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Green Libraries Week has begun and we've put together a guide to help spot reliable climate information – from a list of trusted sources to a climate claims checklist ✅ Do you use AI as a starting point for research or a final source? Take a look at our guide: link.bl.uk/climate-facts

Our Wellbeing book of the month is How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis by Kate Muir This book was chosen to celebrate #WorldMenopauseDay on Sunday 18 October Ask library staff if you would like to read/reserve this title See also our Menopause list homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Did you know? 🤔The average reading age of adults in the UK is 9-11 years old 🤔The information we write often has a higher reading age than this 👍The NHS Document Readability Tool helps you write in a simple & clear way for the average UK reading age 🔎 readability.ncldata.dev #HealthLiteracyMonth

🌏Take a virtual literary tour of East & South East Asia with our Libby book selection for East and South East Asian Heritage Month (ESEA) 📚 Titles include: Butter, Sweet Bean Paste & Taiwan Travelogue ▶️ libbyapp.com/library/home...

Homerton staff - Did you know you can find & read the full-text of many of The Lancet journals via #ClinicalKey (our Resource of the Month)? - keep up with the latest news 📰 - set up new issue alerts 📆 - read & download full-text articles 📲 Ask the Library team if you want to know more! 💁‍♀️

"...participation in book clubs also appears to confer emotional and social benefits.." and many more - reading is good for you - new research, in Psychological Medicine Read on 👇👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Have you read Taiwan Travelogue? What did you think of it? Come along to our #HomertonBookGroup tomorrow to share your thoughts - it's not too late to book your place! 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/homer...

Have you seen our September #Wellbeing book of the Month? How not to die (too soon) by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social A transformative guide that shifts the focus from individual responsibility to societal accountability Ask library staff if you would like to read or reserve this book

From Paediatrics to Geriatrics, find the latest #evidencebased guidance for any specialty to support your patient care decisions and treatments with BMJ Best Practice See bestpractice.bmj.com Create an account with your OpenAthens details or NHS email Download the app, or search on the web 📲

A reminder of our July #Booksofthemonth Book Antiracist medicine Ebook How to Give Up Plastic: Simple steps to living consciously on our blue planet Wellbeing book Skin: an owner's guide Find them all by searching our catalogue homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

🔎Search our July #ResourceoftheMonth: NHS Knowledge & Library Hub It's Open 24/7, just log-in with your #OpenAthens account With access to Evidence at your fingertips 👀 databases 🔎 electronic journals & more, all in one place! See library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub/ or the link on our intranet page

Our July #BookoftheMonth is Anti-Racist Medicine, a textbook that addresses increasingly important questions associated with #race, #ethnicity, & #medicine This book appears in our Homerton: Anti-Racism Reading List - take a look to find similar titles 👉 lhl.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Looking after our skin is so important, especially in this hot weather 😎 read SKIN: an owner’s guide, our July #Wellbeing #BookoftheMonth With features on acne, skin-care routines, heat rash and much more! homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha... #skincare #suncare 🌞

Have you ever considered giving up plastic? It's surprising how much we rely on it everyday Curious to find out how to give up plastic? Read How to Give up Plastic via the Libby app libbyapp.com/search/homer... Discover ways to cut down, & cut out plastic #WellbeingWednesday #Sustainability 💚 🌍

Looking after our skin is so important, especially in this hot weather 😎 read SKIN: an owner’s guide, our July #Wellbeing #BookoftheMonth With features on acne, skin-care routines, heat rash and much more! homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha... #skincare #suncare 🌞

Take a Shortcut to Understanding with our "Short Introductions" series on Libby 📚24 concise & authoritative titles 🎧4–5 hours of listening time - perfect for learning on the go 🗒️set up your Libby library card today - link it to your Homerton #OpenAthens account Need any help - just ask us! 😀

A reminder of our featured #Booksofthemonth for June Book of the month Respectful maternity practices for labour, birth and the postnatal period: placing compassion at the heart of our care eBook of the month Gloria don't speak Wellbeing book of the month Immune Health: A myth-busting guide

📣 Calling all Homerton & ELFT book lovers! Come along to the #HomertonBookGroup on 8 July to discuss Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Share your thoughts on this & other books by @lizstrout.bsky.social Book your place: scan the QR code or👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/homer... #lovebooks

Did you know that as well as access to online resources useful for work & study, an NHS OpenAthens account enables Homerton staff/students to access many ebooks & audiobooks for leisure reading? With the Libby app & OpenAthens access #Fiction #Selfhelp #Sustainability & more 📚 #LIbrary5ADay

If the QR code on the book cover image doesn't work - try this one! Book your spot for the Book group now! buytickets.at/homertonheal...

