I’m back for another weekly blog post, except this one’s covering a couple of weeks! Since last I wrote, I’ve had some annual leave (lovely, thank you), a birthday (lovely, thank you), and enjoyed this glorious summer (lovely, thank you)… Read More …
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Clinical librarian- Photos and training and searches, oh my!
Hello! This week has been the week of the black and white photo. The Library were challenged to tweet black and white photos of #librarylife each day for 7 days, no humans, no explanations. It’s a fascinating set of images Read More …
Clinical Librarian blog: No longer the new girl?
Hello, and welcome to what I hope will be a regular series of posts on being a Clinical Librarian at George Eliot. I’m Lisa Mason, and I joined the Trust in June, so it was very satisfying to see the Read More …
Health Information Week 2018 at GEH
Health Information Week (HIW2018) is a national initiative to raise awareness of health information for patients and those who care for them. The Library Team supported by PALS held a stall at the Crossroads on Friday 6th July t0 highlight key websites and promote Read More …
Donated Time Out Books
We recently acquired a large donation of Time Out Books for our collection. Amongst them were some classics like The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read More …
New Clinical Librarian
Hi, I’m Lisa Mason the new Clinical Librarian at George Eliot. I joined the William Harvey library team at the start of June, and I’m excited to be part of the #teameliot family. I have a background in Higher Education Read More …
New Time Out Books
This month saw a good number of new donated Time Out Books. They are mostly romance but with one or two general interest and crime and thriller thrown in. Interestingly among the romance and family saga novels is one written Read More …
Incurably curious? We have the perfect reading shortlist for you.
Why not borrow one of the books shortlisted for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize? The library has purchased 5 of the books shortlisted for this prestigious award celebrating new books about medicine, illness and health. The titles on this year’s shortlist Read More …
New year, new skills?
January is an ideal time to reassess your “soft” skills and develop new ways of working. Plenty of inspiration is available at the library with a collection of books available to borrow from publishers Kogan Page, who specialise in business, Read More …
New and improved BMJ Best Practice
This trusted clinical decision making tool has been upgraded following user feedback meaning it’s now even easier to find the information you need. The new BMJ Best Practice includes: Differential diagnosis tables and treatment algorithms More than 250 integrated medical calculators Read More …