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NeLH NEWS – October 2002
Apologies for cross posting. This mail has been sent to the following
lists: lis-medical, nelh, lis-rlg, confederation-librarians-group and clin-
lib. Please pass this on to colleagues who may not subscribe to these
lists.
***STOP PRESS***
- NeLH Awareness Week : 25th November – 1st December
Make a note in your diary. To celebrate the NeLH’s 2nd Birthday, we’ll be
running a NeLH Awareness Week, when we’ll be launching new publicity
materials, competitions and more. Watch out for more information over
the next few days at www.nelh.nhs.uk/awareness
PROCURING THE LIBRARY
- Advertisements have been placed for content and specialist libraries.
More information available at
http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/nelh/pages/procure.asp
NeLH CONTENT
- Hitting the Headlines featured stories on : Routine teaching of breast
self examination does not save lives, Can an aspirin a day reduce the risk
of Alzheimer's disease?, Risks of hormone replacement therapy, Patches and
gum 'failing to help stop smoking'
- Document of the week reviewed National Digital Mammography Archive, The
Nation's Health, The Resourceful Patient, Directory Of Clinical Databases
In The UK (DoCDat) and Nurse Prescriber - the official website of the
Association for Nurse Prescribing
- New features include open access within England to the Cochrane Library
and Clinical Evidence; additions of the Sports Foot and Hip Arthroplasty
to the Anatomy database; and a new set of NSF zones and Mental Health
Promotion resources
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
- New NSF Diabetes content
- Digital editions of Cancer Service Improvement Guides
- Know how section of the Care Pathways Database
COMMUNICATIONS
- The NeLH site received 2.6 million hits from 34, 000 hosts (individual
computers) and 629 users registered for an Athens password
- The NeLH sponsored the “Information strategies for primary care
conference” organised by the University of Northumbria
- Presentations were given to the NHS Regional Librarians Group and the
European Association of Health Information and Libraries
- Interactive NeLH workshops held at the UK Medicines Information
Conference
- Launch events for English Open Access Clinical Evidence and The Cochrane
Library eHealth Conference; and the Mental Health Promotion Zone
- Full page features on NeLH in NHSIA’s Inform newsletter
(www.nhsia.nhs.uk)
- Journal article on NeLH published in “Health Information and Libraries
Journal”
PLANNED COMMUNICATIONS
- Sponsorship of the Confederation Librarians Group study day on
Knowledge Management Strategies (24 October, Birmingham)
- NeLH presentation at the South West Evidence Based Health Conference
- NeLH Awareness Week 25 November – 1 December
- NeLH stand at the nhs.uk conference on 29 October
Regards,
Alison
Alison Turner
Library Partnership Co-ordinator
National electronic Library for Health
NHS Information Authority
Aqueous 2
Rocky Lane
Birmingham B6 5RQ
Mobile : 07887 574124
www : www.nelh.nhs.uk
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