Our next #HomertonBookGroup is on 8 July and we'll be discussing Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout We welcome all Homerton & ELFT book lovers to the group: do come along, share your thoughts and enjoy a good discussion! To book your place scan the QR code or 👇 buytickets.at/homertonheal...

Do you know all the services & resources we offer are to support service improvement & your professional development & wellbeing? Do you know that many of our online resources are freely accessible with your #OpenAthens account - have you got one? Use it! If not sign up openathens.nice.org.uk

Our June #Bookofthemonth Respectful maternity practices for labour, birth and the postnatal period: placing compassion at the heart of our care by Tanya Burchell Discover this book & many more new additions to our stock search the library catalogue online, or visit us 👉 homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

A reminder of our May #Booksofthemonth 📘The secret midwife, life death and the truth about birth 🎧 Audio book How to treat people, a nurse at work 😃Wellbeing book (of local interest #Hackney) One hundred years, portraits of a community aged 1 to 100 Search 👉 homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

Our focus this month is on KnowledgeShare - a tool we use to help you connect with the latest research & #bestpractice 📣 Homerton & ELFT staff - sign up for our regular targeted email alerts, or ask library staff to find the best evidence for you! 👍😀 Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/Fi373AaLhw

Take a look at our Wellbeing #BookoftheMonth One hundred years: portraits of a community aged 0-100 by Jenny Lewis Meet Renee (pictured at 100 yrs old) & 99 other Hackney residents With each image is a quote on what it means to be alive today, what it was to be younger & what it is to grow older

As we draw to the end of #LearningAtWorkWeek we want to remind our Homerton & ELFT colleagues that we are here to support learning in its many forms every day, every month, every year! Finding evidence, Textbooks, KnowledgeShare current awareness alerts, e-learning for CPD, Study space & more😀

Take a look at our Wellbeing #BookoftheMonth One hundred years: portraits of a community aged 0-100 by Jenny Lewis Meet Renee (pictured at 100 yrs old) & 99 other Hackney residents With each image is a quote on what it means to be alive today, what it was to be younger & what it is to grow older

It’s our 1yr Bluesky anniversary!🎉 We joined during #LearningAtWorkWeek last year & we’re still here, committed to supporting learning in its many forms every day, every month, every year! Finding evidence, Textbooks, KnowledgeShare current awareness alerts, e-learning for CPD, Study space & more😀

Drop-in session happening now, until 12noon. 👇 Come up to classroom 2 in the Education Centre, to say hello, and learn about learning...with the library team! 😀 #LearningAtWorkWeek

It is Homerton #LearningatWorkWeek and Newcomb Library will be running a workshop tomorrow,Tuesday 19 May Come explore your learning opportunities with us 📚💻📟 We've thought of 9 different ways of learning with the library, How many can you think of...? 🤔Give us your replies below, or in person..

Happy #InternationalNursesDay to all our Homerton & ELFT nursing colleagues "Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses.We must be learning all our lives" Florence Nightingale For support & help with access to learning resources, we are here for you! See our Florence Nightingale Reading List👇

Today is the beginning of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, so we want to highlight one of the books from our Mental Health Reading List homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha... The mind manual by Dr Alex George "How are you? No really, how are you?"

Today is International Day of the Midwife, a day to celebrate all our fabulous hardworking midwifery colleagues & students at Homerton Hospital We also want to mention our Book of the Month: The Secret Midwife, & our Homerton Midwives Reading list 👇 homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

May the library help you stay up to date? KnowledgeShare is our Resource of the Month for May Sign up to KnowledgeShare here: 👉 forms.office.com/e/Fi373AaLhw