Black History Month (BMH) was founded over 30 years ago to recognise the contributions that people of African and Caribbean backgrounds have made to the UK over many generations. Now it has expanded to include the history of black people in general. For many years our library service has celebrated Black History Month with displays of posters and an increasing collection of books either written by BAME authors or about diversity topics. This year our BHM offer was embedded in the Trust’s celebrations over the month, and in the campaign which they ran to Show Racism the Red Card on 22 October. We were invited to join the steering group for SRRC which enabled a fit between our offer and publicity through the Trust’s Communications department.…

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Hello all, I'm Georgia a new starter at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I joined the team as a Library Assistant at the start of this year, making a change from previously having worked as a Library Assistant in public libraries. I have a split role assisting the operational & clinical teams here at LTH, working across both the Preston & Chorley sites. I’m really enjoying the variety undertaking the split role offers & looking forward, I am excited by the opportunity to be involved in a new sustainability group within the trust. Georgia Coupe Library Assistant Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust…

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The 2021 LIHNN Christmas Study Day took place on the 8 December, unfortunately it was a virtual event again.…

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List of Christmas Opening times for LIHNN Libraries…

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As chair of the Northern Lights Editorial Group, I am happy to provide this short introduction to the Northern Lights Survey Report 2021 on behalf of the group.…

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On 27th September 2021 we delivered a presentation about Bolton Health Information Partnership at the CILIP Health Libraries Group Virtual Study day. The day was focused around Users, Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilisation, just perfect for the topic of our session.…

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Hello everyone, I am James Ryan and I’ve recently joined the Library and Knowledge team at Stockport Foundation Trust as an Assistant Librarian. This is my first foray into the world of NHS libraries, and I have been made feel so welcome not only by Kieran Lamb and staff here at Stockport, but also the LIHNN network.…

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I have recently joined the team at Leeds Community Healthcare Trust as a Library and Information Specialist – Primary Care. This is a really unique and exciting opportunity to provide support to the 19 Primary Care Networks and 94 Practices working across Leeds…

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The Library and Knowledge Service for NHS Ambulance Services in England (LKS ASE) serves about 36,000 users in eight of the ten ambulance service trusts in England. With so many users the library needs to come up with creative ways to reach them, in particular non-users of the service. One solution is to put information in places they are likely to find it, typically professional journals and newsletters.…

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I took part in the Springboard women’s development programme which consisted of 8 free workshops that was delivered virtually over the period of four months - from February to May 2021. The workshop was for two half days in a month, and the objectives of the programme are; • To take clear practical realistic steps to take more control over your life. • To find out what you value. • To make decisions and take action based on your core values.…

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