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Dissertation – Week 1: Getting back on this particular horse/Don’t call this...

I am currently in the ’3rd‘ year of the part time MA in Library and Information Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. This year is purely about the dissertation. My dissertation is about...

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Library Day in the Life Round 8 – Share, Learn, Reflect

It is time again for Library Day in the Life. This is the eighth time it has happened and will be the fourth time I have participated After reading this very excellent blog post from Living Out of The...

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Dewey Quandary: 362.1 vs. 613′s vs. 614′s

We (as in the library) are currently undergoing a re-classification of our book stock from our own internally developed system to DDC23. We have a very specific stock, we are a ‘Primary Care’ Library...

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Reading for Professional Development and Wider Library Knowledge –...

This is for my #Chartership Portfolio, but I thought it would be useful to share. It is a collection of the resources I use to develop professionally and keep abreast of wider library issues. I hope...

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Useful Resources for Health Library Folk Addition – KM in a Changing World

I have added Knowledge Management in a Changing World to the Useful Resources… page. I feel it is quite a useful introductory blog post to the role of Knowledge Management within a librarians remit....

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Useful Resources for Health Library Folk Addition – Health Apps for Mobiles

I have added a collection of Health Apps for mobile devices to the Useful Resources… page. This has been created and developed by Keele University, and is a useful example of a key function of any...

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What Health Librarians Do Addition – Why are Health Libraries and Health...

I have added the following blog post: “Why are Health Libraries and Health Librarians so Important?” by Her Slant Finely (on Twitter @herslantfinely) to the What We Do page  as it is quite frankly a...

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Learning Log: Novel Approaches to Literature Searching Seminar

Learning Log Date 13/12/12 Number 26 Significant Experience I attended a seminar hosted by the Evidence Synthesis Network at Manchester University called ‘Novel Approaches to Literature Searching’ What...

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New Addition to ‘What Health Librarians Do’– Five Minutes with… A Clinical...

I have added an interview with NHS Wirral’s Victoria Treadway from The Guardian’s series 5 Minutes with… to the ‘What Health Librarians Do’ page. You can view the interview by clicking here. This...

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I Love My Job…

I mean really love it. I really *fucking* love it. Continue reading »

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Developing/Providing a Bespoke Public Health Current Awareness Service

How I set-up and provide a current awareness service. Continue reading »

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Learning Log 25 – Professional Reading: MetaQAT Paper

Date: 18th August 2016 Number: 25 Significant Experience: Professional Reading of: http://www.publichealthjrnl.com/article/S0033-3506(15)00437-0/abstract What Happened?:A colleuage shared the following...

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Learning Log 32: HLG 2016 Day 1 Keynote

Date: 19th September 2016 Number:32 Significant Experience: HLG 2016 Day 1 Keynote What Happened?: I attended the keynote address for HLG 2016 by Louise Gowsami and Patrick Mitchell which focused on...

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Learning Log 33: #HLG2016 Parallel Session – Writing Contextualised Research...

Date: 19th September 2016 Number: 33 Significant Experience: HLG Parallel Session – Writing Contextualised Research Summaries to Support Commissioner’s Decision Making What Happened?: At HLG 2016, I...

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Learning Log 34: #HLG 2016 Parallel Session – Evidence-based commissioning:...

Date: 19th September 2016 Number: 34 Significant Experience: HLG Parallel Session – Evidence-based commissioning: now and moving forward What Happened?: At HLG 2016, I attended Anne Gray’s very...

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Learning Log 35: #HLG2016 Parallel Session: Talent Management: what is it and...

Date: 19th September 2016 Number: 35 Significant Experience: HLG 2016 Parallel Session: Talent Management: what is it and why is it important? What Happened?: I attended the Claire Bradshaw seminar on...

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Learning Log 104 – Presenting at Health Libraries Group – HLG#2018 Conference...

Date:  18th June 2018 Number: 104 Significant Experience: I presented at my first ever conference – Health Libraries Group Conference 2018 What Happened?: I was given the opportunity to present at HLG...

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Learning Log 103 – NICE Manchester Presentation

Date: 19th June 2018 Number:  103 Significant Experience: I presented at NICE about Public Health England’s Library and Knowledge Services What Happened? I was asked to present for the Information...

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Learning Log 111 – Evidence Briefing Training

Date: 8/10/18 Number: 111 Significant Experience: I took part in the PHE internal ‘Evidence Briefing’ Training What Happened? The sub-group of the PHE KLS Team who had been doing Evidence Briefings...

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#Reading365 – Localising and tailoring research evidence helps public health...

What is it? van der Graaf, P., Cheetham, M., McCabe, K. and Rushmer, R. (2018). Localising and tailoring research evidence helps public health decision making. Health Information & Libraries...

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