking demos are presented by Gemma Monaghan, an accredited, practicing dietitian with many years’ experience in nutrition coaching, diet planning, health consultations and seminar facilitation.
Wednesday 6th October 5-.00 - 6.00 pm Join via this link
Pilates – Core Strength And Stability
Friday, 5.00 - 5.30 pm. Pre-registration required at https://eh.smghealth.net.au
Wellbeing Month - Week 5
Check out the activities available this week.
Library Connect Academy
Library Connect Academy is a series of four, self-paced modules that only take about two and a half hours each to complete, letting you test your knowledge and earn certificates and badges to elevate your profile. Featuring curated lessons and additional materials developed by your peers in:
Dewey really need this?
This panel discussion, hosted by ALIA VIC, talks about the Dewey Decimal System. Speakers will discuss the ethical and practical issues of Dewey classification, and how it is used or modified in different institutions today.
Click here to watch the recording.
What are preprints, and how are they changing the way biomedical research results are shared? Should you use information from preprints? Should you share your own research results in a preprint? The Preprints: Accelerating Research tutorial is a 1-hour online, self-paced course from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for researchers, librarians, and others that explains the basics of preprints, and explores the benefits and considerations of using and submitting preprints.
Hospital Librarians CoP
A new initiative from our colleagues at Monash Health Library Service.
The survey regarding this proposed new CoP is available here.
Dear all, We are writing to you today to gauge your interest in building a new community of practice (CoP) for hospital librarians in Australia. It would be a manager-free space to collaborate, and to share knowledge and experiences with one another…a ‘meeting of minds' for early career, established and solo hospital library professionals. First, by way of introduction: we are Keren and Gillian, two Clinical Librarians at Monash Health Library. Together, we work on a range of projects centred around education/training, and other support services for clinical teams and hospital-based researchers. Outside of work, we love independent cinema (Keren) and pistachio-based desserts (Gillian). We try to motivate each other to run regularly, but this mostly consists of us never, ever (ever!) talking about running. Now, back to that community of practice. Our hope is to have regular virtual meetings with fellow hospital librarians, perhaps once every month or two. At these meetings we could discuss: · Common issues around health library practice · Successes and challenges · New developments · Advice or suggestions · Possibilities for collaboration · PD opportunities |
Would you be interested in building this community with us? We would love to hear any ideas that you may have. Please complete this quick Survey within the month so we can start to build our community! |
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Kind regards, Keren Moskal and Gillian Kilby Clinical Librarians at Monash Health Library |
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
A new issue, vol. 16 no. 3, has been recently published.
Webinar Recordings
Health Libraries Inc.
A recording of the recent Health Libraries Inc. session on What's the difference between budgets and magical thinking? (45 minutes)
Passcode: 2Md.ykf1
Ovid
A recording of the recent Ovid webinar on 'Translating' search syntax across platforms (30 minutes)
This webinar looks at 3 different tools for translating searches (thanks Wendy for the summary)
1. Polyglot Search Tool: https://sr-accelerator.com/#/polyglot.
2. Medline Transpose: https://medlinetranspose.github.io/index.html
3. Ovid Search Translation Tool: https://tools.ovid.com/translate/
Take home message: There is no perfect translation tool!
MedicinesComplete
A recording of a recent webinar about products produced by MedicinesComplete (20 mins).
MedicinesComplete market a number of pharmaceutical products, some of which are available on Clinicians Health Channel. Products covered in this webinar are (CHC resources are listed in bold):
Note that sound on the recording doesn't kick in until about the 1 minute 30 second mark.
Forthcoming Webinars
Free or Fee- How Open Access Publishing Impacts Your Choices as an Author
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Time: 3:00pm-5:30pm EST (i.e. Wednesday October 6th, 6.00 am - 8.30 am Melbourne time. Yes an early start but an interesting topic!)
Location: Online (Zoom)
Register at https://libcal.mssm.edu/event/8053280
Organised by the Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Why are some journals offering or requiring a fee to publish an article? How does paying to publish impact the prestige and accessibility of your work? What is a Creative Commons license and how does it impact the dissemination of your work? The Open Access publishing model has ushered in these and other pressing questions for academics. Learn how Open Access is changing how you publish your research, what requirements funding agencies impose on researchers, and who owns the copyright of published works.
Our featured speakers will include:
June M. Besek, Esq.
- Chair, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
- Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
- Columbia Law School
Ashley Farley, MLIS
- Program Officer
- Knowledge & Research Services, Gates Foundation
Dr. Tom Olijhoek, PhD
- Editor-in-Chief
- Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ)
Sara Rouhi
- Director, Strategic Partnerships
- PLOS
ALIA HLA EVENT: Citation Analysis – Discovering New Uses Within Systematic Reviews
Citation analysis tools have been available for decades and already have a role within systematic reviews. However, with the introduction of new tools and more access to citation indexes, citation analysis may offer new opportunities for assisting with systematic reviews, particularly reviews of complex questions where searchers may not always be confident that their subject searches are exhaustive.
This online workshop will describe some of the new citation analysis tools as well as new uses of citation analysis tools, from the perspective of identifying research for systematic reviews.
When: 11 & 25 November (2pm Vic/NSW/TAS/ACT – adjust as appropriate based on your location)
What: This workshop will consist of 2 x 2.5 hour sessions topics covered include;
Course Trainers:
Julie Glanville, Independent Consultant in Information Retrieval, UK.
Dr Alison Weightman, Head of Research & Academic Engagement, Director, Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE), Cardiff University.
Cost:
ALIA Members - $150; Non-Members - $250
Register: https://www.alia.org.au/EventDetail?EventKey=HLA0006A
Please note that these workshops will be run online via the Zoom Platform. A link will be sent the day prior.
R U OK? day
The recording of the WorkPlace livestream event can be viewed at https://easternhealth.workplace.com/groups/2548506722131100/permalink/2948158242165944/
Medical Student Programs
For reading
RESULTS: From 3918 retrieved studies, 10 met our inclusion criteria. All followed a supervised machine learning approach and applied, from a limited range of options, a high-quality standard for the training of their model. The results show that machine learning can achieve a sensitivity of 95% while maintaining a high precision of 86%.
CONCLUSIONS: Machine learning approaches perform well in retrieving high-quality clinical studies. Performance may improve by applying more
sophisticated approaches such as active learning and unsupervised machine learning approaches.
Forthcoming webinars
Health Libraries Inc.
Ovid
TRANSLATING' SEARCH SYNTAX ACROSS PLATFORMS
Webinar Date: 14th September, 2021
Webinar Times: 10:00 AM AEST and 4:00 PM AEST
Understand practices and tools for easily 'translating' search syntax of databases on other platforms (ie. PubMed, embase.com etc.) into Ovid search syntax.
Webinar recordings
One at a time: Databases in systematic reviews and expert searching series - #3 EMBASE (Ovid & Elsevier)
Eastern Health COVID Vaccination Survey
COVID Vaccination remains our best way forward, and it is important for Eastern Health to have an accurate picture of the vaccination status across our entire workforce.
In order to help us complete this picture, all staff are asked to take 3 minutes to complete this brief survey.
For planning, workforce and reporting purposes, this information supports the way we move forward together.
