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Welcome to sPoOky season! October is a busy place at the library! We welcome a new team member, great new resource guides and new library hours! Check out the newsletter below for more details!

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It’s September again! Time for new beginnings and change in scenery, including in the Library! Each Library site will now have staffed hours throughout the week. In addition, we have many other new announcements within our newsletter. Check it out below!

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Happy August! Library Services hopes you have had a wonderful summer so far! This issue of our newsletter is filled with lots of library updates! Brand new On-Demand workshops, publications, and positions! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to hslibrary@smh.ca!

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How is it July already? The July issue of Library Link is out and we have exciting news! In-person staff services are starting July 5th! Click on the newsletter below to see all the details!

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There are many observances this month that are so incredibly important! Library staff would like to take time to honour National Indigenous History Month, please check out our blogpost linked in the newsletter below. We’d also like to invite you to engage with our Transgender Health Guide to represent Pride month. Have a marvelous June and please always feel free to reach out to us via email: hslibrary@smh.ca

Library team members have curated list of resources to support Indigenous cultural safety. This blog post represents a small snippet of these resources, check out the full list of resources here.

Books in library collection

Scholarly articles

• Kerrigan V, Lewis N, Cass A, Hefler M, Ralph AP. (2020) “How can I do more?” Cultural awareness training for hospital-based healthcare providers working with high Aboriginal caseload. BMC Medical Education. 20:1-11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260793/

• Francis-Cracknell, A., et al. (2019) “Indigenous Health Curriculum and Health Professional Learners: A Systematic Review.” Medical Teacher 41(5): 525-531. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30299183

• Begoray, D. L. and E. Banister (2008)  “Learning about Aboriginal contexts: the reading circle approach.” Journal of Nursing Education 47(7): 324-326. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18630718/

• Nelson, S. E. and K. Wilson (2018). “Understanding barriers to health care access through cultural safety and ethical space: Indigenous people’s experiences in Prince George, Canada.” Social Science and Medicine 218: 21-27. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30316132/

Multimedia resources

Training

Ontario Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) Training by  Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) https://clri-ltc.ca/resource/ics-training/ 

Unity Health Toronto Library Services has been working hard to harmonize the library collections for all three hospital sites to provide equitable access to resources wherever possible, for more information please visit our blog. Library Services is excited to announce the next phase of this harmonization work, which are new and improved search functionalities and interface at St. Joseph’s and Providence! Utilizing the University of Toronto’s catalogue, library users at St. Joseph’s and Providence will be able to search for print and electronic material at their home library in one simple search bar. Combining the print and electronic material into one search bar will simplify the searching process for library material at these sites.

What’s changing?

St. Joseph’s

St. Joseph’s library website – new search bar: coming soon! Type your search in here:

You’ll be directed to a new page hosted by the University of Toronto. Please note: you do not need to be affiliated with the University of Toronto to use or borrow St. Joseph’s print and electronic material.

St. Joseph’s new library catalogue hosted by University of Toronto will look like this:

Providence

Providence’s library website – new search bar: coming soon! Type your search in here:

You’ll be directed to a new page hosted by the University of Toronto. Please note: You do not need to be affiliated with the University of Toronto to use or borrow Providence’s print and electronic material.

Providence’s new library catalogue hosted by University of Toronto will look like this:

Some examples

Results will be shown on the University of Toronto library site like so, we’re a part of a shared catalogue with other health sciences libraries so you might see availabilities from other sites as well as our own. Note: For off site access please ensure you are properly logged into the VPN to access material.

When are the changes happening?

Changes will be rolling out over the next several months, want to stay informed for Library upgrades, changes, and news? Signup for a monthly Newsletter here, and be sure to follow us on Twitter and feel free to email us at hslibrary@smh.ca. The new search interface for St. Joseph’s and Providence are just the beginning of many new and exciting changes that will be coming from the Library!

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It’s hard to believe that it is already May! This month Library Services encourages you to take time for yourself, to be gentle and kind to yourself. If you have any questions on the content please reach out to hslibrary@smh.ca