Library Services

What is photocopying when you take away the paper and toner? Answer : rapid scanning. The Ian Potter Library has hooked up a Ricoh photocopier and a PC station to provide rapid scanning for library users. This service is proving to be popular with library users, who often only need to read a chapter or small section from a large textbook. The scans are converted automatically to portible document format (pdf), are high-resolution, and include colour images. The PC station allows the pdf to be viewed and then saved onto a USB memory stick. This new service is simple, fast, reduces the consumption of paper and toner, and best of all is completely free!

Li Hongmei is Head of the Information & Teaching Department of the Kunming Medical University Library in Yunnan Province, China. She was invited to join the Alfred Health Library Service between Jan-Jul 2009 as a visiting academic. Li Hongmei's visit is supported by a scholarship provided by the China Scholarship Council. Kunming Medical University has 14,000 students, most of which are doctors-in-training. Li Hongmei will be researching medical library practice in Australia. She hopes the visit will provide ideas regarding library user training and education, and methods of effective collaboration between library staff and members of faculty teaching staff in medicine and other related disciplines.

New Books in this bulletin - Click on the following links :

Health Service Administration
Infectious Diseases & Microbiology
Neurosciences
Nursing
Oncology
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Psychiatry
Radiotherapy
Respiratory Medicine
Statistics
Surgical Specialties

The Royal Marsden Hospital manual of clinical nursing procedures
edited by Lisa Dougherty and Sara Lister.
7th ed.
Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
610.73 R888 2008 (Held at Alfred & Caulfield campus libraries)

Athens login to online version (contact library if you don't have Athens login)

Alfred Health Library Services

Ian Potter Library, Alfred Hospital