Established in 1994 ScHARR's Information Resources team has established itself as a key national player in providing information support to health technology assessment and health services research. The team is made up of professional, highly trained Information Specialists who are involved in the forefront of research, teaching, support and development. This is our blog where we talk about the diverse work we do: #Teach #Research #Search #Support
Thursday, 28 July 2011
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
July edition of Take Five
Photo by Anguskirk
Post by Anna
The latest edition of Take Five is packed full of new websites, research funding opportunities,training courses and current awareness.
You can view it here
You can view it here
To join the Take Five distribution list please contact me, Anna Cantrell by email a.j.cantrell@sheffield.ac.uk or phone 0114 2220894
An archive of the Take Five Newsletter and other research funding updates can be viewed here
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Research Funding Update - Fellowships and Studentships
Photo by Joey's Dream Garden
Post by Anna
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Andrew Booth awarded the Cyril Barnard Memorial Prize
Posted by Ruth
On Tuesday 12th July 2011 Andrew Booth, Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice and Director of Information at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield was awarded the Cyril Barnard Memorial Prize.
The Cyril Barnard Memorial Prize is awarded by the Health Libraries Group Committee in recognition of outstanding services to medical librarianship and is awarded every three years. The award was presented at the CILIP Health Libraries Group Annual General Meeting at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.
Congratulations to Andrew!
Monday, 11 July 2011
Harry Potter and The Well of Medical Research
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Posted by Anthea
Anyone looking for a bit of inspiration for writing week or 5 minutes diversion, see this article in the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/health/hc-harry-potter-medical-literature-0720110707,0,6346726.story
It seems Harry Potter has become a source of material for some researchers, including studies around emergency department visits, "Hogwarts headache", and psychotherapy. See PubMed for a list of Potter-related studies: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22harry%20potter%22
Sunday, 10 July 2011
How the web was won.... by our very own Andy Tattersall!
Well its been a while coming, but IR's Andy Tattersall has finally taken his rightful place among the pages of Health Information and Libraries Journal. The abstract for his article 'How the web was won....by some' is available online at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00945.x/abstract
Its an essential read for all library and information professionals with an interest in web 2.0, its history and what it means for them!
Posted by Claire
Thursday, 7 July 2011
A Postcard from EAHIL
Photo by Helen
Posted by Andy
Our roving information specialist Helen Buckley Woods reports from EAHIL 2011
Hello from the EAHIL conference in Istanbul. The theme of this year’s conference is “Active Learning and Research Partners in Health” With delegates from 38 countries there is a positive feeling of sharing best practice and a real sense of partnership across Europe and beyond. I must be feeling that conference optimism – long may it prevail! The conference is in full flow and amongst others I have attended sessions on using the Kirkpatrick model to evaluate e-learning in Prague presented by Helena Bouzkova and Adela Jarolimkova and “e-learning in pills” Funda Topez described the creation of online short films as a cost-effective and time effective alternative for training health care professionals in the business of accessing the research literature. I have also had the pleasure of delivering a pre-conference workshop on active learning and the relationship between the research evidence and teaching practice in information literacy. Tomorrow is the last day with sessions including those on e-readers and e-text and knowledge management.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Future Bite Size sessions coming this August!
Posted by Andy
Image used under a Creative Commons Licence - © Tony Patterson
As the ScHARR Bite Size series for the first part of 2011 winds up for the summer with Mari Bullock's session on RNC we've already planned for the rest of the year. If you want to know know more about researching on the go with your mobile, copyright and the Cloud, MOLE 2, Google Maps and what the TSU can do for you - join us again from September when we'll return with more 20 minute informationive sessions...oh and they'll still be cakes of course. As for the venues, that is to be confirmed, but it will be in Regent Court.
Date | Day of the week | Title |
07/09/2011 | Wed | Video recording and podcasting in ScHARR - Andy Tattersall/Chris Blackmore |
15/09/2011 | Thur | Voice Works - Margaret Freeman |
20/09/2011 | Tues | Data, Copyright and the Cloud Andy Tattersall |
29/09/2011 | Thur | MOLE 2 - Luke Miller |
05/10/2011 | Wed | URMS - Mari Bullock |
11/10/2011 | Tues | What the TSU Can do for You - Jane Spooner |
19/10/2011 | Wed | Mobile Phone Apps for Research Claire Beecroft |
27/10/2011 | Thur | MOLE For Teamwork - Jenny Owen |
1/11/2011 | Tues | SCIRUS Search Engine - Anna Cantrell |
10/11/2011 | Thur | Supporting Students - Sources of Help - Brigid Carroll |
16/11/2011 | Wed | Google Maps for Research Anthea Sutton |
22/11/2011 | Tues | Plagerism - Alan O'Rourke |
30/11/2011 | Wed | Essential Tools for 2012 Andy Tattersall |
08/12/2011 | Thur | Bite Size End of Year Quiz -Andy Tattersall/Jenny Freeman |
Monday, 4 July 2011
ScHARR Bite Size for Research and Collaboration - Wednesday 6th July - 2.30pm - What is Research Net Contribution?
Posted by Andy
The latest ScHARR Bite Size session to aid research and collaboration is being presented by Mari Bullock and answers the question 'What is Research Net Contribution?'
In the mass of research funding acronyms, have you ever wondered what RNC meant?
Did you know that increasing it brings extra funds into ScHARR?
Come and learn why this is an important part of grant application costing in URMS and how to maximise it (with a few other acronym demystifiers on the way!).
Being an URMS user will help but isn't essential.
In the mass of research funding acronyms, have you ever wondered what RNC meant?
Did you know that increasing it brings extra funds into ScHARR?
Come and learn why this is an important part of grant application costing in URMS and how to maximise it (with a few other acronym demystifiers on the way!).
Being an URMS user will help but isn't essential.
As always, bite sized cakes will be available to supplement that mid afternoon cup of tea or coffee.
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