UCL Health Libraries
@uclhealthlibraries.bsky.social
News and updates from all @ucl.ac.uk's Health Libraries, serving students, staff, and colleagues at our partner NHS Trusts.
Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/nhs
Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/nhs
Pinned
Hello to everyone on @bsky.app! We support @ucl.ac.uk students, staff, and colleagues at our partner NHS Trusts. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/nhs
Want to learn how to find evidence based health information? Register for our workshop literature searching using Ovid databases at The Joint Library of Ophthalmology
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 2pm-3.20pm
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451797
#HIW2026 - winter health resources tinyurl.com/58cmk6w2
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 2pm-3.20pm
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451797
#HIW2026 - winter health resources tinyurl.com/58cmk6w2
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Want to learn how to find evidence based health information? Register for our workshop literature searching using Ovid databases at The Joint Library of Ophthalmology
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 2pm-3.20pm
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451797
#HIW2026 - winter health resources tinyurl.com/58cmk6w2
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 2pm-3.20pm
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451797
#HIW2026 - winter health resources tinyurl.com/58cmk6w2
NHS and UCL staff and students are welcome to visit the Joint Library of Ophthalmology library space tinyurl.com/3yr2f4s3 and access our wellbeing collection tinyurl.com/3rpas8dh
#HIW2026
#HIW2026
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
NHS and UCL staff and students are welcome to visit the Joint Library of Ophthalmology library space tinyurl.com/3yr2f4s3 and access our wellbeing collection tinyurl.com/3rpas8dh
#HIW2026
#HIW2026
A reminder that this is happening this weekend (23rd-25th January 2026). UCL Nature and Conservation Society lead regular walks studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societ.... And there are also @rspb.bsky.social events across London and beyond www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM
A reminder that this is happening this weekend (23rd-25th January 2026). UCL Nature and Conservation Society lead regular walks studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societ.... And there are also @rspb.bsky.social events across London and beyond www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#HIW2026 Finding evidence using NHS Knowledge & Library Hub: demonstration-we will explore evidence-based resources including information for your patients. Wednesday 21 January 12-13.15pm, 2026. Register to attend online tiny.cc/3rvx001. More resources for patients tiny.cc/wzvx001, tiny.cc/50wx001.
Finding evidence using NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: demonstration
Please join us for this online training session where we will explore the evidence-based information resources, unlocked by your NHS OpenAthens account, including the NHS Knowledge...
tiny.cc
January 20, 2026 at 11:22 AM
#HIW2026 Finding evidence using NHS Knowledge & Library Hub: demonstration-we will explore evidence-based resources including information for your patients. Wednesday 21 January 12-13.15pm, 2026. Register to attend online tiny.cc/3rvx001. More resources for patients tiny.cc/wzvx001, tiny.cc/50wx001.
The Royal Free Hospital Medical Library alerts you to Health Information Week (19-25 January 2026): a national campaign to promote health information: shorturl.at/Fet3u / shorturl.at/nOOvI
For NHS staff UCL also provides library skills training and guidance: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/NHS-skills
For NHS staff UCL also provides library skills training and guidance: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/NHS-skills
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The Royal Free Hospital Medical Library alerts you to Health Information Week (19-25 January 2026): a national campaign to promote health information: shorturl.at/Fet3u / shorturl.at/nOOvI
For NHS staff UCL also provides library skills training and guidance: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/NHS-skills
For NHS staff UCL also provides library skills training and guidance: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/NHS-skills
Library skills training online session
Wednesday 21 January, 12pm-13:15pm
Finding evidence using NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: demonstration. Register to join the session: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451777
Wednesday 21 January, 12pm-13:15pm
Finding evidence using NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: demonstration. Register to join the session: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451777
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Library skills training online session
Wednesday 21 January, 12pm-13:15pm
Finding evidence using NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: demonstration. Register to join the session: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451777
Wednesday 21 January, 12pm-13:15pm
Finding evidence using NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: demonstration. Register to join the session: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451777
Event: Wednesday, 21 January 10:00am@the UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology, Viewing the historical ophthalmic instruments and rare books. To visit register for this event library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4453302
January 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Event: Wednesday, 21 January 10:00am@the UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology, Viewing the historical ophthalmic instruments and rare books. To visit register for this event library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4453302
