Farewell David

Earlier this month we bid farewell to David Rafferty, our Learning Technologist, who has taken on an exciting new post as e-Learning Manager for an international organisation working with overseas students. David was based predominantly at RSCH but also supported drop-in iris sessions at PRH. He was known to many BSUH staff for his excellent work with Matthew on developing …

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Learn how to use technologies in your face-to-face teaching

New teaching dates announced for PRH! This popular course is suitable for anyone who teaches staff, trainees or students and aims to enhance teaching using learning technologies. Each session lasts only 90 minutes and is stand-alone but would be complemented by the other session. Follow the links below for more details and to book your place. Session 1: Flipped classroom: …

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Happy retirement to Jil Fairclough!

This month saw colleagues gathering from across the NHS, the Universities of Brighton and Sussex, and BSMS to say farewell to Jil Fairclough and wish her a happy retirement. Jil has worked in the team since 1999 and for the last 14 years she has led our medical school library team as Medical School Librarian and Technology-Enhanced Learning Lead. Jil’s …

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Top tip for Open Access Week – SHERPA Services

The Centre for Research Communications at the University of Nottingham has developed a suite of free tools to support open access publishing decisions.   Will the journal I want to publish in let me make my article freely available? Use SHERPA ROMEO to search for journal policies on copyright and self-archiving in repositories. There is a handy colour coding system …

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Speed up your access to evidence!

The Library and Knowledge Service offers a variety of services to help implement evidence in practice. We find evidence to answer your specific clinical or managerial questions. We run teaching to refresh your skills in finding, evaluating and managing healthcare research. We send you short updates on the latest publications in your field. Now all of these services can be …

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Support for managers

Here’s just a selection of the rich resources to support Managers. Explore our full range via our website: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/ NHS OpenAthens password required; register here: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/ Books   Sullivan E J.  Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing.  9th ed. 2018         Stanley D. Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare: Values into Action. 2nd ed 2017     …

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Welcome to all our new student nurses

Our team are looking forward to meeting you at your library Induction on 11 October in the Library at the Audrey Emerton Building. PS: don’t worry; our induction has changed somewhat since this photo!!

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Libraries Week 9 – 14 October

9-14 October is Libraries Week: the annual showcase of all the creative, innovative and diverse activities that UK libraries have to offer. We’ll be tweeting events that are running in other libraries throughout the week but why not take some time to explore our Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service?   *Did you know: 581 in-depth reports on the latest …

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