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UCL Health Libraries @uclhealthlibraries.bsky.social · Jun 10
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
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Your attention please!!!📢
The whole of the Cruciform Building will be closed on Saturday 21 February for maintenance work and this includes the Cruciform Hub.
All other UCL libraries will be open that day and your best option is the Science Library on the main campus: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...
Photograph showing the front of the Cruciform Building, with the words "Sorry we're closed" superimposed at the bottom of the picture.
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Managing and citing references with EndNote: workshop
Date: Friday 13 February 2026
Time: 10:00 - 11:50
Location: UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology
Learn how to organise references and cite in a Word document. Register to attend training library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4453298
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February 11, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Eminent French neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot had many connections with Queen Square (QS), home of UK neurology. Charcot’s demos at Salpêtrière Hospital also attracted many young British physicians to Paris. Discover more in our QS Library display. www.queensquare.org.uk/archives #EYAConnections
Jean-Martin Charcot's letter of recommendation in support of Victor Horsley's appointment as neurosurgeon at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, 1886 - page 1, French. Queen Square Archives (ref: QSA/2141) Jean-Martin Charcot's letter of recommendation in support of Victor Horsley's appointment as neurosurgeon at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, 1886 - page 2, French. Queen Square Archives (ref: QSA/2141) No doubt many, many connections were made at this hugely popular event in 1881. Charcot stands in one of the bottom left-hand side groups. Members of the International Medical Congress, London. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Here we have connections between Charcot, hypnosis and suggestion. Caricature de Jean-Martin Charcot and ‘Suggestion’, Pont-Calé, 1890, Le professeur Charcot, drawing by Luque, in the « Les hommes d’aujourd’hui » collection, vol. 7, n° 343.
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Want to learn how to search for evidence? Register for the Literature searching using PubMed: workshop, Friday 6 February 2026, 11am-12.20pm at the UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology. library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4451806
For enquiries please contact: ophthlib@ucl.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Make a date in your diary for this online introduction to altmetrics and the Altmetric tool, a service which looks at the impact of published research in the wider world📣
Date/time: Friday 6 February, 11:00 - 11:50
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4457553
Donut logo for Altmetric
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Do you need to brush up on your literature searching skills? Or are you new to Medline, Embase and PsychINFO?
If so, sign up for tomorrow's online course📣
library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4456175
Date/time: Wednesday 28 January, 14:00 - 15:20
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January 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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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
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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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
Library study space Wellbeing books
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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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
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#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...
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January 20, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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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
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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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
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January 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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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
UCL, Joint Library of Ophthalmology Museum
January 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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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🤩
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Ethiopian scrolls containing tales, prayers and images believed to offer physical and mental cures to the carrier
January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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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
A systematic review flow chart
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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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...
Two people working on laptops at a wooden table in a library surrounded by tall shelves of books.
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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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
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January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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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
Message which reads "Look for the good in others and notice their strengths" with a heart under a handheld magnifying glass.
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Don't forget - do your bit for the environment🎄
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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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
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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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
Photo of the museum at the UCL, Joint Library of Ophthalmology
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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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...
Christmas tree covered with baubles and tinsel in Cruciform Hub
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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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...
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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...
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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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/...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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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
Queen Square Archive display marking 200th anniversary of French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot’s birth. The first display board of images and captions, with books and objects, focuses on Charcot and the School of Neurology at La Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, which was the greatest neurological clinic of the time in Europe. Queen Square Archive display marking 200th anniversary of French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot’s birth. The central display highlights some archive items including Charcot's letter of recommendation about W.S. Greenfield's application as Chair of General Pathology at University of Edinburgh. Queen Square Archive display marking 200th anniversary of French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot’s birth. The next display board focuses on Charcot and his connections to Queen Square and the National Hospital, London. Includes Charcot's written testimonial in support of Victor Horsley's application as the National Hospital's first neurosurgeon in 1886, and three Queen Square pioneers awarded the Charcot Award in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in outstanding research into understanding and treating multiple sclerosis (MS).
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM