April is stress awareness month. There are some great reads around the impact of stress and how to cope with it available at the Gosall Library. Take a look and remember if you can’t make it into the library in person we can post most titles out to Trust sites.
Category: Libraries
Podcast
Bookshelfie: Maggie O’Farrell
Source: Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast
What better way to discover new books than through recommendations from the shelves of inspiring women?
In this episode 2020 Women’s Prize winner Maggie O’Farrell joins Vick Hope and reveals what it was like to win the prize over a zoom call and what level of research is really required to write a masterpiece like Hamnet – a moving exploration of death and grief in Elizabethan England told through the story of William Shakespeare’s real life son Hamnet.
Listen to the podcast here
World Book Night
23rd April 2023
Find out which books have been selected for World Book Night 2023. Featuring fiction, non-fiction, Quick Reads and audiobooks for adults and young people aged 16+, this list has something to encourage everyone to pick up a book. Take a look at the booklist for inspiration.
Book Group
Bumper edition of Bertie’s Book Group newsletter
Source: The King’s Fund Library
This newsletter combines all the discussions from the November and December book group meetings and looks ahead to the books we’ll be reading in 2023.
Lantern Centre and Library
Early closure of the Lantern Centre and Gosall Library
The Lantern Centre has had to close today and tomorrow due to staff shortages. Access to the library is, therefore, not available now until the building reopens on Tuesday 3rd January.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A virtual service will be in operation during the Christmas period. Details are below. Please email the library team with any requests: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Merry Christmas
Gosall Library Updates
Happy Christmas to all our friends and colleagues.
The Library team will be operating with minimal staffing between Christmas and new year. Please see our availability below and email academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk with any enquiries. We will, of course, try our very best to reply to your emails quickly.
All the best to you all from the library team.
NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
Demonstration
The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is a one stop shop to help you embed evidence into your daily practice.
It includes:
- journals, books and databases
- clinical decision support resources including NICE Guidelines and BMJ Best Practice
- policy and management information and research literature
- resources purchased nationally and locally
- one-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact our library
Take a look at our demonstration for how to use the tool here:
Library Newsletter
December 2022
Please take a read of our December newsletter, featuring our resource of the month and events taking place over the next few weeks.
Please remember to get in touch with the library team on: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk if you need any support accessing resources or for any general enquires.
KNOWvember
Library Training Sessions
To celebrate KNOWvember (a month about learning and sharing knowledge) the Library Team are holding 3 online events to learn more about the service and the resources on offer to you. Take a look at the sessions below:
You can book your tickets via our EventBrite page here: Events (eventbrite.co.uk)
LSCFT Research Bulletin
November Edition
The latest edition of our LSCFT Research Bulletin is now available to view and download. Featuring published research conducted by our colleagues within the Trust.
Some articles may require an Open Athens account to login, others are freely accessible. If you are struggling to read any of the literature, please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Please remember to keep the library updated wit