What would you like for a study day or CPD?

Here is your chance to add the topics you would like to see HLG Wales present in study days or any other CPD activities.  Just click on the Comment link and add your suggestion – these will be gathered to present at the next Committee meeting planning the 2009 training calendar.

Thank you!!

Welsh NHS e-Library

We are pleased to see that the Welsh Assembly Government has now given Informing Healthcare the authority to proceed with the re-procurement of e-library resources. This valuable resource is at the core of our health professionals’ ability to access evidence to improve the healthcare of those living in Wales.

The sustainability of this e-Library is a concern to us all – and Librarians in the NHS across Wales have done a stellar job in bringing this issue to the fore-front.  There is a need for change on how this resource is managed and delivered (this is not to say Informing Healthcare was doing a bad job; they seemed to be caught in the middle many times).  It is HLG Wales’ feeling that there needs to be:

1.  A full-time, dedicated person who manages the e-Library.  Managing a national electronic resource includes negotiating with providers and publishers, as well as maintaining the technical details to make sure the resources subscribed to are actually available and up and running.  Regular evaluation of the resources needs to take place.  This cannot be a job which is tagged onto another person’s job description; this important job demands a full-time, dedicated employee to oversee the e-library.

2.  Recurring budget line for national e-resources for healthcare.  There is no turning back the clock on this one.  The need to access important and informative articles, book chapters and databases has been proven by the amount of protest at the loss of these resources recently.  To procure these core titles at a local level would be devistating to libraries, as well as an expensive and time consuming venture for the librarians and their insufficient resource budgets.  To avoid the inequality of access to information across Wales, and to procure more effectively, the core journal and book titles need to be procured nationally and available through the e-Library.

It is a testiment to the Librarians working in Wales, as well as those working with us in Informing Healthcare, that the funding to re-procure has come through.

CILIP Cymru Members Day 2008

 

You are warmly invited to attend CILIP Cymru’s  Members’ Day the details of which are outlined below

 

Date: Monday 27th October 2008

Time: 10.30am -3pm

Venue: St. Deiniol’s Library, St Deiniol’s, Hawarden, Flintshire
CH5 3DF http://www.st-deiniols.com/

Programme:

The day will begin with a welcome by Rhys Bebb Jones, Chair CILIP Cymru/Wales followed by a tour of St Deiniol’s Library. In the afternoon representatives of Groups in Wales, including HLG Wales, have been invited to speak along with Rhidian Griffiths, Treasurer of the Kathleen Cooks Fund and Rebecca Davies, Head of the Assembly Government Library & Public Enquiry Service and Chair of Activities Panel, CILIP Cymru/Wales.

 

Booking Form:

There is no charge for members attending the Members’ Day, with lunch and refreshments provided free of charge. In order to assist arrangements, could you please complete the form and return it by 17 October, 2008.

 

For further details please contact Mandy Powell, CILIP Cymru/Wales Development Officer – 07837 032 536 / mdp@aber.ac.uk

Travel Directions for November Study Day

 

For train travellers:

 

Alight your mainline train at Cardiff Central Station.  You may either take a taxi or a 10 minute walk to Greyfriars Road. By Foot: on exit of the main entrance walk ahead (Bus Depot on your left hand side) and turn right at bakery on the corner.  At the end of the road turn left , crossing two pedestrian crossings, and walk ahead down St Mary Street and High Street towards the Castle.  At the end of the High Street bear right and head towards Queen Street (pedestrianised shopping street).  Walking down Queen Street turn left at the Principality.  At the end of this road cross and turn right.  You are now on Greyfriars Road and Park House is situated on your left.

 

In reception walk through the double doors in front of you and use the lift on your right to go up to the 2nd floor.  Turn left when you exit the lift, our entrance is in front of you.

 

 

For car drivers:

 

Exit the M4 at Junction 29 (A48M).  Travel along this dual carriageway for about 4 miles.  Eventually you will pass the University Hospital of Wales on your right.  Just after this take the slip road on your left up to the roundabout beneath the fly-over and take the A470 turning towards the City Centre (2nd exit).  Continue on this road towards the City Centre for about a mile or so.  The road narrows and then widens again – fours lanes going to three to four.  Proceed on this road until you see the Castle on your right.