This survey also includes a question about whether you are working at an alternative health service; again, this information is a great source of managing the safety of all staff.
Ebsco E-books
I have been working on a draft help sheet for the Ebsco E-books. Initially I am after a gudie to using the book "Cancer Nursing: and another for the book "Clinical Governance". These will be provided to the relevant nurse educators for distribution to their students as these books are being used as textbooks for specific courses. But we will also need a more general guide.
My draft guide is below. Please review and suggest changes or additional information that could be included.
To refresh your knowledge I have included below links to Hanwool's online training session on Ebsco e-books from earlier in the year and PowerPoint Slides.
Link to download recording:
Forthcoming Ebsco E-book webinar
This webinar in September might also be worth signing up for as it includes information about Ebsco's mobile app.
Managing EBSCO eBooks™ & Reading EBSCO eBooks™ (including EBSCO’s new mobile app)
Thursday 16 September, 2021 | 1:00 P.M. AEST (45 mins)
This session will go through a couple of settings you need to manage on EBSCOadmin and review e-book features in the web and EBSCO’s mobile app.
Monash Hospital Librarians Committee
Minutes of meeting held 03/08/21
Clinicians Health Channel update - 17/8/21
Dear Clinicians Health Channel reference group,
It's been a long while since we last met and chatted in person! I hope you've all kept well and safe. A lot of you are at the front line of COVID response in hospital settings, I admire and salute you for all the work you've done and continue to do to look after the unwell and keep us all safe - thank you!
Last time we communicated, it was when the new website launched in March. Thanks again for all your contributions - we've received lots of positive feedback, people are loving the new site and finding it much easier to use.
Since March, lots happened:
• @Christina Stamenitis (DFFH) and I have moved to a new department - Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH), and CHC stays in Department of Health (DH). As our colleagues in DH didn't immediately find a replacement to manage CHC, Chris and I continued on to support the day-to-day activities while @Catherine Herman (Health) at DH started the mammoth effort to secure CHC resources for another year. Hugh credit to Cath, she found the extra $$, did tons of paperwork, and the contract rolls over for another year till 30th Sep 2022.
• We've rolled out the access of CHC to all Rural GPs who work as VMOs in public hospitals.
• @GACA, Michele retired from her position as chief librarian at Austin last week and started the envious life of lady of leisure. We're extremely grateful for her insight, vast industry and SME knowledge that helped us select the right resources at good prices in the last few years. Michele and I found out that we live in adjacent suburbs, we'll catch up when the lockdown is over, and I can thank her in person!
• @Rob Penfold, director of library and literacy, left Barwon Health recently. We thank Rob for his many years of support of CHC. In fact, Rob was the biggest advocate for a new website with improved usability. We're pleased to deliver it before Rob left. We now welcome Helen Skoglund @helen.skoglund@barwonhealth.org.au from Barwon Health to join the ref group.
• Also warm welcome Alice Anderson @alice.anderson@monashhealth.org, Director of Library Services at Monash Health to the group.
So with this email I'd officially hand over the management of CHC to Cath. I can assure you that CHC is in capable hands, and I will support Cath in the transition. In the next week or so, Cath will contact you to organise the next reference group meeting and discuss the future.
Thank you all again, it's been a pleasure working with you all. You are a bunch of super knowledgeable but humble people! I look forward to seeing what this group achieves next!
Best regards,
Ling Krah
Head of Digital Strategy and Experience
Public Engagement | Corporate & Delivery Services
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
0410 587 661 | ling.krah@dffh.vic.gov.au
www.dffh.vic.gov.au
Evolution of a Library Service (webinar recording)
See the webinar with EBSCO and Barry Nunn as we explore how NSLHD Libraries updated their library service after assessing the needs of their end users - clinical staff.
Providing a library service for a large network with multiple sites is no easy feat. In addition to its extensive library catalogue, NSLHD Libraries have subscription content from more than a dozen vendors, and access to the Clinical Information Access Portal (CIAP), consortium purchased resources available to all NSW Health staff. In 2019, after years of innovation and modernisation, the libraries undertook a major project to bring all systems to Single Sign On using Active Directory authentication. Hear Barry Nunn discuss the evolution of the library service, learning best practices from his peers, and why there was a need for change. Barry shares the planning that was involved, the solution and the results. Mike Mackinnon will then discuss industry standards, RA21 and the security standards of OpenAthens SSO.
Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA) mini-module series
We are excited and proud to announce the launch of our brand-new offering, our Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA) mini-module series!
We develop mini-modules to ensure that our learners, and the wider community, are aware of important, emerging topics in RDM, and obtain a baseline understanding, including key points, concerns, and how individuals, institutions, and stakeholders may be affected. The production of mini-modules allows the RDMLA to present relevant and important information to learners in a timely fashion.
Mini-modules typically feature an approximately one-hour-long video lecture on specific topics with corresponding open-source readings. As the subject matter develops over time, the content of the mini-modules evolves. The video lectures will be either revised or removed from the RDMLA course. New mini-modules will be continually added to address emerging topics.
The first mini-module focuses on the upcoming 2023 NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing. Taunton Paine (NIH) and Cindy Danielson (NIH), along with Lisa Federer (NLM), and Heather Coates (IUPUI) review how librarians, researchers, and information professionals can collaborate with various stakeholders to design services and support for research data management and data sharing.
The mini-module titled “2023 NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing” will be available on Monday, August 16, 2021.
Please direct any questions on enrolling in the RDMLA or about the new mini-module to Ashley Thomas, RDMLA Coordinator, ashley_thomas@hms.harvard.edu.
Best,
Elaine Martin and Rong Tang
RDMLA Co-Leaders
For reading
Why are they not accessing it? User barriers to clinical information access
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 109 (1) January 2021.
Descriptions of eight pain points that users experience when they try to access information in a clinical environment
Using Updated PubMed: New Features and Functions to Enhance Literature Searches (JAMA Network)
PubMed is a free web-based public access resource that supports the search and retrieval of literature from the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE database. In the past 2 years, PubMed has been updated to improve functionality and add important new features,1-3 including a set of search statements to identify COVID-19 articles and a new publication filter to allow PubMed searches to retrieve early-release preprints.4,5 This Viewpoint describes how these important new PubMed features and functions could allow clinicians to use a 3-step literature searching process to obtain real-time answers to important clinical questions. A brief example of this 3-step process is in the Supplement.
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association - August issue
Available at: https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/issue/view/1952
For viewing
Marketing services in health libraries (recording) - webinar held 10/8/21
Recording details:
Access Passcode: &dVvk!J7
Upcoming webinars - registration required
Evolution of a library service : Using best practice to meet the information needs of 21st century health workers - Wednesday, August 18 , 11.00 am - 12.00 pm
Join our upcoming webinar with EBSCO and Barry Nunn as we explore how NSLHD Libraries updated their library service after assessing the needs of their end users - clinical staff.
Providing a library service for a large network with multiple sites is no easy feat. In addition to its extensive library catalogue, NSLHD Libraries have subscription content from more than a dozen vendors, and access to the Clinical Information Access Portal (CIAP), consortium purchased resources available to all NSW Health staff. In 2019, after years of innovation and modernisation, the libraries undertook a major project to bring all systems to Single Sign On using Active Directory authentication. Hear Barry Nunn discuss the evolution of the library service, learning best practices from his peers, and why there was a need for change. Barry shares the planning that was involved, the solution and the results. Mike Mackinnon will then discuss industry standards, RA21 and the security standards of OpenAthens SSO.
