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HCLU Bulletin* Issue 66 26 November
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The Cochrane Library Webinar - Spaces left for today:
Wiley are offering instructor-led online training on how to use
The Cochrane Library. All that you will need is an internet connection and access to a telephone. This training is completely free of charge and will be conducted over the telephone and via the internet. Wiley will supply a freephone
number to dial, so that attendees can speak to the presenter, listen to the presentation and take part in the online meeting at the same time without incurring any costs.
The session will last approximately 1 hour. Places are strictly limited. To sign up just follow the link below and select “Register”. Reply to this email to receive the telephone dial-in details. --------------------------------------------- Tuesday,
26th November 2013, 13:00
GMT Time (London, GMT) --------------------------------------------- Go to
https://wiley-onlinelibrary.webex.com/wiley-onlinelibrary/k2/j.php?ED=233475002&UID=0&HMAC=d8fc6c36194f2e829ae55b2737bd7d998ee536b2&RT=MTgjMjE%3D and register.
Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the session. Visit our training website at:
wileyonlinelibrary.com/training Christmas Study Day – bookings close this Thursday:
The programme for the Christmas study day is below. If you would like to attend please book your place at
http://resources.lihnn.nhs.uk/new/Events_Calendar/preview_event.aspx?id=409 Bookings will close on the 28 November. The keynote speaker is Simon Edwards from Cilip and there will be a three course Christmas meal served at lunch time. When you book on Andrea will send you a link to the menu where
you can choose your food in advance. Hope to see lots of you there on the day. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Gil –
[log in to unmask] CHRISTMAS STUDY DAY 10 December 2013 Wrightington Hotel & Country Club -
http://www.wrightingtonhotel.co.uk/ 09.30 - 10.15: Registration (Tea, coffee, water available) 10.15 - 10.30: Welcome from Stephen Edwards and David Stewart 10.30 - 11.15: Keynote – Simon Edwards 11.15 - 11.45: Coffee 11.45 - 12.15: Quality Awards - main presentations 12.15 - 12.30: Three minutes of madness for quality awards 12.30 - 14.00: Lunch/Quiz/Networking/Voting 14.00 - 14.20: Alison Brettle 14.20 - 14.50: LIHNN Group Reports 14.50 - 15.05: Afternoon tea 15.05 - 15.30: Presentations/Quiz Results etc 12 Days of Christmas:
The virtual course “12 days of Christmas” will start on
Monday 2 December. Information about how to participate is attached. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
The 12 Days of Christmas is an online tutorial that allows you to learn about different online tools that you might not have heard of before or not had time yet to have a go. The tools are often examples of
social media and you can use them to keep up-to-date professionally, to market your service or simply to make your life easier. If you want to take part there is no requirement to book onto this course. On the 2 December I will send out an email to
[log in to unmask] with a link to the 12 days of Christmas blog where you will be able to access the first module and a reflective grid for you to complete during each exercise. The reflective grid is a word document.
The course is open to all LIHNN members and to library and knowledge staff in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Participants can choose which modules to complete. You can do them all or just choose to do certain
ones. Beyond Borders: Connect & Collaborate Internationally - #uklibchat & #SLAtalk joint chat:
#SLAtalk and #UKlibchat are pleased to co-present a Twitter conversation like no other! *Tuesday 3rd December 18.30-20.30 GMT / 13.30-15.30 EST - Beyond Borders: Connect and Collaborate Internationally* Join #uklibchat and #SLAtalk in our first collaborative tweet chat exploring the challenges and opportunities for information professionals as well as networking with others in our profession across geographic and cultural boundaries. The first hour will be discussing the following questions:
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Q1 *What tools or technologies do you use to assist you in today’s global workplace? Describe a success story and share the impact of the project.
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Q2 *Have you successfully performed research using another country’s resources or researched in another language?
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Q3 * Share a challenge caused by working beyond your own borders, and how you overcame it.