 

With the castle walls on your right – not before – turn left at the traffic lights (see map overleaf for clarification) into Boulevard De Nantes and immediately turn right.  You should now be directly opposite the Hilton Hotel.  Take a left into Greyfriars Road and there is a multi storey NCP car park on your right.  Park here.  Exit the car park, cross the road and turn left and walk up to Park House (directly opposite Vive Health & Smoothie Bar).

 

In reception walk through the double doors in front of you and use the lift on your right to go up to the 2nd floor.  Turn left when you exit the lift, our entrance is in front of you.

 

Critical appraisal for healthcare librarians: an interactive workshop

Presented by: the Support Unit for Research Evidence, Cardiff University

 

Where: National Collaborating Centre for Cancer, 2nd Floor, Park House
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff CF10 3AF

 

When:  Thursday, 13^th November, 2008; 10.00am coffee/tea/registration; 10.30-3.30 programme (including lunch)

 

Registration price: £70 members of HLGW; £100 non-members

Please contact Katrina Dalziel, k.dalziel@swan.ac.uk, to register for the day.

 

Healthcare librarians are in the frontline when it comes to the translation of evidence into medical practice. They are responsible both for identifying best available evidence through the application of search and appraisal skills and for developing those skills in healthcare professionals.

 

This workshop has been designed enhance existing appraisal skills and to look at how to facilitate the use of critical appraisal in a range of clinical settings.  The format will be highly interactive, with a mix of presentations, group work and discussions.

By the end of the course participants will:

• have a clear understanding of the following types of research:
  • systematic reviews 
  • randomised controlled trials
  • qualitative studies
• be aware of how these study types add to the evidence base;
• be familiar with the appraisal process for each type;
• understand the fundamentals of statistics* necessary for critical appraisal;
• be able to facilitate the development of critical appraisal skills in others. 

Who should attend: Library and information staff working in a health setting or anyone involved with teaching critical appraisal skills.

 

Workshop attendees will be required to do around 3 hours of pre-work.

 

 

 

* Note: this is not a statistics course.

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HLG Wales Autumn Study Day and Workshop

HLG Wales Autumn Study Day and Workshop

Teaching Critical Appraisal Skills

Presented by members of the Support for Research Evidence Unity (SURE), Cardiff University 

Date: 13th November  Place: National Collaborating Centre for Cancer, Cardiff 

Registration price: £70 members of HLGW; £100 non-members  Full programme and registration details to follow shortly.

Were you inspired?

Hi all,  Now that we all recovered from conference, I thought you might want to share with us anything you felt was inspiring or challenging.  Please add your comments below!

Your opportunity to add to the Blog

HLG Wales’ blog is open to all members who may want to announce any new and exciting programmes happening with their library.  If you would like to become a writer in the blog, please contact Lori at l.d.havard@swansea.ac.uk and she can share the log-in details.  Now is your time to shine and rightfully show off the good things happening in Wales, or maybe you just want to start a discussion line going.  Please don’t be shy!

HLG Conference Part 2

The Conference is only a month away.  We are looking forward to welcoming library and information professionals from across the UK to the beautiful city of Cardiff.  The HLG Conference committee has done a wonderful job in drawing together an interesting and diverse group of speakers.  Wales will be well represented, from the Tuesday Keynote Speaker being Tony Jewel, CMO for Wales, to speakers and poster presenters from librarians and researchers across Wales.

HLG Wales is hosting a Pre-Conference Dinner on the Sunday.  This has proved very popular and is now “sold-out”.  If you were not able to get into the dinner, I am sure you will see the group wandering around the Mermaid Quay cafe and bar area after dinner!  If the weather is nice, this is a lovely place to gather on a summer’s evening.

HLG Conference

The HLG Conference isn’t too far away.  Thank goodness it is in Cardiff!  It will be good to show off Wales (let’s all pray for sunshine!).  If you haven’t registered yet, you still can at http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/hlg/conf2008/registration.html . 

If you are coming to stay on the Sunday night before the conference, HLG Wales will be hosting a dinner at Bayside Brasserie at Cardiff Bay.  If you would like to come to the dinner, please e-mail Lori Havard at l.d.havard@swan.ac.uk to make your reservation.  Menus will come out to you a few weeks before for pre-ordering.  We have a limit of 35, so get your reservations in quickly!