Works in UCD Health Sciences Library (6th -13th August 2008)

From the 6th -13th August the Group Study rooms, Level 1, Health Sciences Library will be unavailable. This is to allow necessary works to enhance the sound proofing of the rooms. There will be noise associated with these works and we apologies for any inconvenience caused. Study spaces near the group study rooms will be most affected. If you’re seeking a quiet study space please use Level 2, Health Sciences Library or the Problem Based Learning rooms on the ground floor.

World Breastfeeding Week

(source: : www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org)

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated from the 1st to the 7th of August in more than 120 countries around the world. The theme for the 17th Annual WBW celebration is: Mother Support: Going for the Gold.
This event is meant to highlight the importance and the benefits of breastfeeding. Only breastmilk can give babies all the nutrients which are essential and help protect them from infection and other diseases.
Breastfeeding is recommended by WHO until a baby is six months old.

For more information, please visit: www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org or http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_breastfeeding_week/en/index.html

E-Resources Access

The Server Room Re-fit is now completed. We will start moving the equipment back into the server room this week.
We will be doing this in stages the first stage will be the EzProxy server which will have an impact on E-Resources Access. The rest of the week we will move all the servers except for the LMS.
The LMS will be moved NEXT WEDNESDAY, we will email out confirmation of the LMS move.


From 8.30am to 2pm Wednesday 29th July there will be limited access to Library E-Services
http://www.ucd.ie/library/news/index.html#downjuly
If you have any queries please email LibITSupport@ucd.ie

eLibrary

eLibrary NHS Scotland is thought of as one of the best sites for guidelines that are appropriate to Ireland. It includes open access content on clinical guidelines, policy documents, critically evaluated evidence based websites and more.

for more information, please visit: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk/

Minister Harney announces a Public Consultation on the proposed Health Information Bill

Minister Harney announces a Public Consultation on the proposed Health Information Bill
http://www.dohc.ie/press/releases/2008/20080619.html

19 June 2008

The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney T.D., has announced a public consultation exercise on the proposed Health Information Bill which will deal with the collection, use, sharing, storage, disclosure and transfer of personal health information as well as the rights of individuals to control and access their health information.

The Minister stated that she wishes to obtain the views of the public and interested parties on this important legislation which is part of the ongoing Health Reform Programme. The views expressed in the consultation process will be taken on board in preparing the Bill.

The Minister set out the background to the Bill: “The objective of the current Health Reform Programme is to deliver better patient care and safety. This includes using information – in manual and electronic form - more effectively than previously to improve healthcare outcomes while ensuring that the privacy of personal health information is appropriately respected. ”

Accordingly, the main purposes of the proposed Bill will be:
* to establish a legislative framework to enable information –in whatever form- to be used to best effect to enhance medical care and patient safety throughout the health system,
* to facilitate the greater use of information technologies for better delivery of patient services, and
* to underpin an effective information governance structure for the health system generally.

The Minister added: “The consultation document sets out clearly the objectives that the Health Information Bill will seek to achieve and the issues that arise for consideration. In doing so, it draws heavily on national and international law, practice and experience in regulating personal health information.”

More information on the public consultation process, including the Discussion Document on the Bill and an accompanying Audit Paper setting out relevant key international instruments, national laws and guidelines relating to health information for Ireland and selected other countries is available on the Department of Health’s website at www.dohc.ie/issues/hib.

The public consultation exercise will run until Thursday, 11 September 2008, and all submissions received will be subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.

Limited service on Wednesday morning, 2nd July 2008.

Due to essential maintenance on the Library server, there will be limited service on Wednesday morning, 2nd July.

The Health Sciences Library will be open from 9 to 5pm but there will be no access to Library e-services, e-resources, catalogue or express service machine until 1pm. Laptops (without access to e-resources) will still be available. You can borrow and return books but not renew or reserve them until work on the library server is complete.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Now Available - Improved Access to Online Library Resources

The benefits of this major e-service development for UCD students and staff are:

• Seamless access to MORE resources via UCD Connect available anytime, anywhere.
• Single access point via resource’s title – no need to click on resource titles for access on campus and globe icons for access off campus anymore.
• A simple screen prompting for university login and password if you access resources off campus from the website directly.

You will need to make a small number of adjustments:

• Any URL links to online resources (other than freely available ones) that you have included in print or online guides or Blackboard course pages will need to be updated to the new URLS.
• Any bookmarks that you keep for your own use will need to be adjusted to include the new URL shown on our resource listings.

Further information: http://www.ucd.ie/library/about/projects/proxy_project.html.