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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 17m

Thank you! 👍💚🌱

Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 1h

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Sustainability Bingo Challenge card - small actions make a big difference! 😀

Pick up your card from the library, or download this picture

Bring along your completed cards to the library and claim a small reward 💚

#GreenLibraries Week @newcomblibrary.bsky.social

Newcomb Library Green Libraries Week Sustainability Bingo Challenge - how many small actions can you tick off? from food composting, to not using single-use cups, to borrowing books from the library! Complete all the actions and claim a small reward

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 1h

Today! Come along to our Houseplant Hospital session from 12-1pm as part of our #GreenLibraries week activities 🌱

Join us & Emma Myers in the Education Centre for advice, seeds & take away free cuttings!

Also pick up a Sustainability challenge bingo card
How many actions can you complete? 💚 🙏
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Poster advertising Houseplant Hospital drop in session in the Education centre, ground floor main corridor, near the library
Come along between 12- 1pm, for advice, seeds, and free plants to take away

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 21h

so if it's books about being Green,

or books that just happen to be green...we have something for everyone! 💚😀📗📗📗

#LoveYourLibrary this #GreenLibraries Week

Book cover images - all these books have green covers (!) and can be found on the shelves at the Newcomb Library, or online via our catalogue https://homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Go green at the library this #GreenLibraries Week!

Celebrate by borrowing books, instead of buying them! 💚

Take a look at our Green Reading List 👀 👇
homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Image to highlight our Green Reading List - showing some book covers from the list, a qr code to scan

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 2d

#GreenLibrariesWeek Sustainability Bingo Challenge - how many actions can you complete? 💚

Bring along your completed card to the library & get a small reward!
Print out your sheet here, or pick one up from the library

Green Libraries Week Sustainability Bingo Challenge - can you complete all 8 actions ? We have given you one green heart to start with.
Save and printout your sheet here, or pick up one from the library

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 2d

This is #GreenLibrariesWeek!

This year's theme is "Seeds of Change"
We invite you to join us in thinking & acting more sustainably this week, & for the future💚

We'll be sharing actions we've taken & those you can take too to make your live more sustainably
See our Sustainability Bingo Challenge👇

Green Libraries Week at Newcomb Library poster - listing the Houseplant Hospital drop in and our Sustainability Bingo Challenge

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 8d

We need your help updating our #BlackHistoryMonth Reading List - take a look and tell us what's missing 👀
▶️ lhl.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

If you know of recently published books that we could add to the list please get in touch
by email, [email protected]
or reply here! 🙏

Image showing books covers of books featured on the Newcomb Library Black History Month Reading List - eg, Becoming by Michelle Obama, Diversity by June Sarpong, and the featured October 2025 ebook of the month: This is not America

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 14d

New: The Healthcare Inequalities team at NHS England has commissioned a #healthliteracy resource, published by NHSProviders.bsky.social

Improving Health Literacy in the NHS nhsproviders.org/resources/im...

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 15d

This October we are Spotlighting the Reading Agency's "Reading Well for Families" books & resources -
see link for more info
▶️ readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...

and #HealthLiteracy

See ▶️ library.nhs.uk/wp-content/u...

Please ask library staff to find out more

Graphic with visual images - books, health literacy statistics and QR codes linking to more information and training

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 19d

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay - and we all need to take
care of our mental health and wellbeing

The Newcomb Library provides a calm peaceful space to take
time out from your busy day:
We have wellbeing & fiction books 📚
green plants, 🌱
a jigsaw puzzle 🧩
Take a break with us 💚 😍

Images of the library space with lots of houseplants, books such as "what you are looking for is in the library2, comfy chairs, and a jigsaw puzzle - come take your break in the Library

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 22d

October is #HealthLiteracyMonth

Our level of health literacy can affect how well we understand health information & the choices we make

Find lots of useful tips & techniques for helping others to get to grips with health information in the Health Literacy Toolkit
library.nhs.uk/health-infor...

