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Delivering knowledge and library services to staff and students at Royal Preston & Chorley Hospitals - supporting patient care, education, research and well-being.
🎉 FEEDBACK FRIDAY 🎉
KnowledgeShare is a service which provides evidence updates tailored to your specific interests, helping you deal with information overload, while ensuring that you receive high quality information. Sign up ➡️ bit.ly/4suoUsg #LTHTrLibraryFeedback
This Sunday is #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026
"International Womens Day celebrates women’s achievements, raises awareness about persistent inequities, and mobilizes action."
Pop into the Library to peruse biographies on contemporary & historical women 💜
New books pending...
#BehindtheScenes #Library #NewBooks #Books
📚 Happy World Book Day! 📚
If you're looking for your next read, you know where to come... we have something for everyone, even Bony Tony!
Can you recommend a book you really enjoyed or helped in your work/studies? Please tell us in the by commenting below ⬇️ #WorldBookDay
📕 Book of The Week 📕
"On a bright Friday morning in the London suburbs, a family moves into the house they've just bought on Trinity Avenue. Nothing strange about that. Except it's your house. And you didn't sell it."
Reserve 👉 tinyurl.com/mvu3tftw
March is #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth
Pop into the Library to view our resources on Endometriosis.
Learn more from @endometriosisuk.bsky.social uk 👉 www.endometriosis-uk.org/what-is-endo...
🏥🖥️ E-JOURNAL OF THE WEEK 🖥️🏥
A NEW international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing specialist lower limb wound management & limb preservation ➡️ bit.ly/4spk7sb OpenAthens account required for remote access ➡️ bit.ly/40HpMha #LTHTrEJournalOfTheWeek
Yay the sun is out! Brighter days are on the way!
We are so ready for lighter evenings, and hopefully some warmer weather 🤞
What are you looking forward to over the coming months?
Credit: lucyclaireillustration on Instagram/Facebook
#Spring #March 🌞🌷🌞🪻🌞🌸
📕 Book of The Week 📕
"Good As You charts the UK's long and often bumpy road to gay equality through the cultural milestones that effected change."
#LGBTHistoryMonth
Reserve 👉 tinyurl.com/2p3u6pze
A little calm can make a big difference.
Find yours in the Library. 🌈📚☺️
#LTHTrWellbeingWednesday #NHSLibrary #WorkplaceWellbeing
#TopTipTuesday The Library provides a calm, quiet environment designed to support work, study, and professional development. Access 24/7 with your Trust ID badge 📚✍️🖥️ #NHSLibrary #HospitalLibrary #WorkplaceWellbeing #LibraryLife
Congratulations to Clinical Educator Chris Ellis who won our Winter Warmer Hamper! 🎉🎉🎉 And a huge thank you to everyone else who took part - in total 79 people signed up for the competition and we received 89 book reviews which is amazing! 📚😀
🏥🖥️ E-JOURNAL OF THE WEEK 🖥️🏥
The Journal of Clinical Pathology is a leading international journal covering all aspects of pathology ➡️ bit.ly/4rxGlIt OpenAthens account required for remote access ➡️ bit.ly/4rE5Zvc 🏠📱🖥️ #LTHTrEJournalOfTheWeek
🎉 FEEDBACK FRIDAY 🎉
We have books to suit all needs, from clinical, to management, to well-being and fiction. Join the Library and borrow books 24/7 with your Trust ID Badge! ➡️ bit.ly/4qBO4np #LTHTrLibraryFeedback #FeedbackFriday
Standing Desk Now Available!!🧍💻
There is now an adjustable standing desk at Preston Library for you to use with a laptop.
Don't have your own laptop, but want to use the desk? Ask a library staff member about borrowing a laptop
📕 Book of The Week 📕
"Discover the history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions."
Reserve 👉 tinyurl.com/mpfttu8n
#TopTipTuesday Need a quiet place to work, study or take Teams meetings at Chorley hospital? The Library has 4 study pods available to use on a first come first serve basis, and if you need a laptop you can loan them from the Library desk - ask for details 💻
🎉 NoW makes NHS library access easier than ever - quick sign‑up, one search, easy borrowing. Try it today: tinyurl.com/5fsmrrby 🖥️📚
🏥🖥️ E-JOURNAL OF THE WEEK 🖥️🏥
An essential learning resource for anyone working in paediatrics ➡️ tinyurl.com/mtbkxdax OpenAthens account required for remote access ➡️ tinyurl.com/2hjyjxab 🏠📱
#LTHTrEJournalOfTheWeek
📕 Book of The Week 📕
"Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him."
Reserve 👉 tinyurl.com/bddbme99
Today is Time To Talk Day 🧠
It is a day to talk and have conversations about mental health experiences. You can pop into the Library to find more information on our display
#TimeToTalkDay
February is LGBT+ History Month 🏳️🌈 Pop into the Library & check out our display to learn more #LGBTplusHM26
Today is #WorldCancerDay
For the latest evidence-based information on different types of cancer go to BMJ Best Practice ➡️ bit.ly/3Om8Iu9 Get step-by-step guidance on the diagnosis and management of these conditions and many more ⬇️
🏥🖥️ E-JOURNAL OF THE WEEK 🖥️🏥
The BMJ - Leading medical research, news, education & opinion ➡️ bit.ly/4kwhWQV. OpenAthens account required for remote access ➡️ bit.ly/4a44RJv #LTHTrEJournalOfTheWeek 🏠📱
📕 Book of The Week 📕
"When private investigator Bernie Gunther agrees to track down some stolen jewels, his search takes him down the dangerous streets of pre-WW2 Berlin and into the path of the most influential players in Nazi Germany."
Reserve 👉 tinyurl.com/3f95vvsw
Today is #nationalpuzzleday
Did you know you can borrow jigsaws from the Library? 🧩
Don't fancy doing one on your own? We also have a communal jigsaw on the go in the Library!
Pop into the Library to participate or take one home!
Only a few days days left to enter! Submit your reviews by this Friday, 30th January, to be in with a chance of winning!
Today's #HIW2026 theme is Mental Health 🧠
The library’s health and well-being book collection can help support you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing. View our reading lists for book titles and reserve today
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📕 Book of The Week 📕
"Explore the fascinating mysteries of our hidden stress response system with Dr. Wulsin, who uses his decades of experience to show how toxic stress impacts our bodies"
Reserve 👉 tinyurl.com/y54xu8bh
Just 9 days left to enter! Submit your reviews by 30th January to be in with a chance of winning!