NHS Evidence – gastroenterology and liver diseases will be publishing its first Evidence Update on alcoholic liver diseases on 7 December 2009. www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver NHS Evidence Annual Evidence Updates (AEUs) attempt to draw together recently published, high quality evidence – focusing particularly on systematic reviews and published guidelines – which it is hoped will inform and […]

In 2008, as part of its refurbishment programme, the Medical Library removed over 500 non-current journal titles. This was an important first step towards our strategic objective of becoming predominantly an electronic library depending far less on printed literature. Read all about the latest phase of our Library improvement programme!

Thank you very much if you’ve completed a survey. If you’ve not done it yet ……. Last chance for us to hear you! (and last blog asking for your contribution!)http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=396467 Survey closes on Monday 7th December 2009. Remember there’s a chance to win an iPod Shuffle or Amazon voucher! The breakdown of respondents is: (number […]

NHS Evidence – infections will launch its 2009 Annual Evidence Update: HIV in Children and Adolescents from Monday 30th November to Sunday 6th December 2009. The update has been timed to coincide with World AIDS Day on the 1st of December. NHS Evidence – infections provides convenient and comprehensive access to the best available evidence […]

Library Survey 2009 We’re still listening, and would like to hear more: Please complete the survey at http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=396467 So far people are using the survey to raise a lot of issues and suggestions for the Medical Library and its services: working space – the temperature, the noise, the light Library staff – the extent to […]

Healthy Futures: Medical Regulation and Human Agency 21st & 22nd January, 2010 Convenors: Professor David Spiegelhalter and Dr Tim Lewens Regulatory agencies routinely make cost-benefit analyses of new medical products and treatments. Yet there is little agreement on how such analyses ought to be performed, and utilitarian paradigms are seldom applied in other areas of […]

Many thanks to whoever nominated me for the You Make A Difference, November awards for “For being helpful to a patient by providing quick access to information “ Two nominations in 3 months is really great, and I’m very proud. Thanks again,Isla

Access to electronic resources off-campus changed from 1 August 2009. The University completed the transition from ATHENS access to locally authenticated access via Shibboleth on the 1st August. Users will no longer be able to access a resource via the ATHENS alternative login route. The recommended access route for electronic resources is via e-resources@cambridge (http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/) […]

Take the survey – we’re listeningwho?The Medical Library would like to find out what you think of us : our resources, our services, our staff & the library itselfwhat?LibQUAL is an online survey that has been used by libraries around the world. It only takes 10-15 minutes and the analysis is completely confidential .when?Monday 16th […]

The University is introducing a Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme for University staff on 2 November 2009. If you would like to find out more, drop in to one of the Road shows: 16 November 2009 (11am–2pm); Clinical School foyer, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road More details available.