Australian Health Libraries Summit 2021 (Springer Nature) - August 25, 2021, 10.00am - 12.35 pm
Registration link
The event will update participants on the increased variety and flexibility of the business models offered by Springer Nature, including new business models, across the range of content we publish. We are inviting a number of existing customers that benefit from various models and can share their experience. We will also facilitate a broader discussion session on the experiences and challenges which have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Location: Zooms meetings (meeting ID: 897 1128 2610)
Agenda
10.00 - 10.05 am Welcome and introduction to the summit
James Mercer, Springer Nature Regional Sales Director, ANZ
10.05 - 10.35 am Discussion session: How has the pandemic affected you and what do you foresee the ‘new normal’ looking like for your library?
Thoughts to initiate the session from:
Ruth Lawrence, VHLC
Barry Nunn, Royal North Shore Hospital
Vivien Hewitt, WA Health / Cheryl Hamill, WA Health
Mary Peterson, SA Health / Karen Wilkins, SA Health
Mary Fraser, Tasmania Health
10.35 - 11.05 am Nature journals for Health and Nature.com Complete
Springer Nature interview with Mary Peterson and Karen Wilkins, SA Health
Rebecca Syle, Licensing Manager, Australia, QLD, SA
11.05 - 11.10 am Break
11.10 - 11.25 am New eBook models for 2022 & individual title selections
Keith Furniss, Licensing Manager, Australia, NSW, NT
11.25 - 11.40 am Databases for hospitals & health: Springer Protocols and Adis Insight
Anand Kumar Veeramachineni, Solution Specialist Databases, ANZ
11.40 - 12.10 pm Dimensions: a linked data platform presentation and Q&A opportunity
Danu Poyner, Product Specialist, Digital Science
12.10 - 12.35 pm Discussion session: How will your library work with the new NHMRC Open Access policy?
Springer Nature interview with Barry Nunn RNSH, Jeremey Taylor, St Vincents, and Harry Beeby QIMR
James Mercer, Springer Nature Regional Sales Director, ANZ
ALIA HLA Lunchtime Series 2021: ‘All Things Open’ – updates on the current state of Open Scholarship in Australia. EVENT 2
A link to the recording of this event is below:
ALIA HLA Lunchtime Series 2021
Passcode: R#.f0Fy8
Evolution of a library service - Ebsco webinar
Using best practice to meet the information needs of 21st century health workers
August 18, 2021 | 11 a.m. AEST / 1 p.m. NZST
Join our upcoming webinar with EBSCO and Barry Nunn as we explore how NSLHD Libraries updated their library service after assessing the needs of their end users - clinical staff. Providing a library service for a large network with multiple sites is no easy feat. In addition to its extensive library catalogue, NSLHD Libraries have subscription content from more than a dozen vendors, and access to the Clinical Information Access Portal (CIAP), consortium purchased resources available to all NSW Health staff. In 2019, after years of innovation and modernisation, the libraries undertook a major project to bring all systems to Single Sign On using Active Directory authentication. Hear Barry Nunn discuss the evolution of the library service, learning best practices from his peers, and why there was a need for change. Barry shares the planning that was involved, the solution and the results. Mike Mackinnon will then discuss industry standards, RA21 and the security standards of OpenAthens SSO.
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Gender Equality Act 2020 - Implementation
This year Eastern Health is required to implement the new The Gender Equality Act 2020. This legislation seeks to promote, encourage and facilitate the achievement of gender equality and improvement in the status of women, as well as to enhance economic and social participation by persons of different genders. Adherence to this Act is mandatory for all Victorian public sector organisations and non-compliance will attract penalties.
The first stage of this work has involved the completion of an Audit process including the collection and analysis of our current state data through our source systems as well as through our People Matter Survey results/data (when received). The audit outcome is used to identify any systemic causes of gender inequality and to find out how our people might be impacted by other attributes and intersectionality, i.e. gender identity, age, Aboriginality, disability, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation.
The second stage is to consult with a cross section of stakeholders to enable lived experience and a qualitative insights to be considered in the development of an Action Plan.
To do this we will be opening an Expression of Interest process in early August inviting Staff to attend a focus group (2 hours in duration) at the end of August. The focus group sessions are scheduled for early morning and during double staff timing to accommodate for operational requirements whilst also providing our staff an opportunity to participate:
· Tuesday 24th August (7:30am to 9:30am)
· Wednesday 25th August (1pm to 3pm)
These sessions will be conducted using Zoom and team members who register to attend will be asked to speak with their manager prior.
The Expression of Interest communication is attached for your reference and will be released to All Staff in the week commencing August 2nd to encourage participation.
Library managers are requested to complete this survey on behalf of staff, ie only one response from each library.
To complete this please let me know how any non-LIS qualifications you hold contribute towards your job performance as a librarian or library technician.
The aim of this research is to understand the current staffing roles and qualifications that health library staff hold in Australian health library and information services.
Specific objectives are to:
Hosted by Daniel McDonald, editor of HLA's newsletter HLA Alerts and journal JOHILA.
This is a conversation-style podcast where the host, Daniel McDonald, tries to stay out of the way as much as possible and talk to people much smarter than him about all things related to health science information and research and publishing and the like. Daniel is a librarian for Darling Downs Health, located in Toowoomba but covering a large part of rural and regional southern Queensland in Australia. The simple hope with this podcast is that listeners get to learn a little bit more about colleagues, and a little bit more from colleagues in the health library field.
Available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.
Medical Students Program
Articles of interest
Scholarly Communication
The article Scholarly communication knowledge and skills in hospital and health services libraries: report of a survey, published in JoHILA is to be discussed at the next meeting of the Monash University Librarians on Tuesday 3/8.
This brief report discusses the early findings focussing on hospital and health service librarian responses, from a survey designed to shed light on the respondents’ self perception of their competency in specific areas of scholarly communication.
Research Screener
I attended a webinar last Wednesday on Research Screener, a new tool in beta-production designed to assist researchers undertaking systematic reviews. The article "Research Screener: a machine learning tool to semi-automate abstract screening for systematic reviews" provides details.
ALIA HLA Lunchtime Seminar - Marketing Services in Health Libraries
A reminder about this seminar that is being held next week, August 10.
Hear from a panel of speakers as we explore Marketing Services in Health Libraries from various viewpoints.
Speakers and topics include:
Fiona Jensen, Cairns & Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Marketing the most with what you’ve got: health library promotion on the smell of an oily rag
Katya Henry & Rani McLennan, QUT - Making copyright “Fun, Engaging and Empowering” at QUT
Tanja Ivacic-Ramljak, Monash Health – Connecting via Social Media at Monash Health Library
Blair Kelly, Deakin University - Expanding a service model through market analysis
Barry Nunn, Northern Sydney Local Health District Libraries - The reconstructed librarian – supporting library staff in becoming experts at marketing
When: Tuesday 10 August, 1:00pm -2:00pm AEST
Cost: ALIA Members - FREE; Non-Members - $15
This workshop will be run online via the Zoom Platform. A link will be sent the day prior to the event.
