Still from Desk Set Another librarian cult classic movie. And another movie that is recommended by other library workers. Like Party Girl Desk Set is seen as must watch. It is always interesting seeing a knowledge and information in another sector and from the past. The movie is based a play of the same name. While the movie is almost seventy years old many of the themes that it brings up are still around today.

Title: The Invisible Library  Author: Genevieve Cogman  Date: 2015  ISBN: 9781447256236  Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Pan Macmillan  Review:   Another short Bo…

Article title: Health literacy: Reducing inequalities in healthcare access through improving the readability of healthcare material in the Northeast of England-a qualitative evaluation Public Health, Volume 247, 2025, 105887 Accessed date: 05/08/2025 Authors: J. Dunnett, A. Trebacz, J. Holkham, C. Baldasera, L. Dawson, R. Swiers and F. Christie-de-Jong Accessed with Open Athens sign on account DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105887

Title: The village library demon hunting society Author: C.M. Waggoner Date: 2024 ISBN: 9781804952382 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Penguin Review: Book review number 13 and an I fancied a bit of murder and a little funny horror for spooky season. So here is a quick book review. Think “Murder She Wrote” meets “Buffy” meets “Miss Maple” in a small-town librarian. Murder mystery and demons what more this there not to love.

Title: Reading allowed: true stories and curious incidents from a provincial library Author: Chris Paling Date: 2018 ISBN: 9781472124722 Publisher: Constable Bookshop.org affiliate link: Review: Chris Paling is a brilliant writer. With each story you can see in the world of a public library. It is nice to read from the point of view of a librarian. With all the good and bad of working in a public UK library.

Photo by Asad Photo Maldives on Pexels.com Available online: Editor: World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe Published date: 17 November 2024 Article type: Policy Brief Short Review  This policy brief is a paper that all that work in healthcare should read. Something as simple of a letter can affect a patient's interaction with health care. For some context, letters are some of the most difficult to update and make changes to.

Date: 2025 Trailer: BBC Iplayer: Review: In horror of Halloween, I wanted to watch a horror movie. This documentary was that horror movie. Ok, most people will not see this documentary as a horror movie, but I did. I had to pause the movie serval times and in fact I had to stop watching. In fact, I had to break up my watching into two days.

The celebrated Irish writer had his pass revoked in 1895 after being imprisoned for a gay relationship.

Date of Release: 1995 Review: I was drawn to this movie mainly due to the number of other librarians that highly praise this movie. I was so happy that I did watch this movie. I was scrolling though Plex (a free app and website) and saw that they had the movie available to watch for free. I have to say that I can see why Librarians love this movie.

Title: What you are looking for is in the library Author: Michiko Aoyama and Alison Watts (Translator) Date: 2024 ISBN: 9781804994139 Publisher: Penguin Hardback Buy from Bookshop.org: paperback eBook Review: The Librarian Sayuri Komachi asks one simple question. “What are you looking for?” The book follows five individuals that visit the Library at Hatori Community House. A community centre that draws them in for different reasons.

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Date of Training session: 16/09/2025 Style of training; Online Masterclass Time: 14:00 to 15:30 Full title: Getting started with writing: an interactive masterclass Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Summary: I had been looking for a writing class or masterclass just to see what others where writing and why. This course caught my eye, and I signed up for it. The masterclass was roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes and was online.

Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.com Written: 10/09/2025 I really do not want this blog to be political, but this is a story that I have been thinking about recently from back when I was working at Bloomsbury Healthcare Library and we can connect it to things that have happen recently. How did we go from London 2012 in which a national welcomed people from all over the world to 2016 Brexit and today 2025?

Title: The library: a fragile history Author: Arthur der Weduwen and Andrew Pettegree Date: 2021 ISBN: 9781788163422 Publisher: Profile Books Ltd Hardback Buy from Bookshop.org: Paperback: Hardback: Review: I want to start off by saying that I enjoyed reading this book. It just took me a few months to finish reading it. Taking a few months to read a book is slow for me.

Title: The Midnight Library Author: Matt Haig Date: 2020 ISBN: 9781783305933 Publisher: Canongate Books Buy from Bookshop.org: Paperback - Hardback - Hardback Review: Trigger Warning: death, animal death, suicide, depression, overdose The Midnight Library has been on my “To Be Read” list for many years. When I was a bookseller, I was recommended the novel by a customer who had pre-ordered the book via my shop.

Date = 22/07/2025 Time = 2pm to 4pm Summary:  As part of ACLIP you are asked to expand your knowledge of the wider field of libraries and other information services. To do this you are asked to try and arrange visits to other libraries. To do this I sent out a few emails to other libraries, archives and collections within the Carlisle local area.

Photo by Akil Mazumder on Pexels.com I signed onto this webinar as soon as I read the blurb that was on the ACCENT website. I decided to go to get a better understanding for how other libraries are working on sustainability and climate change. It sounded interesting. This week I was covering West on Wednesday and Thursday, so I was able sit the hour in the library office on Wednesday between 11am to 12pm.

Trigger Warning = Death, Terrorism and blood mentioned. No images or video from that day have been added to this blog post. 7/7 is etched into most British people minds. As I write is have just been reading the many tributes and stories for that day. I was in middle school that day. I can remember teachers crying and being in shock.

My first few days at Bloomsbury Healthcare Library was a mad rush of trains and paperwork. I had packed my bag and lunch the night before and checked the weather. I set my alarm and tried to get some sleep the night before. I had a couple of days before walked the route I would take from Kings Cross on Google maps.