History of Medicine

Hello again to all the first year UGs in the Medical School I saw yesterday. Here's the video we've produced to help you with your first assignment on the history of medicine.

                     

If you'd like anymore advice about researching your chosen topic call into the Library's drop-in clinic; Tuesdays 12-2pm at the Health Sciences Library, Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Photography Competition Winners

We recently held a photography competition at the Health Sciences Library - Royal Hallamshire Hospital with the aim of displaying the winning entries in the silent study room. The topic of the competition was, “Bringing the outside in”

Due to the phenomenal response of over 300 entries received, it took us a little while to decide who the winners were! 

The winners of the competition are:

1st Jonny Brooke "Cathedral Cove"

2nd Richard Quirke "Cosmiques Arete, Chamonix, France".

3rd Anisa Fadaei "Lines"

As a result of the extremely high quality entries, we decided that we would have more runners up and have pictures displayed in the small meeting room. The runners up are:

Jonny Brooke "Roy's Peak"

Richard Brown " A Woodland Flower"

Billy Clapham "Frosty Leaves" and "Summer Barley Field"

Matt Livesey "Ladybower"

Joe Llanos "Bamford, Peak District"

Ian Koh "From the Tower's Window"

Jamie Rutherford "Harbour Storm"

Mark Thomas "A Stroke of Genius"

Jose Vazquez "Kings of the Hill"

Christopher Yu "Wyming Brook"

All winners and runners up have been notified.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the competition, we really enjoyed looking at the amazing photography! The pictures will be on display shortly.

Research Data Management - your views wanted

The Wellcome Trust, on behalf of the Expert Advisory Group on Data Access (EAGDA) are looking for the views of the research community on the incentives and culture change for data access and sharing.

The survey responses will be used to inform the development of recommendations and guidelines on data access and management for the EAGDA funders. The EAGDA funders include the Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Medical Research Council.

The survey is available here.

New MUSE

CiCS launched their new version of MUSE yesterday. The new version is a lot simpler and slicker but you can still get quick access to all our Library resources.

To access the Library's catalogue, StarPlus, simply log-in and you'll find a link to the catalogue in the 'my services' section at the top of every University webpage. 

You can also click on 'view all services' to find links to interlibrary loan requests, myResource lists and myLibrary account.

To find a particular database that the Library subscribes to, simply search StarPlus using the 'University Collections' tab or use the A-Z list available from the Library webpages. 

Automatic Renewals

We've made some changes to the library system to make it easier for you to keep your account up to date.

From now on, we will automatically renew your loans as long as no-one has requested them. 

If one of your loans has been requested and we are unable to renew it, we will send you an email to let you know that you need to return it.  

We will also send you a weekly borrowing statement to remind you which books you have out on loan and highlight any that have been requested.

Make sure you check your weekly borrowing statement and library account regularly to avoid fines.

More information on lending services

                                       

Upgrades to the Library System in June

The Library will be upgrading many of its back-office systems between 14th and 21st June.  Whilst we aim to keep disruption to a minimum during this transition period, certain Library services will be affected.  We aim to have services in operation by Friday 21 June.

We'll be posting regular updates on the library system transition webpages, on this blog, and via our Twitter feed. 

From Friday 14th June, certain features of StarPlus will be temporarily unavailable:

• Online Renewals:  If you wish to renew books during the transition period, please email us at library@sheffield.ac.uk, call the Library Helpdesk 0114 222-7200, or visit an information desk at any library site.  
• Requests: It will not be possible to place requests via StarPlus but if you wish to request a book please go to any of the Library desks and fill in a reservation card. We will make your request as soon as the new systems are in place.
• myResource lists service will continue to be available, however links to StarPlus may be affected. 

The processing of interlibrary requests will be delayed during the transition period, but we will process all requests as soon as possible. If you have any interlibrary loan items on loan to you and you are likely to be away from The University please return these before you leave.

Vacation Loans

Vacation loans for Summer will be available from Monday 3 June at 9am. For further information please see: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/services/sumrloan

Normal loans to Staff, NHS and PG Research students
Items issued to these borrowers between 3 June & 6 September will be due for return on 4 October, unless the item is requested by another borrower.


Normal loans to Part-time PG Taught and Part-time UG students
Items issued to these borrowers between 3 June & 20 September will be due for return on 4 October, unless the item is requested by another borrower.


Normal loans to Full-time PG Taught and Full-time UG students
Items issued to these borrowers between 3 June & 27 September will be due for return on 4 October, unless the item is requested by another borrower.

Loans already reserved for someone else
Items issued from 6 June will be issued for 2 weeks or until 30 September, whichever is shorter.

The loan period for external borrowers will remain at one week throughout the vacation period.

A normal loan item may be recalled by the library if someone else requests it. Recalled items must be returned within 15 days of the recall.

Fines will be charged in any overdue loans, so please ensure that your borrower record is kept up to date.

For all enquiries regarding loans please contact the Library Helpdesk on 0114 222 7200 or library@sheffield.ac.uk

The Health Sciences Library - Royal Hallamshire Hospital will revert to summer opening hours on Monday 15 July. For more information about our opening hours, including bank holidays, please see the following page: http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libsites/rhhopen

For all other University of Sheffield Library opening hours please see this page: http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libsites