Sweet thanks make our day! Our patron's academic success is the real reward. Did you know #KDLibrary offer tailored literature search support – and if we don't stock a book or journal – book and article interlibrary loans so you can have everything you need? Ask us; we are here to help you succeed.
Happy Lunar New Year to #KDLibrary library users and friends who celebrate! For those who fly home across or transcontinentally, we offer a small leisure reading collection to enjoy at the Sea Terminal, airports or on board. May the Year of the Horse be filled with happiness & good fortune. #Fiction
Table details maximum potential aluminum exposure from vaccination, using January 2025's recommended schedules. Includes age, vaccine, schedule, doses, aluminum per dose, total aluminum, and max aluminum by age.
💬 Perspective: Aluminum exposure from routine vaccines is significantly lower than dietary sources, and current evidence supports vaccine safety with no identified health risks.
bit.ly/4r5e63l
Testing menstrual blood
Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a “robust alternative or replacement” for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a BMJ study from China
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Post–intensive care syndrome (PICS) refers to new or worsening physical, cognitive, or mental health impairments experienced by more than half of intensive care unit (#ICU) survivors. 🧵
As the only health and social care library on #IsleofMan Keyll Darree Library supports NGOs and charities, including Ed Space and offer resources relevant to their needs. #PublicHealth, #MentalHealth promotion and #SuicidePrevention are subjects we cover.
It's #DLDday. Thank you to Alan @keylldarree.bsky.social for putting up this wonderful display. The Isle of Man is playing their part in raising awareness of #devlangdis . This year I think the students have eaten all the snacks!!
There may be some brief power dips in the library this evening from 18:00 onwards.
Don't panic!
We will make sure there are paper sheets available so you can sign your books out if the self-service machine goes off.
"Medical students who are present at patient consultations may believe they blend into the background, but the opposite is often true."
Medical students must recognise that patients may observe and interpret their every move, writes Daniel Sokol
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
It's important to use your critical appraisal skills when trying to find information online. Remember that your library staff are here to support you in your research!
We have DynaMed in addition to UpToDate! Each has its fans at Manx Care but we hope colleagues will try them out and tell us what you think. There are different ways to access these point of care tools, the new library display teaches you how!
How to read a paper involving artificial intelligence (AI) by Paul Dijkstra et al
Reading a research paper that involves using AI in clinical settings?
This article has questions to help you critically appraise AI papers:
bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
Remember that gov.im is down for maintenance today!
Need to find our library catalogue? kdonline.gov.im
Looking for the Discovery Service? tinyurl.com/KDdiscovery
Need anything else? Email librarykeylldarree@gov.im or ring 642993
June is Pride Month in commemoration of Stonewall Riots. #KDLibrary features the year in review (LGBTQ+ related news headlines and scientific breakthroughs in 2024) and new resources that are of interest to our health and social care community.
Image of a journal article with annotations to explain different sections.
What would you want to know?
We're working on putting together some information for new students, including breaking down different types of resources, referencing, and academic phrasing.
What would have been helpful for you to know when you started university?
Alt: Research in context panel for Lancet paper entitled "Comparison of supplemental breast cancer imaging techniques—interim results from the BRAID randomised controlled trial". Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.
Additional imaging techniques detect early stage cancers missed by mammograms in women with dense breasts, finds trial.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/y49dy8u2
The fact that GenAI often gets 95% of something 'right' is really problematic. Because people don't robustly check it, and so the 5% that is utter nonsense slips through, causing untold credibility damage.
Happy #InternationalNursesDay to all of our wonderful nurses!
"As nurses you provide essential nursing care to the people of our Island. You provide this with compassion, dignity, kindness and respect for patients, families and carers."
- Sheila Lloyd (Manx Care)
Screenshot of mentimeter produced word cloud which shows the question "Where do you do your best work?" and the answers "with multiple screens, alone in silence, messy spare room, in bed, work, at desk, paper, studio, desk, running, home, walks, entire floor, quiet space, bath - for ideas, in the shower cubical"
What's THE best way to research?
There isn't one! But we don't always make that clear.
Today, at Islands of Innovation, Stacey talked about focusing on the searcher before we look at the searches - here are some audience contributions from the session.
So, tell us, where do you do your best work?
As an extra bonus, filling out the survey enters you into a draw for a Thie Bee voucher!
Cartoon image of a megaphone on with two speech bubbles, one thumbs up, and one thumbs down coming out of it.
Why take part in our library survey? We listen!
We have already made changes based on feedback:
- New writing groups
- A conference paper session
- "Did you know...?" feature on our Current Awareness Bulletin.
There's still time to have your say! surveymonkey.com/r/UNA25short
Four Canadian authors argue that the harm is quite significant, especially to more vulnerable populations such as seniors and those with heart conditions. What do you think?
KD Library's newsletter is out! Get the most of our resources and learn about a #ManxCare colleague's solo mission to help academic libraries 7,000 miles away to build their collections. 🇮🇲🇬🇭 tinyurl.com/kdnews13
Recently, emojis and their meanings have become central to conversations about teenagers.
Parents are not expected to understand every emoji, but staying informed will help keep young people safe.
Read more about young people’s use of emojis: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/b...
Keyll Darree Library, the Isle of Man's only health and social care library, puts out a new display on the theme of Science and Anti-Science.
Keyll Darree Library, the Isle of Man's only health and social care library, puts out a new display on the theme of Science and Anti-Science.
New display is up at #KDLibrary bulletin board, featuring books on #Science & #Anti-Science. It offers food for thought amid a dangerous but growing movement that threatens scientists, research & public health institutions. Eligible users can also search for relevant e-resources with #OpenAthens.
Photograph of a skeleton holding the book "Untypical"
It's Autism Acceptance Month and we want to take the opportunity to spotlight some of our resources. Un-typical is a practical handbook to make the world a simpler, better place for autistic people to navigate.
You can find more here: kdonline.gov.im/HeritageScri...
Work for Manx Care or DHSC and want some advice on critically appraising your sources?
Get in touch with the library - our staff are always happy to help recommend tools or provide training (group or one to one.)
How to spot fake news poster which encourages the reader to: consider the source, read beyond the headline, check the author, look for supporting sources, check the date, consider whether it is a joke, check your biases, and ask the experts.
We won't be posting any April Fools today, but it's a great time to remind you about some tips and tricks for spotting fake news.
We think this poster from IFLA is a great guide to help you think critically about the news today (and every day!)
Photograph of a skeleton holding a book titled "When I Was Me"
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, you can find some of our relevant resources here:
kdonline.gov.im/HeritageScri...
One of our personal favourites is When I Was Me, kindly modelled by Skeleton Bob.
#TDOV
Photograph of the self service machine in Keyll Darree library.
Our staff will be out of office for a meeting between 11:30 and 12:30 today, but remember that you can use the self service machine to return and issue resources.
Instructions are on the left hand side.
Want a demo? Just ask!
