UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library blog

The library has re-opened for library members for pre-booked study spaces, Click and Collect, and to return library book that are from our collections. We would like to keep our library users and colleagues safe at this time and in compliance with government higher education guidelines, you will find that there are a few changes to our on site service. There is a reduction in study spaces and physical opening hours, as well as a one-way system in place.  You will now need to book a study space before you come to the library, and only visit the library to collect a reserved book, or to return your library books.  You must use the  online booking system  to book a place before visiting the libraries. UCL staff and students will be asked to login with their single-sign on.  GOSH library members can book a GOSH networked PC or the Explore Access walk-in computer (for e-resources) by  booking here  with your library barcode number and GOSH or NHS.net email....

Trial access to the journal Current Gene Therapy is now available at UCL Library. Current Gene Therapy is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal aimed at academic and industrial scientists with an interest in major topics concerning basic research and clinical applications of gene and cell therapy of diseases. Cell therapy manuscripts can also include application in diseases when cells have been genetically modified. Current Gene Therapy publishes full-length/mini reviews and original research on the latest developments in gene transfer and gene expression analysis, vector development, cellular genetic engineering, animal models and human clinical applications of gene and cell therapy for the treatment of diseases.  You can access the journal via UCL Explore , please sign in with your UCL single sign-in when prompted.

  How BMJ Best Practice can help the changing workload of clinicians The award winning BMJ Best Practice clinical decision-making tool is available to all NHS healthcare staff in England for free at the point of care thanks to a national subscription funded by Health Education England. In the first of three blogs Prof Sheona MacLeod, Interim Medical Director, Health Education England and Dr Kieran Walsh, Clinical Director BMJ discuss the importance of making up to date evidence-based medical information available to all healthcare professionals so that they can make the most informed decisions possible for the benefit of patients. The pair also discuss how the workload of clinical staff has changed over the years, making taking time out to study and scrutinise latest guidance an impossibility. New technologies, which BMJ Best Practice harnesses, now enables the obtaining of new research and information to be slotted into the workflow of the modern clinician. Another benefit ...