UpToDate tip sheet for review
ALIA HLA Lunchtime Series 2021: ‘All Things Open’ – updates on the current state of Open Scholarship in Australia
***REMINDER – LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR EVENT #2***
ALIA HLA are excited to invite you to the remaining lunchtime event which will focus on the current state of Open Scholarship in Australia.
Event #2 - Presenters:
Dr Kate Davis, Director Strategy and Analytics, CAUL; Fiona Salisbury, La Trobe University / CAUL Program Director (Enabling a Modern Curriculum) & Steven Chang, Coordinator, Digital Literacies and Open Education, La Trobe University
Open educational resources and the modern curriculum
Steven will introduce the benefits of open educational resources (OER) in an era of continuous economic crisis, precarious student welfare, and a rapidly transforming learning and teaching environment. Kate and Fiona will outline CAUL’s new projects in this area to build capacity in libraries so they can partner with stakeholders to enable a modern, equitable, and dynamic curriculum.
Sharron Stapleton, Library Research Data Specialist, Griffith University Library,
Making Griffith University's Open Research Statement a reality - In November 2020, Griffith made an explicit commitment to foster an Open Research culture within the University to help drive greater societal and economic impact from that research. Engagement with the many voices of the academy is critical for cultural change of this nature. Sharron will discuss the work of the Open Research Reference Group formed to address the barriers to change, in these first steps towards making open research a reality at Griffith University.
Cheryl Hamill, Head of Department, Library & Information Service, South and East Metropolitan Health Service, WA.
OA in health libraries – impacts, responses, futures
When: Thursday 22 July, 1:00pm -2:30pm AEST
Register: https://membership.alia.org.au/events/event/hla-lunchtime-series-2021-all-things-open-event2
Cost: ALIA Members - FREE; Non-Members - $15
This workshop will be run online via the Zoom Platform. A link will be sent the day prior to the event.
Eastern Health personal safety tips
ALIA HLA Lunchtime Seminar - Marketing Services in Health Libraries
Please come and join fellow health librarians and hear from a panel of speakers as we explore Marketing Services in Health Libraries from various viewpoints.
Speakers and topics include:
Fiona Jensen, Cairns & Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Marketing the most with what you’ve got: health library promotion on the smell of an oily rag
Katya Henry & Rani McLennan, QUT - Making copyright “Fun, Engaging and Empowering” at QUT
Tanja Ivacic-Ramljak, Monash Health – Connecting via Social Media at Monash Health Library
Blair Kelly, Deakin University - Expanding a service model through market analysis
Barry Nunn, Northern Sydney Local Health District Libraries - The reconstructed librarian – supporting library staff in becoming experts at marketing
When: Tuesday 10 August, 1:00pm -2:00pm AEST
Cost: ALIA Members - FREE; Non-Members - $15
This workshop will be run online via the Zoom Platform. A link will be sent the day prior to the event.
One at a time: Databases in systematic reviews and expert searching series
The Medical Library Assoication Technology in Education and the Systematic Review Caucus have been holding a series of webinars looking at databases that might be used in systematic reviews.
A recording of the first webinar One Database at a Time: PubMed for Expert Searchers and Systematic Reviews is available for viewing.
A recording of the second webinar One Database at a Time: Ovid Medline for Expert Searchers and Systematic Reviews is also available for viewing
The slides for these webinars are available below. Also provided is a copy of the chat transcript for questions and answers.
Medical Students Program - June newsletter
Introduction to Physical Libraries v.2
The introduction to Physical Libraries video has been updated by Jacinta and replaced the ones and available on Library Locations page
In-service for physiotherapists
In-service for physio, collaborated between EHLS and EBSCO, had been provided last Friday. video recording is available here:
Nga Man Wong's Personal Room-20210701 2241-1 password: 944VbJbq
PowerPoint slides template for future in-service-alike:
SAI Global access and information page
The SAI Global page has been published and can be accessed from our website:
New Workplace group: ON TO IT
New ON TO IT Workplace Group shares IT upgrades, updates, outages, security alerts.
NAIDOC WEEK
July 4-11 is NAIDOC Week which is an important opportunity to celebrate the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
To keep updated on all the activities, stay connected via Workplace and at the NAIDOC Week website.
Aboriginal Health of Eastern Health
Koha
Edmund has created a back-up of our Koha site. As well as potential use as a back-up should the need arise, this can also be used as a test site.
The sites are:
https://easternhealthadminbackup.intersearch.com.au/ - admin
https://easternhealthbackup.intersearch.com.au/ - opac
I created a page in this LibGuide for Koha. It can be used to list resources related to Koha, and also questions or issues regarding Koha. You can find the page at https://easternhealth.libguides.com/EHLS/koha
Please add any additional resources that you think would be useful, new procedures relating to Koha, or questions that you have.
Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds at BHH commence on 2/2/21 @ 7.45 am. The speaker is Dr Stephen Guy (Infectious Diseases, EH).
You can attend in person in the Seminar Room on Level 3 (max. of 74 attendees), or via zoom. Zoom details are given above, along with the schedule for 2021.
The presentations are obviously aimed at a clinical audience, but attending them can be a way of getting to know some of the senior medical staff and find out what is happening in the clinical areas.
Out of Office
A reminder that on the days that you don't work, please let customers know that you are not available by activating the "Automatic Replies (Out of Office)" tool in Microsoft Outlook. Your message should direct customers to our phone number (9894 3200) and generic email address: EHLS@easternhealth.org.au
Systematic Reviews
This article explains the newly developed PRISMA-S checklist of 16 elements, designed to improve reporting of the literature searches undertaken as part of a systematic review.
Watch Out for the Silent Librarian
A short but interesting article on The Scholarly Kitchen blog about The Silent Librarian, an Iranian phishing group whose pages were specifically crafted to mimic university library log-in pages (hence the “Librarian” in Silent Librarian).
Angliss Hospital Library
Our computers have been returned!
Peter James Centre Library
Perspex screens have been installed!
People Matter Survey
Has been extended for an extra week so now available until Friday, July 2nd.
Complete your survey now: https://vpsc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6h7vmvbO18bjDJI.
Response rate for the Health Services Projects group (which includes the Library Service) is currently a 27%. Target response rate is 30%.
Family Violence Training - MARAM training framework
This module is now available on iLearn. It is a compulsory, one-off training module. To start the module you need to select your "Level of Response". There are 4 levels of response, and your level is determined by your job role. For library staff our level of response is "Foundation Response" so please click on that option.
ALIA HLA Online Event: Designing posters and infographics workshop
Communicate your work with confidence!
This workshop is for librarians who are presenting the results of their research or assisting researchers and clinicians in health and medical disciplines.
We will explore how to conceptualise, design and present a poster or infographic to communicate the key information clearly, succinctly and in ways that draw the attention and interest of your intended audience. We will also cover best practice in presenting statistical information, using the latest data-visualisation techniques, guided by the following questions:
We will explore instructive examples, tips and hacks to improve the quality of your presentation, using tools available on most computers and devices.