Health literacy levels
43% of adults struggle to understand health information that just uses words
61% of adults struggle to understand health information that contains both words and numbers

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 27d

💚 Love this! What a great idea... you've set us thinking what we could do for #GreenLibrariesWeek - hmm, maybe something similar...? 🤔

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · 27d

A short poem for #NationalPoetryDay featured in poet Lemn Sissay's thought-provoking memoir, My Name is Why, a book we read in May for #HomertonBookGroup

"Not lost said the sun
At the start of the day
Just following instinct
Just finding my way"

Lemn Sissay

Book cover image: my Name is Why by Lemn Sissay

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our focus in September is on NHS Knowledge & Library Hub

The #KLHub is an easy-to-use platform with a significant range of trusted evidence & knowledge sources
It's centrally funded & free to healthcare staff, trainees & students in England

Take a look 👉 library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub/
#NHSKLS

Poster advertising the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub - gives easy access tp 1000s of journals, books, e-publications, full-text articles, BMJ Best practice, databases such as Medline and Cinahl and guidelines and procedures - contact library staff for help with using the Hub or for a quick demo

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 19

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know the subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it"

Do you know where to start searching for information to inform your knowledge (apart from asking a librarian)?

▶️ #NHSKLHub See the link on our intranet page, log in with your #OpenAthens

NHS Knowledge and Library Hub social card withthe words: Evidence, information, knowledge Simple searching in one place The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 17

Also, to access and browse relevant journals on #PatientSafety such as the "Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management", use the Publication A-Z
link on the #NHSKLHub homepage

*Don't forget to login with your OpenAthens account to ensure access to local resources

Use the Publications A-Z link on the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub homepage - enter your search terms, click the links to access full-text journals, current and back issues. Don't forget to login with your OpenAthens account to ensure access to local resources

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 17

17 September is #WorldPatientSafetyDay
See www.who.int/campaigns/wo...

This year's theme: 'Safe care for every newborn and child'

Did you know you can find all the latest research on #PatientSafety by searching the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub #NHSKLHub (our Resource of the month)
- see below

Screenshots from a search on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub on World Patient Safety Day - search - find results, browse results, click on a link to access the full-text of an article
You can also find books in the library on Patient Safety - ask library staff if you need help locating them

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 15

Have you seen our September #BooksoftheMonth displayed in the library?
Book: Bates' guide to physical examination & history taking

eBook: Reflective leadership in healthcare: a practical guide

Wellbeing book: The burnout doctor : Your 6-step recovery plan

Take a look!
▶️ homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

September's Books of the Month @Newcomb Library: Book of the month: Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking
by Rainier P Soriano

eBook of the Month: Reflective leadership in healthcare : a practical guide
by Rhian Last and Sue Lillyman

Wellbeing book of the month: The burnout doctor : Your 6-step recovery plan
by Dr Claire Ashley
Book cover images and QR codes
Find the books in the library or for the ebook follow the link in our online catalogue https://homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today is #BookClubDayUK a day to celebrate & share the joy of being part of a book club - you can be part of our #HomertonBookGroup & discover the benefits yourself!
On Wed 8 October we'll be discussing The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson

Come & join us
▶️ bit.ly/HomertonBook...
or scan the QR code

Poster adverting the next Homerton Book group - https://bit.ly/HomertonBookGroupTradingGame on Wednesday 8 October Book cover image of The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson, the book we will be talking about

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 3

Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our focus in September is on NHS Knowledge & Library Hub

The #KLHub is an easy-to-use platform with a significant range of trusted evidence & knowledge sources
It's centrally funded & free to healthcare staff, trainees & students in England

Take a look 👉 library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub/
#NHSKLS

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our focus this month is on Reading
So Bluesky followers & friends, we would love to know
(a) what are you currently reading?
(b) do you have any good book recommendations?

We love & have read a few of these book in the image below - but what should we read next?

Hit reply to send your comments..

Photo of the Summer Reading book display in the Newcomb Library - you are welcome to borrow any of these book

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our focus this month is on Reading
So Bluesky followers & friends, we would love to know
(a) what are you currently reading?
(b) do you have any good book recommendations?

We love & have read a few of these book in the image below - but what should we read next?

Hit reply to send your comments..

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Newcomb Library @newcomblibrary.bsky.social · Aug 19

Have you seen our Library Book Swap?

We have written some reviews for the books in the cabinet See if they inspire you to take a book home with you! 👀 📚

Take a book - bring a book!
Discover something unexpected!

Find your #SummerReading @newcomblibrary.bsky.social

Images of the Library Book Swap books - in the library and in the cabinet outside the library - where each book has a handwritten review from the Library staff

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