Latest BMJ Learning Update

Click on the title above for the latest module and information on obesity in adults, complaint management, confidentiality, consent, the Mental Health Act and child protection.

(BMJ Learning is available via the HYMS Library tab. To login in select the Athens option THEN the alternative login option and enter your York e-resource account details.)

University of York Library - December refurbishment update

In preparation for the refurbishment work that is due to begin on the second floor of the JB Morrell Library in January 2010, the following stock moves will be taking place:

• Y (Medicine & Nursing), D (Sociology) and DA (Social Policy & Social Work) journals will move to the ground floor, opposite the Audio Visual Room near the foot of the main stairs (in the former PC classroom).
• D and DA books will be moved to the first floor.

These moves will take place in wb 14th December 2009 with work taking place between 22:00 and 08:00 to reduce disturbance. Work will carry on into the following week if required - this work will take place during the day. Look out for signs indicating the new location of stock or ask a member of staff for assistance.

More information and links to the refurbishment blog can be found at http://www.york.ac.uk/library/libraryrefurbishment/. Please email library@hyms.ac.uk if you have any HYMS-specific concerns or queries.

Latest BMJ Learning Update

Click on the title above for the latest module and information on swine flu, early management of adults with an uncomplicated first generalised seizure, cerivcal cancer vaccination, heavy menstrual bleeding, urinary incontinence in women and screening for cervical cancer.

(BMJ Learning is available via the HYMS VLE Library tab. To login select the Athens option THEN the Alternative login option and enter your York e-resource account details.)

University of York Library refurbishment - keep up to date

As you may already be aware, the University of York Library is undertaking a major refurbishment project. To help keep everyone informed on progress, the Library's website now includes a set of pages relating to the project, including FAQs and a blog. We'll be keeping this updated as anything new happens.

You can access the pages and blog at

http://www.york.ac.uk/library/libraryrefurbishment/

University of York Library & Archives Closure 22nd July 2009

To prepare for the major Library refurbishment project starting in the Autumn, the University of York Libraries (J.B. Morrell, Raymond Burton, King's Manor) and Borthwick Institute will close for one day on Wednesday 22 July, for a full staff meeting and training day. Please contact Stephen Town (jst504@york.ac.uk) about any adverse effect on specific academic requirements this may cause, so that we can make arrangements to mitigate these. The catalogue and electronic resources will remain available on 22 July; Key Texts and DVDs borrowed on 21 July will be due back on 23 July.

Computer classrooms are available in all colleges and study space is available as follows:

Goodricke College has a study room in the Goodricke Nucleus which is open to students from 7am to midnight. Access is available from midnight to 7am on request (please ask the porters for access)
Langwith College has a quiet study area on the C Block corridor (going towards LN028) which is open to students 24 hours per day
Derwent College has a Library study room on the 1st floor which is open to students 24 hours per day, unless pre-booked for conferencing
Wentworth College has a reading room open for all graduate students for silent study 24 hours per day (ask the porters for access); there are network points for laptops in the room and study desks.
Opening hours in general have been increased this vacation: until 6pm instead of 5.15pm during the week (until 9pm on Tuesday) and with additional opening on Sundays in September.

Please do not hesitate to contact the HYMS Library team at library@hyms.ac.uk if you have any queries.

York Athens account withdrawal

A reminder that all York Athens accounts will no longer give access to York University resources from the end of July 2009. To access York e-resources you should now be using your York network/e-account.

(HYMS databases and journals can be accessed via the HYMS Library tab on the HYMS VLE or journals via http://www.hyms.ac.uk/about/libraries/resources.asp)

Your York network/e-account will give access via a "Federated Access Management" /FAM system and not Athens. You may be prompted for your "Institutional" or "Shibboleth" login.

This does not affect Hull e-resources which will still be fully accessible only via Hull Athens.

Please contact library@hyms.ac.uk if you have any questions or encounter any problems.

Latest BMJ Learning Update

Click on the title above for the latest module and information on influenza pandemics, managing children with limp, acne, athlete's foot, eczema, basal cell carcinoma and fungal skin infections.

(BMJ Learning is available via the HYMS VLE HYMS Library tab. To login select the Athens option THEN the Alternative login option and enter your York e-resource account details.)