Presenter: Renée Otmar
Renée has been a professional writer and editor since 1989 and has worked extensively as an editor, managing editor, publisher, researcher (public health) and coach. She was founding Executive Officer (2014–18) of the Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre and has served as a researcher member of the Defence and Veterans Affairs HREC since 2017. She consults in research and publishing, provides training in fiction and non-fiction editing, coaching and professional supervision. Renée recently completed a training program by a world pioneer in information design and data visualisation. Her most recent work is Editing for Sensitivity, Diversity and Inclusion: A guide for professional editors (https://reneeotmar.com.au).
When: Thursday 19 August, 2:00pm -4:00pm AEST
Register: https://membership.alia.org.au/events/event/hla-designing-posters-infographics-workshop
Cost: ALIA Members - $90; Non-Members - $140
This workshop will be run online via the Zoom Platform. A link will be sent the day prior to the event.
Evidence-Based Practice for the Medical Librarian
Registration for the Evidence-Based Practice for the Medical Librarian online, asynchronous course opens July 26th, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.! The course fills from the waitlist every semester, so please join the waitlist (contact Shirley Parker: smparke@email.unc.edu<mailto:smparke@email.unc.edu> or 919-962-0182) if you are interested!
Full Details:
Fall Session Dates: August 30, 2021 to November 14, 2021 Course instructors: Sarah Cantrell, MLIS, AHIP and Megan von Isenburg, MSLS, AHIP
Cost: $USD500
Description: This 8-week online, asynchronous course provides an introduction to the process of evidence-based practice (EBP) and to the roles and opportunities for librarians working in the health and biomedical sciences. Participants will learn to identify basic study designs for clinical medicine, compose focused clinical questions, develop and improve search strategies, and assess the risk of bias in published studies. Participants will get practice and feedback in critically appraising multiple article types, such as randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies. Participants will also identify ways librarians can integrate and streamline access to the evidence for clinical care and health professions education.
The course is offered completely online through the Sakai learning management system. It is almost entirely asynchronous, with a couple of optional synchronous sessions offered through Zoom. The course materials include a manual, independent readings, videos, and significant hands-on practice through a series of weekly submitted exercises. Instructors offer guidance through the material and provide extensive individual feedback for the exercises. This course is approved for 20 contact hours from the Medical Library Association and is open to any practicing librarian, anywhere in the world. The fee for the course is $500.
More information about the course is available at: https://sils.unc.edu/programs/ebm
Marketing Libraries Journal
The Summer 2021 issue of this journal is now available.
Evidence-Based Librarianship: Building the base as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic / infodemic
A recording (55 minutes, with optional English subtitles) and slides for this webinar, held by the IFLA Special Interest Group: Evidence for Global and Disaster Health is available at: https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/93945.
There are also links to all the featured resources, and a selection of questions and answers.
The webinar highlighted two projects being undertaken by the Librarian Reserve Corps:
(i) the development of best practices for searching during public health emergencies, (ii) a database validation study of specialized COVID-19 literature databases, jointly led with the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health.
If you want to receive the occasional newsletter produced by this Special Interest Group you can sign up at http://eepurl.com/gyPDKD.
EndNote video no. 2
Jacinta has produced another video on EndNote. It is located on the L: drive at L:\EHGroupShare\EH Library\Library Hub\Draft for Ruth\Retrieve Back-Up.mp4 (you will need to be on the EH Network to access).
Please check it out and give any feedback to Jacinta.
KSR Evidence webinar
This KSR Evidence webinar features a brief introduction to KSR Evidence, a database of all systematic reviews in healthcare since 2015, followed by a walkthrough of the ROBIS tool used to critically appraise systematic reviews, as well as a demonstration of the search capabilities of the database.
To view the recording (60 minutes) go to the KSR Evidence website, On the Help menu find Training Opportunities / Past webinar resources.
KSR Evidence youtube channel :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfDxeoO8KHwmdTAm4sOiJ-g/videos (no login required)
If you are interested we also have access to the KSR Evidence database for one week using the login details below.
Username: Webinar18June
Password: webinar2021
This gives you full access for one week to KSR Evidence, and allows you to search the database for systematic reviews in healthcare published since 2015, view critical appraisals, and save and share search strategies
Article on COVID literature and AI - mentions some interesting resources
Artificial-intelligence tools aim to tame the coronavirus literature / Matthew Hutson. Nature 9 June 2020
Developers hope that tools for processing natural language will help biomedical researchers and clinicians to find the COVID-19 papers that they need.
New Issue of EBLIP
The June 2021 issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice is now available.
Online Training in Data Science
An invitation to learn about “Data Science” online with an extra focus on health issues. The program is now open. You may be brand new to data analysis or experienced. EVERYONE can learn about text analysis and data mining. Go to this webpage and click on Online Training Modules tab at top:
Background: the Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP) developed this series of online training modules as “An Introduction to Data Science Through a Health Care Lens” to expose learners to the field of data science. These online modules are accessible to anyone who is interested, and require no prior training or knowledge in data science. If you complete the entire set of modules – the entire “short course” – and successfully pass a simple final quiz, you will receive a certificate of completion.
In 2021 CHIP has added modules about Data Visualization and Introductory Programming.
Everyone has a chance to do a project (in Jupyter notebooks): OPEN PROJECT NOTEBOOK to share later and present (optional).
Please use this link to register and to start learning at YOUR pace:
REGISTER to take the modules and be eligible for optional certificate of completion.
Training and modules start with a video and then proceed with lessons at comfortable pace covering these 5 modules: Text Mining; Data Mining; Data Visualization; Introduction to Programming and Open Project (in Jupyter notebook).
Contacts:
Shikha Yadav shikhay@email.unc.edu 919-962-2208 (Program Coordinator)
Dr. Deborah Swain dswain@nccu.edu; 919-906-2684 (Consultant)
People Matters Survey
Don't forget! Open until 25/6/21.
Research services in health libraries - HLA webinar
Meeting Recording:
Access Passcode: uLi4*xmE
EBSCO Webinars - links to the recordings
Recordings of the recent series of webinars held by Ebsco for Victorian health libraries are given below. Note the Passcode needed to access each recording.
EDS and Open Athens in the near future Passcode: bN4LC9^u
Holdings Managment, Fulltext Finder, Publication Finder Passcode: +S6v3Ppq
Administration and Maintenance of EDS Passcode: FIw$00PD
People Matter Survey - Your Opinion Counts
Your feedback can make a difference. Tell us what went well and what we can do better!
People Matter Survey – Complete NOW! Available June 7th – 25th.
When you complete the People Matter Survey you will be asked to select a Directorate, Program and Workgroup. Whilst anonymous, this ensures that our results are consolidated with other teams and we get a report. Our team is required to have at least 30% completion and ensuring you choose the correct Directorate, Program and Workgroup means that our participation rate is accurate.
Our team belongs to:
Directorate = INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY & CAPITAL PROJECTS
Program = Information, Technology & Capital Projects
Workgroup = Health Services Projects
Thank you for your participation.
Victorian Public Sector Commission (VPSC) privacy:
Confidentiality of your data is maintained by keeping your feedback anonymous through the use of generic survey link. There are strict rules in place to safeguard this at every stage of the survey process.
A full copy of the Privacy and Anonymity Statement can be obtained by request.