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Q4 *What skills do you think make you more successful in working and collaborating in a multinational environment? How can you better network beyond your borders? What we discuss in the second hour is up to you! Please feel free to add your questions to our agenda document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ci7t766uuVu-PBUb3fcOUEwQ2zCnaTPX_r7vhw8xXK8/edit?usp=sharing For more information check out How to #SLAtalk<http://www.sla.org/how-to-slatalk/>and the latest #SLAtalk Roundups <http://www.sla.org/category/slachat/>, as well as #SLAtalk
explained via PowToon <http://www.powtoon.com/p/dzi9wtXgYiv/>. You can also find out more about #uklibchat<http://uklibchat.wordpress.com/about-uklibchat/>andhow
to join a twitter chat <http://uklibchat.wordpress.com/guide-to-uklibchatting/>on our blog, and see past #uklibchat summaries<http://uklibchat.wordpress.com/discussion-summaries-links/>and feature articles. We hope to see you next week
J The #uklibchat and #SLAtalk teams Supporting the use of NICE resources to help clinicians adopt evidence into practice – bookings now open:
The course has been arranged by Lucy Anderson at Pennine Care and is FREE to LIHNN members. Date: 21 January 2014 Venue: Pennine Care Learning and Development Department,
Horton House,
Southlink Business Park ,
Hamilton Street,
Oldham, OL4 1DE Time: 13.00-15.00 Maximum number of places: 12 Book a place:
http://resources.lihnn.nhs.uk/new/Events_Calendar/preview_event.aspx?id=450 Outline programme: •
Introduction, developments at NICE •
Practical exercise
- types of guidance •
New product - NICE Quality standards •
Easier ways to access the guidance •
NICE pathways •
Implementation tools •
Practical exercise
- finding tools & resources •
Discussion and questions •
Evaluation and summing up Learning Outcomes: ·
Able to describe the full range of NICE guidance, standards, and implementation tools ·
Able to navigate the NICE website more easily ·
Able to describe 3 ways in which you can enhance your service to better support clinicians in your trust to use NICE guidance and tools, and contribute to the organisational
culture of evidence based practice Statistics for Critical Appraisal – Aintree – 15/01/2014:
An advanced session for those already familiar with critical appraisal and who want to learn more about statistics at a level for beginners. By the end of the session participants will be
able to interpret common types of statistics found in healthcare research NB. This is a repeat session of previous years. Book a place:
http://lihnn.whisinternet.org/new/Events_Calendar/preview_event.aspx?id=448 NISO December Webinar - Library Linked Data: From Vision to Reality:
See attached i2c2 conference - Early Bird!
Still time for the Early Bird rate at the Innovation, Inspiration and Creativity Conference: Using Positive Disruption to improve libraries in Manchester, UK on 6th & 7th March 2014 (i2c2 for short!).
http://i2c2conference.org/ We've now confirmed our Keynote Speakers - Brendan Dawes (http://brendandawes.com/) and Dave White (http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/staff/academicstaff/profile.php?a=alpha&id=8),
we've got Andy Priestner (http://libreaction.wordpress.com/) coming to do run Serious Play Lego workshops with us and plans for lots of other workshops, talks and activities. The full programme will be out mid-December
as we're firming it up over the next few weeks. There are a real mix of speakers, from academic libraries, public libraries, consultants and more ... suitable for anyone interested in innovating to improve libraries, whatever the sector! Bookings are open at
http://www.store.hud.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=286 (links are on the main website too), with a hefty discount available if you book before the end of November
J Managing Accident and Emergency - Averting an NHS Crisis:
Manchester Conference Centre: 26th February 2014. Ahead of the plans to remodel Accident & Emergency services, NHS England announced the formation of urgent
care boards with the aim for the boards to form action plans and release funds to help manage peak flows. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of urgent and emergency care has identified weaknesses across the health system.
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The future of urgent, critical and emergency care
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Raising standards in accident and emergency care – progress so far
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The role of primary care
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Increasing demand on A&E services – what does this tell us about the system?
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Managing Demand: Planning to avert a crisis
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Delivering better out-of-hospital care Register
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105 Indispensable Resources for Online Academic Research:
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Newsletters, Briefings, Reports, Articles and Guidance Francis response link:
http://francisresponse.dh.gov.uk/
AQuA portal updates, 26 November 2013:
See attached AQuA Bulletin Issue 71:
Issue 71 of the AQuA Bulletin is now exclusively available on the AQuA Portal (click here to log on and download). Above the Fold - V6 n35: Sharing information in the network, de-skilling professions, socializing online more and working less.
http://visit.oclc.org/dm?id=FAE774BE490F001323BFFECA65DBF8B2BBBE1ADFE3D02CC7 EHealth Insider Issue 609:
http://mail.ehi.co.uk/q/1maCjFlxoBIArOuCKUmw/wv The Future of MOOCs:
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/the-future-of-moocs/ EHealth Insider Special report - business intelligence:
http://mail.ehi.co.uk/q/1maCjFlodL11fI4EjAbG/wv Mind Tools Newsletter 311: What's Your Influencing Style?
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/Newsletters/19Nov13.htm New Internet Monitor report:
“Measuring Internet Activity: A (Selective) Review of Methods and Metrics” http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/internetmonitor/2013/11/14/measuring-internet-activity/#! |
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