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  1. 1Shelcat


    Shelcat refers to the Scottish Health Libraries Catalogue, at www.shelcat.org. By extension, it has become the umbrella name for those libraries who are using the Aleph library management system provided by NHS Education for Scotland, and which generates this online catalogue. While library services remain independent of each other across Boards and services, this collaborative project is what defines them as ‘Shelcat libraries'.

    These library services have a working agreement that they will share resources, thus significantly increasing the range of books available to their users. Working in partnership on a single system enables greater scope for identifying and circulating stock, now estimated at 150,000 items across the 50 library sites.

    The decision to join the project is taken by the Boards and services themselves, with the first phase of implemantations in 2008, and further services joining in 2009. The next phase of new implementations is expected to begin in 2011.

    Below is the current list of Shelcat libraries. If you are eligible to join one of these libraries, you will receive a Shelcat library card upon completion of a membership application form. Please contact your local library service direct with any further queries.

     

    Shelcat libraries

    NHS Ayrshire & Arran
    - Ailsa Hospital
    - Ayr Hospital
    - Crosshouse Hospital

    NHS Dumfries & Galloway 
    - Crichton Hall
    - D&G Royal Infirmary

    NHS Fife
    - Fife Health Promotion
    - Fife Public Health
    - Lynebank Hospital
    - Queen Margaret Hospital
    - Stratheden Hospital
    - Victoria Hospital

    NHS Forth Valley
    - Forth Valley Royal Hospital
    - Forth Valley Health Promotion
    - Stirling Royal Infirmary

    NHS Grampian
    - Chalmer's Hospital
    - Cornhill Hospital
    - Dr Gray's Hospital
    - Raeden Centre
    - Woodend Hospital

    NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
    - Vale of Leven Hospital

    NHS Highland
    - Lorn & Islands Hospital

    NHS Lanarkshire
    - Hairmyres Hospital
    - Lanarkshire Health Promotion
    - Monklands Hospital
    - Wishaw Hospital

    NHS Lothian
    - Astley Ainslie Hospital
    - Royal Hospital for Sick Children

    NHS Orkney
    - Balfour Hospital

    NHS Shetland
    - Shetland Staff Development (Montfield)

    NHS Tayside
    - Carseview Centre
    - Murray Royal Hospital
    - Roxburghe House
    - Sunnyside Royal Hospital

     

    NHS Education for Scotland

    NHS National Services
    - Health Management Library
    - ISD Library Services
    - Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
    - NHS 24
    - Healthcare Improvement Scotland

    Non-NHS Partner Services
    - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
    - Dementia Services Development Centre
    - MND Scotland
    - SCLD Library
    - Capability Scotland
    - Down's Syndrome Scotland
    - ENABLE Scotland
    - PAMIS Library

  2. 2Personalisation

    There are several ways to alter the appearance and content of the homepage of the new site so that it supports your needs. The links listed at the foot of this page are to resources designed to help you do this.

    The Knowledge Network homepage is made up of collections of feature boxes known as widgets. Using Customise this panel option you can add and remove content to better suit your information needs.

    When you have personalised your pages and log in at a later date, The Knowledge Network will retrieve and display your tailored homepage.

    For further information on the steps to personalising the website, please consult :

    Using My Profile

    Using Community Tools

    Using Widgets

    Using Quick Links

    Using Tagging

    Using My Resource Space

     

  3. 3My News and Updates

    One way to help stay up-to-date with developments in your subject areas is to subscribe to an alerting or newsfeed service. My News and updates provides alerts and news from websites you have requested feeds from. A default list is displayed initially and this can be tailored to meet your needs.

    You can access My News and Updates from the Keep Up To Date section of The Knowledge Network. From here you can add newsfeeds or information alerts using the Feeds Library.

    To add a new newsfeed or information alert, use the Search the Feeds Library search box.

    Selecting the All My News & Updates link allows you to remove feeds and you can also add them to community website or other feed readers.

    Further help on using the newsfeeds and alerts services offered by The Knowledge Network is available from the feeds library itself.

    You can also add the My News and updates widget to your homepage. To add or remove widgets, click the Add a widget to the panel by clicking here button to search or browse for available widgets and add or remove them to/from your homepage.

  4. 4My Profile

    If this is your first visit to the site and you have not yet set up your profile, click the Edit Profile link to display the page showing the My Profile, My Subject Interests, My Experience and the Rules and Permissions widgets.

     For the Rules and Permissions widget :

    a. click the Edit button to expand the widget and gain access to the Community Rules and Guidance hyperlink, and a tick-box enabling you to indicate your acceptance of the Rules and Guidance (the settings here relate to the extent of access you allow other users to have to your details) ;

    b. click the Save button to return the widget to its normal display mode.

