Sally Hernando Awards for Innovation in NHS Library & Knowlede Services

We are very pleased to announce that  during the recent judging of the Sally Hernando Awards for Innovation in NHS Library and Knowledge Services 2013-14, two of our LQAF submissions were commended for good/best practice. Our successful submissions, entered by Grazia Manzotti, were:

(1) our self-guided smartphone tour of the library and
(2) making Endnote software available to all GOSH staff

The judging panel comprises a number of SHA Library Leads and Library Service Managers, and competition for these awards is very high. Further details of all the submissions can be seen here.

Our Certificates of Commendation are on display in the Library.

Last year we also won a commendation for good/best practice, details of which can be seen here.

WiFi available to Great Ormond Street Library members

WiFi is now available to Great Ormond Street members of the ICH Library. The log in is via UCL Guest  available from the Library Enquiry Desk.  For more information on UCL Guest please see the following webpage: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/common/wireless/uclguest.  GOSH staff need to register with the Library before being issued with log in. 

Endnote X7 Software is now available for GOSH staff

Endnote X7 Software is now available on GOSH-owned PCs

EndNote is a program that works with Microsoft Word to automatically format in-text citations and end-of-paper reference lists with your chosen Style (Vancouver, Harvard, etc.). Endnote can also be used to download and store citations records from different sources such as PubMed.

By storing citations in an EndNote Library you can:

• Automatically insert well-formatted citations into your paper
• Automatically reformat citation style in one click
• Search live within your EndNote Library
• Sort your  library by author, title or date

Why not book yourself onto one of the Library Endnote training course to get up and running with the software in no time

Follow the link below for a list of courses:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/services/library/services_and_facilities/training

To access EndNote from your GOSH computer please log a call with the ICT Service desk: ICTServiceDesk@GOSH.nhs.uk

For more information on Endnote please contact Grazia Manzotti g.manzotti@ucl.ac.uk

Scanner available in the Library for Great Ormond Street staff

Scanning is now available in the library for Great Ormond Street staff as well as UCL users. The scanner is attached to one of the GOSH PCs.

World Bank eLibrary Trial

The Library has a trial to World Bank eLibrary until 31st December 2013. The eLibrary offers full-text access to the complete back-list of all books, working papers, and journal articles published by the World Bank since the 1990s.

The eLibrary can be found at http://elibrary.worldbank.org

Please try out this resource and feedback any comments to the Library.

How to access EndNote X7 via Desktop@UCL

Desktop@UCL is the new Desktop Service that is available on public computers at UCL.

Information about remote access to Desktop@UCL can be found at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/common/ucldesktop/anywhere-user-guide. The Desktop can be accessed remotely by staff and students with a UCL computer account. Access is either by logging in through the Web, or by installing software on your own computer.

Once you have logged into Desktop@UCL:

·      click on the white + sign (at the left of the screen)

·      click on Applications E-L

·      Click on EndNote – APP (beneath the EndNote 7 heading)

·      Double click on the EndNote icon that appears on your desktop to start using EndNote

Other applications can be accessed in the same way. If you wish to use Microsoft Word with EndNote, you will need to use it within Desktop@UCL. If you wish to import references from online resources into EndNote, you will need to use a browser within Desktop@UCL.

Work saved to the “N” drive, can be accessed, both onsite at UCL and offsite.

How to Redirect UCL Emails to Another Address

We are posting this information which may be of particular interest to colleagues in GOSH who normally access their NHS email account. To ensure you don't miss important emails from UCL (eg reminders to renew your UCL computer account), you can redirect your UCL emails to your NHS account (or any other email account) by following these steps.

1. Login to your live@UCL account in Outlook Web.
2. Click on Settings [the gearwheel icon] > Options > Organize Email > Inbox Rules
3. On the Inbox Rules tab, click on the + sign
4. Under When the message arrives, select Apply to all messages
5. Under Do the following, select Redirect the message to
6. Select the email address you want your email to be sent to by double-clicking it in the address book view. If the email address you want to redirect to isn't listed in the address book, you can enter the email address in the To line at the top of the window.
7. Click OK to save your selections and return to the New rule window.
8. Click Save to save your rule and return to the Inbox Rules tab.

Your UCL emails should now be redirected to your chosen address.