David, Words cannot possibly do justice to the sense of eager anticipation with which I followed the link below, expecting to be lulled into a soporific state by some delightful lyric poem as the word "ode" is defined in the vast assortment of dictionaries in which I looked it up. Imagine my disappointment when the promised ode turned out to be a mere newspaper article in The Scotsman. Please convey my dissatisfaction to your brummie mate. Disgruntled of Oldham The link in question Paeons of praise for the reference library An entertaining, if a little lengthy, ode to the reference library: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/notebook-glasgow-s-shelf-life-1- 2305895 ________________________________ From: A list for health related libraries within the North West of England [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stewart David (ASHTON, LEIGH AND WIGAN PCT) Sent: 20 June 2012 13:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: June Health Information News from West Midlands --- This message was sent from an email address external to NHSmail but gives the appearance of being from an NHSmail (@nhs.net) address. The recipient should verify the sender and content before acting upon information contained within. The identified sender is [log in to unmask] --- Dear all Some interesting information in here - but as always note that the "local" information refers to West Midlands events. David David Stewart BA(Hons) Dip.Lib. FCLIP Director of Health Libraries North West 01942 482 582 0774 702 1368 NW Health Care Libraries Unit Unit E, Kingscroft Court Warrington Road Wigan WN1 3AP From: Greening Sarah [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 20 June 2012 11:32 To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Subject: June Health Information News Dear All, Attached is this month's newsletter and the Inspire newsletter. As always, you can add your events on NHS local at: http://nhslocal.nhs.uk/my-health/equip/add/events or tell me if you want them, or any news items, added to this email newsletter in future months. Thanks very much Regards, Sarah Greening Health Information Co-ordinator NHS West Midlands St. Chad's Court 213 Hagley Road Birmingham B16 9RG <http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=404571&y=286046&z=0&sv=b16+9rg&st= 2&pc=b16+9rg&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf> Tel: 0121 695 2227 Email: [log in to unmask] Twitter: @equipNHS Website: www.equip.nhs.uk <http://www.equip.nhs.uk> Quality Health Information for the West Midlands public NHS West Midlands is part of the NHS Midlands and East cluster of SHAs comprising NHS East Midlands, NHS East of England and NHS West Midlands This email and any attachment is intended solely for the recipient. Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return e-mail.. The information contained in this email may be subject to public disclosure under the NHS Code of Openness or the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. All emails are monitored for security reasons. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of NHS West Midlands. In the interests of the environment please think carefully before printing this email. ************************************************************************ ******************************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and Scotland NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and GSi recipients NHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be accessed anywhere ************************************************************************ ******************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for use by the intended recipient and those authorised to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The Trust reserves the right to monitor all email communication for the purposes of training and security/personnel investigations.