We are inviting enthusiastic colleagues from all departments to become part of our Knowledge and Library Champions Network. Our Champions will help us: No library experience is required—just an interest in supporting good evidence use and lifelong learning in your Read More …
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SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu by Charlie English
Timbuktu, a place long mythologised in the Western imagination as the “African El Dorado” was once a thriving medieval centre of learning, home to thousands of priceless manuscripts . In 2012, the city faced a new threat when jihadists linked Read More …
Health Information Week, 19-25th January
Health information can feel overwhelming. It’s everywhere, but is not always easy to navigate. This is why Health Information Week matters. It’s a reminder to staff and patients that good health information should be accessible, accurate, evidence-based, and human. Health Read More …
What did Santa bring SWFT this Christmas?
At SWFT’s January Wellbeing Reading Group, we chatted about our current reads as well as what we read during the Christmas season. We collected a list of the great titles which might inspire your next read, so here are some Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
Christopher Fairfax, a young priest, is trying to reach a remote Exmoor village before the strict night time curfew begins. Lost and uneasy amid the ruins of a fallen civilisation, he is about to face a series of events that Read More …
Celebrating Green Libraries Week!
Last week (27th October – 2nd November) was Green Libraries Week. This is a time when libraries – public, health, and academic – focus on how they can be more sustainable, and how they can support green initiatives happening in Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The year is 1665. In a remote Pennines village a tailor receives a bundle of infected cloth. Anna Frith, an 18 year old widow, watches the disease devastating her community as desperate, the villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore, and Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of And Away… by Bob Mortimer
‘The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year’ – Sunday Times Bob Mortimer’s funny, heartfelt and offbeat autobiography, shares stories from his life and career in his own particular style – but what did SWFT’s Wellbeing Reading Group make of it? Read More …
ICLC – International Clinical Librarians Conference
June saw two Clinical Librarians, and one Librarian visiting Leicester to present at the International Clinical Librarians Conference. Take two hot summer days, a large roomful of medical librarians, a wealth of information, e-posters, long talks and lightning talks, and Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Reviews of May All Your Skies Be Blue by Fiona Scarlett and Under a Pink Sky by Esther Ghey
This month we went with a ‘skies’ theme, and had a choice of two books, the fictional May All Your Skies be Blue by best selling author Fiona Scarlett and the non fiction Under a Pink Sky by Esther Ghey. Read More …