Make sure you get to the Wellcome Collection before 19 April to see this exhibition on the protective practices and beliefs around pregnancy, childbirth and infertility that existed in medieval times and continue through to today🤩
wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Make sure you get to the Wellcome Collection before 19 April to see this exhibition on the protective practices and beliefs around pregnancy, childbirth and infertility that existed in medieval times and continue through to today🤩
wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
Make sure you sign up for this online session on getting started with your systematic review on Monday 19 January📣
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4456789
Date/time: Monday 19 January, 14:00 - 15:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4456789
Date/time: Monday 19 January, 14:00 - 15:20
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Make sure you sign up for this online session on getting started with your systematic review on Monday 19 January📣
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4456789
Date/time: Monday 19 January, 14:00 - 15:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4456789
Date/time: Monday 19 January, 14:00 - 15:20
Reposted by UCL Health Libraries
The Main Library will not be open on the 10 and 11 January due to planned electrical works associated with the ongoing UCL200 refurbishment project. The Main Library will re-open as usual on Monday 12 January. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The Main Library will not be open on the 10 and 11 January due to planned electrical works associated with the ongoing UCL200 refurbishment project. The Main Library will re-open as usual on Monday 12 January. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
Make a date in your diary for this online session on copyright and the use of images📣
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4457356
Date/time: Wednesday 14 January, 11:00 - 12:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4457356
Date/time: Wednesday 14 January, 11:00 - 12:20
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Make a date in your diary for this online session on copyright and the use of images📣
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4457356
Date/time: Wednesday 14 January, 11:00 - 12:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4457356
Date/time: Wednesday 14 January, 11:00 - 12:20
If you need a bit of inspiration on these cold January mornings, why not take a look at Action For Happiness's calendar each day?
actionforhappiness.org/calendar
actionforhappiness.org/calendar
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
If you need a bit of inspiration on these cold January mornings, why not take a look at Action For Happiness's calendar each day?
actionforhappiness.org/calendar
actionforhappiness.org/calendar
Don't forget - do your bit for the environment🎄
As the festive season approaches, we’re once again asking our UCL community to help save energy and be in with the chance to win great prizes!
Take part in the Christmas Switch Off 2025 🎄
www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
Take part in the Christmas Switch Off 2025 🎄
www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
Small switches, big impact: Christmas Switch Off 2025
As the festive season approaches, we’re once again asking our UCL community to help save energy and be in with the chance to win great prizes!
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Don't forget - do your bit for the environment🎄
Reposted by UCL Health Libraries
It’s that time…Big Garden Birdwatch is BACK! 😍🙌
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s that time…Big Garden Birdwatch is BACK! 😍🙌
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
Viewing historical ophthalmic instruments and rare books Wednesday 21 January 2026, 10:00-11:50
Register to attend this event at the UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4453302
Register to attend this event at the UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4453302
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Viewing historical ophthalmic instruments and rare books Wednesday 21 January 2026, 10:00-11:50
Register to attend this event at the UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4453302
Register to attend this event at the UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4453302
All UCL libraries, including the health libraries, will close during the afternoon of 23 December and won't open again until Monday 5 January📣🎄
For more details www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...
For more details www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
All UCL libraries, including the health libraries, will close during the afternoon of 23 December and won't open again until Monday 5 January📣🎄
For more details www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...
For more details www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...
Make a lunch date for tomorrow (Tuesday 16 December) to head over to the IOE building for some "Winter Warmers"🤗🎶
www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour...
www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour...
Tomorrow (16th Dec), more than 85 people will come together for the final UCL Community Choir event of the year - "Winter Warmers!". Come in from the cold and be warmed by their merry melodies! Free event, open to all.
👉 Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour...
👉 Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour...
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Make a lunch date for tomorrow (Tuesday 16 December) to head over to the IOE building for some "Winter Warmers"🤗🎶
www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour...
www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour...
