I am very grateful to have received a bursary from YOHHLNet, allowing me to attend the HLG conference last month. I had an amazing time, learned a great deal, and had the opportunity to meet fellow NHS librarians from Scotland to Cornwall. I could also be there for the two posters I had submitted – a surreal experience to see them on the big screens! – which meant the sweat, tears and hair-pulling involved in the research projects to create them was far outweighed by the sense of pride at seeing my posters next to the amazing quality of work produced by other librarians.…

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There’s been a big turnaround of staff at Bradford! The physical library space was closed to readers at the beginning of the pandemic and we also said goodbye to Lead Librarian Federica Bianchini, who moved on to Bradford Care trust. After a nine month period where the service was delivered by library assistants Louise and Caroline, I was appointed as Knowledge and Resources Librarian at the start of January. It’s been a steep learning curve, never having worked in an NHS library before, and I’m grateful to everyone, both at Bradford and in the wider network of librarians in the North, who have been there to answer all my questions.…

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It’s been a busy year at BTHFT and library staff have been working hard to deliver an effective service despite some staffing challenges.…

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