Medical Students Programs newslettter - May 2021
CRIG / PDIG Joint Forum 2021 : Our future: Diversified or diluted?
Access to full program
Tuesday 25 May, 1.30 – 3.00pm AEST, Adapting to changing employment opportunities in the age of COVID
Access video recording
Thursday 27 May, 2.00 – 3.00pm AEST, Our future: Diversified or diluted?
Monash Hospital Librarian's meeting held on 21/4/21
Minutes of this meeting are given above.
Reference is made in the minutes to Cheryl Hamill's guide to searching PubMed. I have included this above as well.
Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia
Volume 2 Issue 1 (April 2021) of JoHILA is now available
Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries
Volume 18, Issue 1, January-March 2021 is now available.
ALIA HLA Lunchtime Seminar: Research Services in Health Libraries
Please come and join fellow health librarians to hear from a panel of speakers as we explore Research Service in Health Libraries from various viewpoints. Speakers and topics include:
Sally French, QUT – Registered Reports
Gemma Siemensma, Ballarat Health Services, Vic – A librarian’s role on a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
Beth Flack Latrobe University – Research profiles
Debbie Booth, University of Newcastle – Bibliometric and organisational impact
Suzanne Lewis, Central Coast Local Health District, NSW CARE digital archive
When: Wednesday June 9th, 1:00pm – 2:00pm NSW/Vic time (via Zoom)
Register: https://membership.alia.org.au/events/event/hla-research-services-in-health-libraries
Cost: ALIA Members - FREE; Non-Members - $15
Please note this workshop will be run online via the Zoom Platform. A link will be sent the day prior to the event.
ALIA HLA Webinar: A Systematic Approach to Searching
Presenter:
Wichor Bramer, Biomedical information specialist, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Webinar Outline:
- Analyzing the research question
- Collecting search terms
- Generating a search strategy
- Optimizing the search
- Evaluating the search
- Translating the search in other databases
The webinar will consist mostly of demonstrations of the method in which the presenter will create a search strategy live. Interaction with the audience will consist of questions and voting via menti.com.
When: Thursday June 17 2021 3.00pm-4.30pm NSW/Vic time (via Zoom)
Register: https://membership.alia.org.au/events/event/hla-webinar-systematic-approach-to-searching
Cost: ALIA Members - $50; Non-Members - $75
Please note this workshop will be run online via the Zoom Platform. A link will be sent the day prior to the event.
This presentation will be recorded.
Participation in the Webinar is a pre-requisite for attending the Workshops to be run in September.
If you are interested in attending this session I suggest you read some of Wichor's articles on the method of systematic searching that has been developed. A couple of articles are included below.
2021 Global Census for the Specialist Digital Health Workforce
The Census is completed by anyone who self-identifies as being a part of the HIDDIN Workforce. You are part of the workforce if any part of your role (including volunteer or actively seeking) includes a function related to health data, information, or knowledge.Functions could include analysing, designing, developing, implementing, maintaining, managing, operating, evaluating, or governing the data, technology, systems, and services for the health sector. |
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The HIDDIN Workforce includes Health Librarians and Library Technicians so please take the time to complete the census.
"As a collective we need to be counted with other Health Information professionals to help advocate and demonstrate the roles we perform. We can only do this by being strong in numbers and sharing our voice. You can help by filling in the below."
The Census is open until 31 May 2021 and can be accessed here.
Journal of Hospital Librarianship
Volume 21, issue 2, April-June 2021 is now available.
Our future: Diversified or diluted?
CAVAL Research and Information Group, and Professional Development Interest Group are presenting two free online events:
Event 1, Tuesday 25 May, 1.30 – 3.00pm AEST: Join us when we further the discussion started by the launch of ALIA Professional Pathways in late 2020. Together with Trish Hepworth, ALIA, Jill Benn, CAUL and University of Western Australia, and Kristy Newton, University of Wollongong, we delve into the future of library professionals and what it means to be a librarian in the 2020s.
Event 2, Thursday 27 May, 2.00 – 3.00pm AEST: We will continue the conversation started at the webinar on 25 May with a debate. Two teams, each consisting of an early-career, a mid-career, and a senior library professional, will debate on the topic of: Our future: Diversified or diluted? One team will present the argument for a professional library qualification being the most important aspect of being a library professional, while the other team will argue for professional experience being the most crucial aspect.
Details are given in the flyer below. To register visit the CAVAL website at http://members.caval.edu.au/our-future
Survey of Discovery tools
Caroline Ondracek, Library Manager at RCH, recently carried out a survey of discovery tools via the ALIAHealth mailing list. Her summary of responses is given below.
COVID-19
The following article may be of interest: COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?
Professional Development
There are a lot of webinars and similar events still being held by ALIA and other organisations.
To assist with rosters please let me know if you are planning to attend any such event. Or add the details directly to the Staff Training Calendar on SharePoint (need to be on the EH network to access)
ALIA Health Libraries Australia - upcoming events
ALIA HLA are running a number of virtual events this year.
April 27th, 2pm: Automation Tools for Systematic Searching #4 – Justin Clark (SOLD OUT)
May 20th, 1pm: PRISMA 2020, Changes, Implications and Opportunities – Steve McDonald
If interested in PRISMA 2020, including this recent webinar held by the Therapeutics Initiative may also be of interest: TI Methods Speaker Series: The PRISMA 2020 Statement
You read about the PRISMA 2020 statement in the following BMJ article: The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
The following article describes PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature Searches in Systematic Reviews
May 25th, 2pm: Automation Tools for Systematic Searching #5 – Justin Clark (SOLD OUT)
June 9th , 1pm: Research Services in Health Libraries – Panel of speakers
June 17th , 3pm: Systematic Searching Webinar – Wichor Bramer
July 15th, 1pm: ‘All Things Open’ – updates on the current state of Open Scholarship in Australia, Part 1 – Panel of speakers
July 22nd, 1pm: ‘All Things Open’ – updates on the current state of Open Scholarship in Australia, Part 2 – Panel of speakers
August 11th , 1pm: Marketing Services in Health Libraries – Panel of speakers
August 19th, 2pm: Designing Posters and Infographics Workshop – Renee Otmar
September 2nd, 2pm: Systematic Searching Workshop Part 1/2 – Wichor Bramer (must attend June 17th session)
September 16th, 2pm: Systematic Searching Workshop Part 2/2 – Wichor Bramer (must attend June 17th session)
October 20th, 1pm: Advocacy for Health Libraries – Panel of speakers
VALA TechEx Program Recordings
Recordings of the first 3 TechEx programs are available on the VALA TechEx Program site.
A recording of the final TechEx program should be available within the next week.
Virtual Ovid Open Day - 28th April 2021
Recordings of the sessions are below.
Keynote: Ovid Roadmap - Advancing the Digital Evolution of Healthcare Information and Productivity
Vikram Savkar,
Vice President & General Manager, Medicine Segment Health Learning, Research & Practice
Ovid Platform Update - New and upcoming features
James Taylor,
Manager Customer Success Asia Pacific Health Learning, Research & Practice
Best Practices for Systematic Review Research – Advanced Searching and Results Management on Ovid
Allan Finn,
Senior Customer Service Technical Specialist
James Taylor,
Manager Customer Success Asia Pacific Health Learning, Research & Practice
Code Yellow Update
ICT continuing to test 2 factor authentication for remote access. Should be available sometime this week.