Queen Square Library be open as follows on 16 December 2025: 9.00-12.30 and 15.00-19.00. Please see www.ucl.ac.uk/library for alternative UCL Libraries and study spaces. Don't forget to Switch off this Christmas! www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Queen Square Library be open as follows on 16 December 2025: 9.00-12.30 and 15.00-19.00. Please see www.ucl.ac.uk/library for alternative UCL Libraries and study spaces. Don't forget to Switch off this Christmas! www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
We're delighted to launch a new display in Queen Square (QS) Library marking the 200th anniversary of Jean-Martin Charcot’s birth and the QS connections of this seminal figure in the history of medicine and neurology. Handout and photos available at www.queensquare.org.uk/archives #EYAanniversaries
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're delighted to launch a new display in Queen Square (QS) Library marking the 200th anniversary of Jean-Martin Charcot’s birth and the QS connections of this seminal figure in the history of medicine and neurology. Handout and photos available at www.queensquare.org.uk/archives #EYAanniversaries
Reposted by UCL Health Libraries
On International Day of People with Disabilities, part of UK Disability History Month, we’re sharing how UCL is working to create inclusive and inspiring spaces for everyone. Learn more and explore what’s happening: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/nov/disability-history-month-2025-ucl
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On International Day of People with Disabilities, part of UK Disability History Month, we’re sharing how UCL is working to create inclusive and inspiring spaces for everyone. Learn more and explore what’s happening: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/nov/disability-history-month-2025-ucl
Need some help with getting your message across?
Try this book with loads of ideas📚🏆
ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44...
Try this book with loads of ideas📚🏆
ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44...
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Need some help with getting your message across?
Try this book with loads of ideas📚🏆
ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44...
Try this book with loads of ideas📚🏆
ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44...
Sign up for this in-person workshop on finding evidence using the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub at the Institute of Ophthalmology📣 #KNOWvember
Date/time: Thursday 4 December, 12:00 - 13:20
Full details: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393244
Date/time: Thursday 4 December, 12:00 - 13:20
Full details: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393244
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Sign up for this in-person workshop on finding evidence using the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub at the Institute of Ophthalmology📣 #KNOWvember
Date/time: Thursday 4 December, 12:00 - 13:20
Full details: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393244
Date/time: Thursday 4 December, 12:00 - 13:20
Full details: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393244
Last chance to sign up for Wednesday's in-person workshop on literature searching (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO) at Cruciform Hub📣
Date/time: Wednesday 26 November, 10:00 - 11:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393132
Date/time: Wednesday 26 November, 10:00 - 11:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393132
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Last chance to sign up for Wednesday's in-person workshop on literature searching (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO) at Cruciform Hub📣
Date/time: Wednesday 26 November, 10:00 - 11:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393132
Date/time: Wednesday 26 November, 10:00 - 11:20
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393132
#KNOWvember LibrarySkills@UCL are running various sessions for literature searching. Register for Medline, Tuesday 2/12/2025 11:00-12:20 tinyurl.com/yc7xy3y6; NHS Knowledge and Library Hub Thurs 4/12/2025, 12:00-13:20 tinyurl.com/ytnv3apt. More sessions tinyurl.com/25prmjx3
@moorfields.bsky.social
@moorfields.bsky.social
Literature searching using Ovid databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO): workshop
Ovid is a popular platform for advanced literature searching, and hosts a number of widely used bibliographic databases including Medline, PsycINFO, and Embase.
During this...
tinyurl.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#KNOWvember LibrarySkills@UCL are running various sessions for literature searching. Register for Medline, Tuesday 2/12/2025 11:00-12:20 tinyurl.com/yc7xy3y6; NHS Knowledge and Library Hub Thurs 4/12/2025, 12:00-13:20 tinyurl.com/ytnv3apt. More sessions tinyurl.com/25prmjx3
@moorfields.bsky.social
@moorfields.bsky.social
Learn how to manage and cite references with Mendeley with this online demonstration📚🏆
Date/time: Tuesday 25 November, 11:00 - 12:15
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393011
Date/time: Tuesday 25 November, 11:00 - 12:15
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393011
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Learn how to manage and cite references with Mendeley with this online demonstration📚🏆
Date/time: Tuesday 25 November, 11:00 - 12:15
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393011
Date/time: Tuesday 25 November, 11:00 - 12:15
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393011