     

    Using the My Profile widget, click the Edit button and, when the widget expands, alter the displayed details to reflect your information and click save. The widget will return to its normal display mode.

     

    Follow a similar procedure for the My Subject Interests widget.

    click the Edit button ;

    when the widget expands, and for each subject area - type a subject interest into the box ;

    click the Add button ;

    when you have added all of your subject interests, click the Save button ;

    the widget will return to its normal display mode, now showing the interests you have entered.

     

    The procedure is the same for My Experience

    a. click the Edit button ;

    b. when the widget expands, you will be able to add details of your Experiences, Current Activities and Publications ;

    c. type the information into the relevant box(es) ;

    d. click the Save button ;

    e. the widget will return to its normal display mode, now showing the experiences, activities and publications you have entered.

     

     

  5. 5My Resource Space

    My Resource Space is an area in which you can bookmark resources and access them later on.

    Overview of My Resource Space

    Adding to My Resource Space

    Managing My Resource Space

    Saved Searches

    Overview of My Resource Space

    This section is accessible from the header on The Knowledge Network and other portals and related websites allows you to :

    • bookmark favourite resources
    • organise them with tags in a way that makes sense to you
    • manage your Quick Links displayed on the homepage
    • access your tagged resources via a tag cloud
    • use save and share to email, print or save resources
    • control and manage the resources you have listed
    • rerun saved searches

    If you are new to The Knowledge Network when you first visit My Resources Space will be empty until you add resources.  If you have had a username prior to August 2011, even if you have not used My Resource Space it is populated with the homepage default content.  You can change this to meet your needs.

    NOTE: You must be logged in to use My Resource Space. You must also accept the community rules if you want to be able to use tagging.

    Adding to My Resource Space

    Conduct a search, using the search box at the top of any page of The Knowledge Network.

    Use the Add to Save and Share option to resources you want to save or share. These are added to the Save and Share box on the right of the search results.

    Click Add to My Resource Space

    From here you can go to the My Resource Space page either by clicking My Resource Space in the header or the Add to My Resource Space link below the Save and Share widget.

    The marked records are still visible in the Save and Share widget.

    The newly added item is shown in the All My Resources at the top of the list. 

    For help to manage your resources using the tagging option.

    add it to the My Quick Links widget by clicking the Add to Quick Links option below the item title.

    You may also add links to required resources by entering the title and URL of the needed item in the Add another link box at the foot of the page.

    By marking records you can email it to your contacts, print it or save it as a text file, using the options displayed in the bottom half of the Save and Share widget.

    NOTE : when you select the Clear All option, this clears the Save and Share widget but, if you’ve previously added the resource to My Resource Space, that entry persists.

    Managing My Resource Space

    My Resource Space is your personal webspace where you can manage your favourite resources.

    Resources are managed in folders using tags so when you add a tag to a resource a new folder option will be created on the left.  This enables you to group as many resources as you want together and each resource can be listed under multiple tags. Each tag on left displays the number of resources stored under that tag.

    Resources can be listed by Title or Date Added using the tabs at the top of the lists.

    By default, the page opens in the All My Resources tab with the items sorted by Date added.

    Any resource in My Resource Space can be displayed in your Quick Links box on the homepage by selecting Add to My Quick Links.

    You can delete resources from the list using the Delete option. it, add it to your quick links or mark it for sharing by clicking the relevant link below the item.

    Saved Searches

    Selecting the Saved Searches tab displays a list of your saved searches and clicking on any title will rerun the search displaying the results on the search results page.

    To save searches

    Use the Save your Search option at the top right of any search results page.

  6. 6Quick Links

    You need to log in to see your Quick links.

    Quick links are populated from My Resource Space.

    To add resources to My Quick Links box on the homepage

    1. Log in at the top right
    2. Go to My Resource Space
    3. Identify resources you want to add to your homepage My Quick links box by selecting Add to my Quick Links option.

     If the resource you want is not already in your Resource Space, you can add it by:

    1. Search for the resource in The Knowledge Network 
    2. Select Add to Save and Share
    3. From Save and Share box add to My Resource Space
    4. Go to My Resource Space and follow instructions above to add resources to My Quick Links.

     

  7. 7Tagging

    What is tagging?

    Tagging enables you to add your own keywords to resources.

    Why tag?

    • Tags enable you easily find resources you have found useful in the past.
    • You can group resources together under a tag and share these with others.
    • Tags are used to organise your resources in My Resource Space.