Process for requesting a remote access Citrix account should also be finalised this week. Request will likely be made via EH Assist.
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
A new issue of this journal has been published .
Of particular interest is the article on A Content Analysis of Systematic Review Online Library Guides
BrowZine and LibKey - 2021 roadmap
Many services support adding an additional access link link to Open Access articles using data from services like Unpaywall and CORE. Third Iron will be going a step further by ingesting Unpaywall data into our LibKey to make it a functional part of our linking algorithm. In doing so, when determining the best available source for a given article, our algorithm will first check to see if there is an Open Access version of record available; if not, then determining if it is available from subscribed sources like publisher packages and aggregated databases
Moreover, libraries will have the option to decide whether links to alternative versions of articles, such as manuscripts or pre-prints, are displayed if no other electronic option is available. In services like LibKey Nomad and LibKey.io, ILL and document delivery options, if they are configured by the library, are also presented.
By natively incorporating Unpaywall data, users will be able to connect to more content with fewer barriers, all with a single click!
We have been pleased to work with EBSCO in developing a new, identifier-based linking scheme that will enable direct linking to PDFs hosted on the EBSCOhost platform.
In addition, reliability of links to EBSCOhost will dramatically improve. With this new system, Third Iron will confirm the availability of a PDF on EBSCOhost before a link is presented to the user. As is well known to librarians, articles not being available on aggregated platforms because they are newly published, gaps in full text coverage, or other reasons, can lead users to "No results were found" page which is often confusing for users. This new system will eliminate these error pages - along with the help desk requests and frustrated users that come about as a result.
Third Iron has worked with the watchdog organization Retraction Watch to incorporate their database of retracted articles into our linking knowledge base and to receive on-going, daily updates. As a result, users of LibKey and BrowZine will be notified if an article has been retracted before linking to the PDF. Retractions are unevenly reported and retracted articles can long stay in the scholarly record. Integrating retraction data into LibKey and BrowZine enables libraries to significant enhance scholarly communication by giving users advance notice of retracted articles before they link to them.
The 2021 roadmap webinar can be viewed on YouTube and on Vimeo.
This is for over 50s only at the moment as there is a lack of the Pfizer vaccine.
Ovid Open Days
Wednesday, April 28th or Wednesday, May 5th for our Virtual Ovid Open Days.
We will be exploring two key themes Enhancing Evidence-Based Practice and Change in Healthcare, where you will hear insights from international academic and clinical experts. You’ll also hear from members of Ovid’s executive team into the workings of Wolters Kluwer and developments of the Ovid platform.
28th April Sessions (9:30am - 12:45pm AEST):
5th May Sessions (10:00am - 2:00pm AEST):
For details and to register go to https://info.lww.com/2021EvidenceBasedOpenDay.html
Code Yellow Update (15/4) Today's briefing has been cancelled. Next briefing will be on 16/4.
Code Yellow Update (14/4) - from 4.00 pm briefing
Code Yellow Update (12/4) - from 3.00 pm briefing
Passwords
Password reset has been implemented at all sites today
Internet Access
ITC hope to restore Internet access "sometime" on Wednesday
Remote Access
Remote access via Citrix will not be restored on Wednesday
All remote access Citrix accounts have been closed
Staff requiring remote access will be required to apply for a new account
All such requests will need approval by the line manager who will determine the necessity of remote access
Two-Factor Authentication
All new remote access accounts will require two-factor authentication
Two-factor authentication will eventually be rolled out across the network i.e. will be required on-site as well as off-site
Webex
Webex is now available for both on-site and off-site staff
CARPS
CARPS is now available at BHH and MH
WorkPlace
Once Internet access is restored all staff are requested to ensure their WorkPlace account is activated and operational
Please download the WorkPlace app to your phone to assist with staff communications in any future Code Yellows
Use of USBs
As previously advised, use of USBs (such as memory sticks) is permitted under strict guidelines:
9/4/21 Updates (from Workplace)
Code Yellow update (9/4/21)
Be prepared to change your Eastern Health Password: 14+ character passphrase. IT is still working on it.
8/4/21 Updates (from Workplace)
Code Yellow update (8/4/21)
Code Yellow update (7/4/21)
Code Yellow update (6/4/21)
ILL and DDS
As discussed in the weekly huddle,
Thanks for Amanda to monitor hotmail account and Pat to monitor outlook account.
Code Yellow update (6/4/21)
Code Yellow update (5/4/21)
It seems no 3pm regular briefing on today. Waiting for 15 mins before I logged out. Wendy
According to Code Yellow update from Workplace:
Systems availability:
Internet/Citrix access
Code Yellow update (1/4/21)
Following the senior staff update at 3.00 pm
Key messages:
Systems availability:
Note that:
Code Yellow update (31/3/21)
Following the senior staff update at 3.00 pm
Key messages:
Systems availability
Internet/Citrix access
COVID-19 vaccination update (31/03/21)
I had my first COVID-19 vaccination today at the BHH staff vaccination clinic on Level 1. Some notes on the process:
Code Yellow update (30/03/21)
Following the senior staff update at 3.00 pm.
A number of systems will be available tomorrow morning:
Systems that are still not available:
Code Yellow update (29/3/21)
Following the Senior Staff update at 3.00 pm.
Key Messages
Pass Phrases
Recovery
COVID-19 Vaccination
Staff in Phase 1b of the COVID-19 vaccination plan can now make a booking to receive the vaccine.
Phase 1b includes any healthcare workers not in phase 1a ie. includes library staff.
Any staff in the Phase 1a group who have not yet had their COVID-19 vaccine can still get their vaccination and will continue to be prioritised.
To book an appointment please attend one of the 3 vaccination clinics at Box Hill, Maroondah or Angliss Hospitals from 7:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday.
An updated phone booking service will be available soon.
Information on the COVID-19 vaccination program, including an FAQ, is available on the Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Info Hub
Health Libraries Inc. - A Health Librarian's Reflection on the Systematic Review Process
Thank you to all who attended yesterday's Zoom talk, 'A health librarian's reflection on the systematic review process'.
A special thank you to Anna Griffith for her presentation and for sharing her reflections.
In case you missed it or would like to re-watch, we have provided a link to the recording below:
A health librarian's reflection on the systematic review process
Passcode: w9K!.be+
Note: this recording will be available for three months.
If you have any further questions around the presentation, please feel free to reach out to Anna - Anna.Griffith@awh.org.au
Kind regards,
Health Libraries Inc Committee
New CHC website
The new CHC website can be viewed at URL: https://clinicians-dhhsvic.govcms.gov.au/
A site shied box will then appear and you can add the following credentials:
username: dhhs
password: chc2021
From the project team:
"As you navigate around the site, it would be very helpful if you can note anything erroneous. For example, it might be a link not working, a content error or content gap. In particular, I'd appreciate if you can review the page 'About CHC' that's in the footer section - I want to be sure the description of CHC is right.
We hope you like the site as much as we do and look forward to your feedback - we're also keen to know what your colleagues think. If you can get it back to us in a week's time that would be great.
