LENUS

LENUS is an irish online repository of health-related reports, research and official publications from 1960 to the present day that has been compiled by staff a the Regional Library & Information Service in Dr. Steevens' Hospital in Dublin. LENUS includes policy evaluation documents, official publications, clinical research and statistics. Authors can also submit their original research to the repository. LENUS is a searchable repository and includes documents from the former Irish Health Boards, the Health Service Executive and Department of Health and Children. It is an important resource for health professionals, policy makers, academics, librarians, students and the general public. A lot of the material in LENUS is being made available online for the first time.

For more information go to http://www.lenus.ie

UCD Books on Prescription Scheme - Health and Wellbeing

The professional staff in the UCD Student Health Centre in cooperation with the UCD Library Service have put together a selection of books to inform and promote the student’s sense of health and wellbeing.
These books cover a wide range of topics including mental health, spirituality, physical health, nutrition, sexual health, sport cookery and even DIY.
Some of the books have been written by leading experts and may be used as an additional form of treatment for people with mental health issues, often containing a self-help plan. You may be recommended a book by a member of the health team or welfare services or you may simply access the book yourself.
Where are the books located?
The books are located in the UCD Health Sciences Library, adjacent to the UCD Student Health Centre. Enter the UCD Health Sciences Centre. The library entrance is directly in front of you.
Follow the signage to the "Health & Wellbeing" on the ground floor near the stairs. You will find your book there.
The books are available on loan to ALL UCD students by using their student card, with or without a prescription.
Confidentiality
Library staff are professionals and will treat you with respect and discretion. They won’t divulge any personal information about individual borrowing.

Need to identify trustworthy information on the web?

Can you distinguish quality assured websites on health from misleading ones? The Evaluating Internet Health Information tutorial from the National Library of Medicine is a fifteen minute tutorial that demonstrates the features of trustworthy websites and highlights elements common in unreliable websites to help you tell the difference. For more information on surfing for prime reliable internet sources, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html

Introduction to EndNote

EndNote is an application that stores and manages references, and makes creating bibliographies easy. UCD Library is offering lunchtime introduction to EndNote sessions on the following dates in semester one :

Wednesday 8th Oct 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Wednesday 15th Oct 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Friday 24th Oct 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Wednesday 29th Oct 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Wednesday 5th Nov 2008
1-2pm
James Joyce Library, Information Skills Room
Wednesday 12th Nov 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Wednesday 19th Nov 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Wenesday 26th Nov 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Wednesday 3rd Dec 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room
Tuesday 9th Dec 2008
1-2pm
Health Sciences Library, Information Skills Room

These sessions will include:
- Creating references in EndNote
- Downloading references from online sources
- Using Cite While You Write to add references and a
bibliography to your paper

For advance bookings please fill out the online booking form on the UCD Library EndNote web pages at: http://www.ucd.ie/library/students/information_skills/endnote/training.html. Or contact lorraine.foster@ucd.ie for enquiries.

Any places not booked will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis on the day.
Library

WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY – 10 SEPTEMBER 2008

(source: http://www.iasp.info/)

World Suicide Prevention Day is commemorated on the 10th of September as an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and is in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The 2008 theme is: “Think Globally, Plan Nationally, Act Locally” and it focuses people’s attention on the huge and important problem of suicidal behaviours.

“The WHO estimates that the one million people die in the world each year by suicide. (…) The reality is that every minute there are two more deaths by suicide.”
International Association for Suicide Prevention

For more information, please visit: http://www.iasp.info/ or http://www.who.int/.

Welcome back to Health Sciences Library!

Term/Semester hours (effective 8th September 2008)

Health Sciences Library

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Monday - Friday 8:30 - 21:45 (Loans Desk staffed from 9:00 to 21:30)

Saturday 9:00 - 17:00 (Loans Desk staffed from 9:30 to 16:45 )

Sunday - CLOSED

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For more information, please visit: http://www.ucd.ie/library/about/opening_hours/index.html

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.

Architecture Award - your chance to vote!

UCD Health Sciences Centre is on the shortlist of architectural projects for the Public Choice Award at the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2008. It was selected from over 200 entries. You can view the shortlist and vote now for your favourite project.

UCD Health Sciences Library is an integral part of the centre and is delighted to be on the shortlist for this award, a new category introduced for the 20th anniversary of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

The winner will be announced on the 23rd June 2008.
View entries and vote for your favourite!

WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY

(source: World Health Organization)

WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY is celebrated every year on the 14th of June. This event highlights the role blood donors play in saving people’s lives. In 2008, the theme of WBDD is “GIVING BLOOD REGULARY”. It should draw attention to support national blood donor projects in creating a stable base of voluntary unpaid donors.

“The clinical demand for blood is rising throughout the world to support advancements in medical and surgical procedures. Though the pattern of blood usage varies in different countries, there is still a great need for it in the treatment of complications during pregnancy and childbirth and severe childhood anaemia.”

World Health Organization

For more information, please visit: http://www.who.int/worldblooddonorday/en/
For details on where you can donate blood, visit the Irish Blood Transfusion Service at http://www.ibts.ie/.

Undiagnosed Diseases Programme

The programme was launched in May 2008 and aims to help patients with undiagnosed diseases. The National Human Genome Research Institute, the NIH Office of Rare Diseases and the NIH Clinical Center organised the programme which has two main goals;

• To provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis.
• To advance medical knowledge about rare and common diseases.,

For more information, FAQ, press releases and audio announcing the progamme or related material, go to:

URL: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/Resources.aspx?PageID=31

Window blind installation in the Health Sciences Library, 6th-13th June 2008

Please note, the top floor of the Health Sciences Library will be closed from 6th-13th June.
Study spaces are available on the other floors and you can access collections and services as usual.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

(source: http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/)

( source: World Health Organization)

NO TOBACCO DAY is celebrated every year on 31st of May. Initiated by World Health Organization from 1987, it draws people’s attention to tobacco addiction and shows how dangerous it can be, especially for young adults and children.
In 2008, the theme is “TOBACCO – FREE YOUTH” and campaign focuses on the following message:

“One of the most effective ways countries can protect young people from experimenting and becoming regular tobacco users is to ban all forms of direct and indirect tobacco advertising, including promotion of tobacco products and sponsorship, by the tobacco industry, of any events or activities”.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

For more information, please visit: http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2008/en/.

The access to the Health Sciences Building

The access to the Health Sciences Building from Monday 26th May 2008 is as follows:

For staff:
-Via Computer Lab B006 for staff with swipe cards enabled for out of hours access

For all users (signposting will be provided)
-via O’Briens café
-via fire door corridor beside O’Briens
-via fire door entrance on Block A (facing the Student Centre)
-via rear of building, i.e. through the cloister beside the library

Summer Opening Hours - Health Sciences Library

Monday 2nd June 2008 – Saturday 28th June 2008

(Monday 2nd June Bank Holiday - CLOSED)
Monday – Friday 0900 – 2145 (Loans Desk staffed from 9am)
Saturday 0930 – 1700 (7th, 14th, 21st & 28th)

30th June 2008 – HSL Summer Opening Hours

Monday – Friday 0900 – 1700 (Loans Desk staffed from 9am)
Saturday CLOSED