     

    How to tag resources
    You will be asked to log in if you have not already done so. This is necessary so that the system knows to assign the resource and the tag to you. You also need to have accepted Community Rules.

    Results on The Knowledge Network
    Select add to Save and Share and resource will be displayed in the Save and Share box on the right.

    Type a keyword or phrase box below the resource, separate words or phrases with a comma.

    Resources saved to My Resource Space
    Any resource added to My Resource Space can be tagged individually with your own keywords. Type in the word or phrase and click Add

    You can add as many as you need.

    Tags are used to organise and manage your resources within My Resource Space, each will create a folder to group your resources to make it easier to retrieve.

    How to view tags
    Your tags are displayed

    • list on the left of My Resource Space
    • in a tag cloud.

    In a Tag cloud some tags appear in a larger font : the size relates to the number of items tagged with that term. Each tag in the cloud is a hyperlink and clicking any one will lead you to both a collection of resources and a list of people who used that tag.

    To view all tags from the tag cloud:

    Resource tags widget - Select the Edit button and choose to display everyone's tags on the widget.

    In View all use the limits on the right to view Everyone's tags, this will display all tags used.

    View people who have tagged resources
    Selecting this option lists brief profiles of people who have tagged the resource or used the tag. You need to be logged in to use this option.

    People Subject Interest tags
    On My Community Space there is a people subject interest widget to display subject interests of users who have completed their profiles. Clicking a tag will display the records of all the people who have used that subject interest. You need to be logged in to view these records.

    To add your subject interests use the Edit your profile link at the top left of the homepage.

     

     

  8. 8What is here for me?

    The What is here for me? widget (or feature-box) on the Homepage stores links to core resources such as databases, journals, portals relating to your role and interests.

    The default display of items is organised by type and, clicking the arrow to the left of the resource type causes all of the resources in that group to display.

    Clicking an individual item within a group causes an associated page to open in the same browser window.

    If you are not logged in to The Knowledge Network website, you will see the default listing of links. You can change these by clicking the Edit button in the widget title-bar and selecting the relevant options. Any changes you make will be saved only for your current session.

    If you are logged in, the changes you make and save will be attached to your user identity and will be retained after you log out.

    Click the Edit button on the widget.

    You are presented with a series of choices :

    the default list of core resources ;

    Your Topic ;

    Social Services ;

    Your Clinical Role ;

    Your Non-Clinical Role

    To alter the list of resources displayed, first untick the Default option.

    Then, select the relevant options in each of the sections Your Topic, Social Services, Your Clinical Role, Your NonClinical Role.

    Click the Save button.

    When you are returned to the Homepage, there are more groups of resources and more resources in each group.

    To return the homepage to the normal default display, click the Reset Hompage button on the Customise this panel opition on the Homepage.

  9. 9Widgets

    The Knowledge Network enables access to many services and functions through widgets.

    A widget is a compact set of content and features (appearing on a webpage as a box containing text and images).

    The lower half of the homepage of the website is made up of several widgets

    Each of the boxes My Quick Links, What is here for me? is a widget.

    It is possible to alter the appearance of the homepage, by moving, editing, hiding widgets and so on without being logged in to the website. However, the changes you make in this way will be lost as soon as you move from the site.

    You can decide which boxes you want to see and the content that appears in your Quick links widget. The “What is here for me?” section allows you to choose collections of resources defined for different workforce groups and topics. You can adjust, edit and remove the boxes to suit your own needs.

    To add or remove widgets, click the Customise this panel .

     This will give you access to The Knowledge Network widget library

    This page gives details of the widgets you already have on your homepage and allows you to remove them by clicking the X to the left of the name of the box.

    You may also add widgets to your homepage from the series listed in the library.

    Select the relevant tab (Featured Widgets or All Widgets) to see the available feature-boxes and choose those you'd like to see on your page by clicking the Add button to the right of the widget-name.

    Alternatively, you may search for a widget by name, using the Search tab.

    Moving
    Place your mouse on the title-bar of any widget.

    When the cursor shape looks like a cross, you can take hold of the widget by holding down the left mouse-button.

    Still holding the left mouse-button, drag your chosen widget to a new position on the page and release.

    The widget will stay in the place you have moved it to.

    Removing items from a widget
    Change the contents of some widgets by clicking the Edit button on the widget title-bar.

    An expanded menu will be displayed.

    Remove unwanted items by clicking the red cross symbol to the left of the unwanted resource.

    Click Save to keep the change or Cancel to reject the change and return to the normal widget display.

    Adding items to Quick Links


                   conduct a search ;

    add items to the Save and Share box ;

    add the retrieved items you wish to keep to My Resource Space ;

    from My Resource Space select Add to Quick Links.