Health Library at County Library Christmas Opening

We are pleased to announce that the Health Library at County is now open again following phase 1 of our refurbishment. Staff will be on hand to help until 4.30pm on Thursday 23rd December. After that the library will be self-service over Christmas for those with 24/7 access with swipecard at the side entrance. Normal service will resume on Tuesday 4th January when the PGMC will also reopen.

                                        

Information on opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period at the Health Library (CEC) Royal Stoke can be found on the Health Library webpages https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/openinghours/christmasopeninghours/

Merry Christmas 

from 

The Library Team

Staffed hours this week

 As usual the library is open 24/7 to members who have requested extended access. Otherwise staff can access the library during PGMC opening hours.

This week library staff are available on site during the following times (note if you receive this post as an email you may need to click the link to read the details in full):

Staffed Hours

 Library staffed opening hours for the week beginning  22nd March are shown below (if you are receiving this in an email you may need to click on the post title to view in full).  Please note that the library remains open 24/7 to members who have requested full access, otherwise the building can be accessed during PGMC opening hours Mon-Fri.

Staffed hours 8th-19th March

Library staffed opening hours for the weeks beginning 8th and 15th March are shown below (if you are receiving this in an email you may need to click on the post title to view in full).  Please note that the library remains open 24/7 to members who have requested full access, otherwise the building can be accessed during PGMC opening hours Mon-Fri.

Staffed Hours Week beginning 22nd February

 Library staffed opening hours for the week beginning 22nd Feb are shown below (if you are receiving this in an email you may need to click on the post title to view in full).  Please note that the library remains open 24/7 to members who have requested full access, otherwise the building can be accessed during PGMC opening hours Mon-Fri.

Staffed hours 15-19th Feb

Library staffed opening hours for the week beginning 15th Feb are shown below (if you are receiving this in an email you may need to click on the post title to view in full).  Please note that the library remains open 24/7 to members who have requested full access, otherwise the building can be accessed during PGMC opening hours Mon-Fri.

Staffed opening hours

Library staffed opening hours for the week beginning 1st Feb are shown below (if you are receiving this in an email you may need to click on the post title to view in full).  Please note that the library remains open 24/7 to members who have requested full access otherwise the building can be accessed during PGMC opening hours Mon-Fri.

Staffed Library Hours Next Week

The library will be staffed every day next week. Exact times are shown below (click on title if reading this in email form):

Staffed hours next week

 The library remains open through lockdown although as mentioned previously staffed hours are subject to change.  We continue to work our normal hours off-site however and can be reached by email at library@uhnm.nhs.uk between 8.30 and 4pm Monday to Friday. 

We are staffed until 4pm each day next week but start times in the library vary between 8.30 and 9.30 am. On site hours for the next week are as follows: 

24/7 access to the library

We are pleased to announce that following lockdown during which the physical library facilities were closed, out of hours access has now been reinstated at the Health Library at County giving 24/7 admittance to eligible staff.

The library is currently staffed 10-4 Monday to Friday, although staff are working remotely outside of these hours. Library members can also access the library 9-5 when the PGMC building is open.

If you wish to access the library outside of the 9-5 you need to be a member of the library (join here:  https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/usingthehealthlibrary/join/) and will need to contact us at library@uhnm.nhs.uk or pop in so we can sort out permissions.

If you have previously been granted out of hours access we suggest you test your badge or card to ensure it is functioning if you are planning on working late and advise that you don't pop out leaving anything in the building if you haven't tested your card to ensure you can re-enter. Please contact us in case of any problems or if you are unsure if you have previously applied for access. (Note that your library membership needs to be kept up-to-date for out of hours access cards to remain active).

If you have previously paid a refundable deposit as you are not a County hospital badge holder, and find that you no longer need out of hours access or are leaving the Trust, please return the card to us in person and we will provide your refund.

Library Opening Hours

 Please note that the Health Libraries will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 31st August.

County Health Library will be open again from 1st September at 10.00 am.

 

Changes to health library services from 3rd August

We are pleased to say that from Monday 3rd August we will be open and staffed for an additional hour until 4pm each day Monday to Friday. We hope to have news of out of hours opening soon and will let you know as soon as we can.

Further services will also be available at the Health Library Royal Stoke please see their webpages for the latest information.