When we have a launch date, we will let you know ASAP. At this stage, we're considering how we might best promote the site widely. If you have any ideas on that. we'd also love to hear them. "
Please provide any feedback to me by Thursday 4/3 and I will feed it back to the Reference Group.
Ovid Implementation and Ovid Tools Portal - free webinar
On 16th March, 2021 at 10am & 4pm AEST.
This webinar will be presented by Laura Jennings and focuses on understanding the best practices and innovative tools for implementing Ovid resources at your institution. Click here to register.
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, volume 40 no. 1 (2021), is now available online
This is a special COVID-19 issue that compiles articles from your colleagues at academic and hospital libraries documenting their response to the pandemic, including defining new roles, adapting tools and strategies to provide remote services, and developing new partnerships.
The ALIA Information Online virtual conference saw over 2 700 delegates come together to engage in a thought-provoking wide range of topics to appeal to a multi-sector focus. Continue your educational journey with this three-part series as we hear from a wide variety of knowledgeable professionals and keynote speakers.
The In-depth series will delve deeper into specific industry trending topics to stimulate thought and guide industry professionals and leaders through personal and industry growth. ALIA and the conference committee have put together three half-day fully virtual events ranging over three months to giving individuals the choice to engage in topics specific to their interests or industry.
This series gives individuals the option to register for 1,2 or all 3 of the conferences depending on what topics most interest your educational growth.
Introduction to our physical libraries
Check out Jacinta's draft PowerPoint presentation on our physical libraries.
VALA TechEx talks
“TechEx” is a series of short talks, panel discussions and live Q&A that will run over four Fridays in April, with a focus on practical, inspiring and enabling content relevant to those who are engaged in library and collecting institution technologies.
The TechEx Program will be delivered entirely online, via Zoom, to a live digital audience.
Free to attend. TechEx Sessions are separately ticketed and numbers are limited. A waitlist applies.
Registering is a commitment to attend. If you are unable to attend, please advise the VALA Secretariat as soon as possible to allow a waitlisted person to attend.
One at a time: Databases in systematic reviews and expert searching series - #1 PubMed
Indiana University webinar series
A panel of expert searchers moderated by Margaret Foster will focus on one database at a time and will share insight on the best ways to search when conducting a systematic review or doing expert searching. In the first session, the focus will be on PubMed. Attendees will help determine the databases we focus on in future sessions.
Join us to improve your searching skills!!
Sponsored by the Technology in Education Caucus of MLA.
It doesn't appear that you need to be a member of MLA to register - but you will need to get up early to participate!
Mar 23, 2021 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Medical Students Program Newsletter
CINAHL
This 4 minute video gives a quick overview of searching CINAHL on EbscoHost.
E-BOOK PROMOTIONAL STRATEGIES
This document lists strategies being used by various hospital libraries to promote e-books. If there is anything listed that you think we could try please let me know.
HINARI Resources
The HINARI resources page lists some databases that may be of interest in certain circumstances such as the regional versions of Index Medicus.
Research Rabbit
Research Rabbit is a type of bibliographic management program that might be worth checking out.
VALA Tech Camp
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Numbers are strictly limited in Contact and Virtual Workshop events (maximum of 15 attendees), both to comply with local health and safety requirements AND to ensure the best possible experience for you and our Trainers.
Full details of all Workshop Sessions are now available on the VALA website. Start your journey HERE.
Follow the prompts to choose your preferred Campsite (or Virtual experience) and the Workshop/s that interest you.
Once you’ve selected your Workshop/s follow the prompts to register. Remember that you must register for each Workshop separately.
Places at Tech Camp 2021 are strictly limited and are not confirmed until payment is received. A Waitlist is in place if your registration is initially unsuccessful, and we’ll contact you if a space becomes available.
Medical Student Programs Newsletter
Koha
Edmund has created a back-up of our Koha site. As well as potential use as a back-up should the need arise, this can also be used as a test site.
The sites are:
https://easternhealthadminbackup.intersearch.com.au/ - admin
https://easternhealthbackup.intersearch.com.au/ - opac
I created a page in this LibGuide for Koha. It can be used to list resources related to Koha, and also questions or issues regarding Koha. You can find the page at https://easternhealth.libguides.com/EHLS/koha
Please add any additional resources that you think would be useful, new procedures relating to Koha, or questions that you have.
Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds at BHH commence on 2/2/21 @ 7.45 am. The speaker is Dr Stephen Guy (Infectious Diseases, EH).
You can attend in person in the Seminar Room on Level 3 (max. of 74 attendees), or via zoom. Zoom details are given above, along with the schedule for 2021.
The presentations are obviously aimed at a clinical audience, but attending them can be a way of getting to know some of the senior medical staff and find out what is happening in the clinical areas.
Out of Office
A reminder that on the days that you don't work, please let customers know that you are not available by activating the "Automatic Replies (Out of Office)" tool in Microsoft Outlook. Your message should direct customers to our phone number (9894 3200) and generic email address: EHLS@easternhealth.org.au
Systematic Reviews
This article explains the newly developed PRISMA-S checklist of 16 elements, designed to improve reporting of the literature searches undertaken as part of a systematic review.
Watch Out for the Silent Librarian
A short but interesting article on The Scholarly Kitchen blog about The Silent Librarian, an Iranian phishing group whose pages were specifically crafted to mimic university library log-in pages (hence the “Librarian” in Silent Librarian).
Monash Affiliation
A reminder that Monash University has requested a current CV from staff requiring their Monash affiliation to be renewed for 2021. If you haven't already done so please send me your current CV so it can be forwarded to Monash Clinical School.
Oxford Medicine Online
Welcome to Oxford Medicine Online.
You are now providing your library users with access to the home of Oxford’s prestigious medical publishing. You have subscribed to the following titles:
Site Access Information:
To begin using Oxford Medicine Online, visit www.oxfordmedicine.com.
Users accessing the site via registered IP addresses will be automatically authenticated.
Once you are authenticated, you can begin to use Oxford Medicine Online immediately.
Getting started with Oxford Medicine Online
CINAHL survey
EBSCO have a short survey on refining search strategies in CINAHL that you might be interested in.
"Please take this short survey to let us know your thoughts on the search features and functionality of CINAHL so that we can make improvements"
Professional Development
Vol 1 No 3 (2020): Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia
Some interesting articles especially about the use of RefTracker at Northern Sydney, and the use of SpringShare's webchat widget at Monash Health.
Analysis of a Hospital Librarian Mediated Literature Search Service at a Regional Health Service in Australia - article by Gemma Siemensma & Catriona Clayworth at Ballarat Health Services Library (pdf below)
Health Libraries Australia Seminar: Future Gazing - Innovation, Disruption, Transformation! : Thursday 26 November, 1:00-4:00pm AEDT (via zoom)
Meeting Recording
Access Passcode: 2x2xX=Y1
Special Libraries and COVID-19 - Lessons learned and future directions : 3 December 2020 @ 2.00 pm
Special library guest speakers David Church and Rolf Schafer will share their lessons and learnings from COVID-19, then participate in a lively Q&A session hosted by ALIA CEO Sue McKerracher. Please see below for a link to a recording of this session and also to the slides and speaker notes.
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