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Musgrove Park Hospital Library (Taunton)

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Location and Staff

The Library
Musgrove Park Academy
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 5DA
UK

Library enquiries Library@tst.nhs.uk
01823 342433
Library Manager Annette Giles
Annette.Giles@tst.nhs.uk
Assistant Librarian Carol-Ann Regan
Carol-Ann.Regan@tst.nhs.uk
Senior Library Assistant David Chambers
David.Chambers@tst.nhs.uk
Library Assistant Jess Pawley
Jessica.Pawley@tst.nhs.uk

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Staffed Hours

Monday to Friday 8.00 am - 5.00 pm

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Borrowing - Hospital Library

As a current Bournemouth University HSC student, you may borrow up to 8 books for 4 weeks from the Musgrove Park Library. You may renew a book twice in person or by telephone or email, provided the book has not been reserved by someone else. If you do not return your books you will be charged replacement costs plus an administrative charge of £10 per item.

Please do not pass on books to someone else without informing the library as you will be held responsible until the books are returned to the library.

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Requesting books and journal articles - other NHS libraries

The Hospital Library can obtain books or journal articles for you if they are held in other NHS libraries within the South West region. Before making a request, please check that the item you want is not available in the Hospital Library or via Bournemouth University Library's A-Z list of e-journals.

The loan period is determined by the lending library, and items must be returned to the Hospital Library in time for them to be returned by the due date.

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Library IT Facilities

Access to PCs at Musgrove Park Hospital is via a Novell password, obtainable by registering with the hospital IT department. A registration form is available on the Trust intranet and you will need your mentor to validate it.  There are a total of 17 PCs available in the library areas and all provide MS Office, Intranet and Internet access.

There is a charge of 10p per page for all photocopying and printing.

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Finding Help

You are entitled to full support and assistance during your placement which will be fully explained at your library induction.  If the library has not been included in your induction timetable please visit us at any time and staff will be happy to help.

The Musgrove Park library catalogue (SWIMS) and all NHS e-resources are available via the library web pages on the hospital intranet and via www.swice.nhs.uk External Link

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NHS Athens account

As a Bournemouth University student on an NHS-related course, each year you will automatically be sent an email enabling you to register for an NHS Athens account. This will allow you to access a collection of library e-resources purchased by the NHS, via the ‘Journals and Databases' section of NHS Evidence. If your activation code has expired or you have forgotten your username or password please contact mfoy@bournemouth.ac.uk .

If you have created an NHS Athens Account via your hospital library you should direct all Athens-related queries to that hospital library.

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Student Feedback

At Musgrove Park Hospital Library we welcome constructive comments from our users. This is possible through using our library comments/suggestions forms that are available in the library.

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Returning Bournemouth University Library books via Musgrove Park Hospital Library

If you are on placement at the Hospital and cannot get to a Bournemouth University Library to return your books, you can return them via Musgrove Park Hospital library. Please note: the Library cannot obtain books from the University for you, only return them.

All you have to do is:

1.  Take your books to the Library at Musgrove Park Academy.  Complete a form indicating when the books were returned. Library staff will date stamp the form and return it with the books to the University. Please keep a record of the barcodes of the books you have returned.

2.  Telephone Bournemouth House Library on (01202) 967352 , giving your ID number and the barcodes of the books being returned.

Remember that:

  • Fines will not be charged if the date of your phone call and the date on the form from the Hospital Library are the same.
  • Fines will be charged on books already overdue when handed in at the Hospital library.
  • You need to check the date the books were issued to, and ensure that they are returned or renewed by that date.
  • Ordinary loan books can be renewed twice, provided that they are not reserved and are not more than one day overdue.
  • One week loan books can be renewed once, provided that they are not reserved and are not more than one day overdue.
  • You are responsible for your books until discharged by Bournemouth University.

Book returns to Bournemouth University Library are subject to NHS courier networks and are not available from all NHS locations.

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