The WHO World Malaria Report 2009 has been launched today.
It is freely available to download on the WHO website at www.who.int/malaria/world_malaria_report_2009/en/index.html and can also be purchased from the WHO bookshop. A copy will be available in the Library once it has been received and processed.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Monday, 14 December 2009
Christmas closure
The Library closes for the Christmas break at 8.25pm on Tuesday 22nd December 2009, and will re-open at 8.30am on Monday 4th January 2010. Vacation hours will be in operation on 21st and 22nd December 2009, and from 4th January until 10th January 2010.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Inter-Library loan arrangements over the Festive Season
Any inter-library loan requests received by the Library after 5pm on 16th December will not be processed until the Library re-opens on Monday 4th January 2010. This is to ensure that all incoming requests are processed and received before the School and British Library Christmas closures.
Further information for staff and grant funded research students
Staff and grant-funded research students requesting journal articles or book chapters should be aware that these may be sent to your email address on any day up to and including 22 December. It is your responsibility to ensure that requested items are downloaded and printed within 14 days of the email send date. Any items which expire will need to be requested again, incurring another charge.
Further information for staff and grant funded research students
Staff and grant-funded research students requesting journal articles or book chapters should be aware that these may be sent to your email address on any day up to and including 22 December. It is your responsibility to ensure that requested items are downloaded and printed within 14 days of the email send date. Any items which expire will need to be requested again, incurring another charge.
NEW FREE RESOURCE - NHS Evidence: Quality and Productivity
NHS Evidence - Quality and Productivity has just been launched. It is a free resource which aims to provide a resource of evidence on how to improve quality and productivity in the NHS. It will and will evolve and expand over time to build a comprehensive library of quality and productivity evidence. The aim of the collection is to provoke thoughts, ideas and discussions about changes that can be made locally in the NHS.
NHS Evidence - Quality and Productivity joins the family of 34 Specialist Collections, providing easy access to high quality evidence on a range of health problems and services.
NHS Evidence - Quality and Productivity joins the family of 34 Specialist Collections, providing easy access to high quality evidence on a range of health problems and services.
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Ovid Books
We use Ovid for a number of key databases such as Embase, Medline and CINAHL to access resources. You can now use Ovid to access books online. We are looking to expand our e-book collection and have started to purchase a number of texts. You can view these at Ovid Books
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Collection of the Month
The Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health collection includes a wealth of visual and textual material concerning the first 20 years of AIDS prevention and awareness in Europe. The collection's 700 posters and ephemera, as well as evaluation and campaign material, serve as a valuable resource for those studying the early impact of HIV/AIDS and global pandemics as well as public health propaganda.
The posters concern issues such as safe sex and the harmful effects of using needles. They originate from countries across Europe including Norway, Greece, the former Soviet Union and Germany and use strong imagery including condoms and syringes to illustrate how HIV is transmitted. Ephemera includes badges, bags, leaflets and tapes and videos from various countries concerning AIDS and sexual health campaigns. Evaluation and campaign material relates to work carried out in 1980s and 1990s concerning AIDS and notably includes pamphlets and leaflets from campaigns carried out across Europe, AIDS Strategic Monitor publications and surveys and research collated by various market research companies. The collection can be searched through the Archives catalogue at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives/ and is accessible to all
World AIDS Day Exhibition
An Archives exhibition to mark World AIDS Day will be displayed in the Library during the first week of December. The material on display includes posters originally collected by the School’s Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health during the 1980s and 1990s. These striking images vividly capture the kind of propaganda and campaign techniques used by governments during the early days of AIDS awareness.
The posters and ephemera were brought together from a wide range of European countries, including Russia, Romania and Switzerland and were intended to prevent the spread of the disease by informing the public of how AIDS can be transmitted. They serve as a fascinating visual record of how the world was beginning to come to terms with such a widespread threat over twenty years ago
The posters and ephemera were brought together from a wide range of European countries, including Russia, Romania and Switzerland and were intended to prevent the spread of the disease by informing the public of how AIDS can be transmitted. They serve as a fascinating visual record of how the world was beginning to come to terms with such a widespread threat over twenty years ago
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