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Library services for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, with Libraries at North Manchester, Oxford Road, Trafford General and Wythenshawe Hospitals
A copy of 'Working From Home With A Cat' by Heidi Moreno on our shelves!
Happy International Cat Day!
Sadly, we don't have a cat in the library - the closest we have is the excellent Working From Home With A Cat!
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07.08.2025 09:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The view of Oxford Road Campus Library from the mezzanine!
A snapshot of Oxford Road Campus from the mezzanine!
You can see our displays, shelves and even a little bit of the computer room!
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A poetry book for new doctors - 'Tools of the Trade'
We're welcoming our new FY1 doctors to MFT - nothing says hello like a poetry book, right?
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'Onyx Storm' by Rebecca Yarros - a reader's copy they've lent to us!
The spine of 'Onyx Storm' by Rebecca Yarros
It's a first for us - after years of lending books to staff, a member of staff has lent a book to us!
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You think we'd have learned by now 🤣
04.08.2025 09:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A gloomy shot of the Post Graduate Centre at North Manchester General Hospital, where the library is based! There are too many puddles for our liking!
Snapshot of North Manchester General Hospital in the rain
The North Manchester General Hospital sign, soaked by rain....
The grey skies above North Manchester General Hospital looking ominous...
We've come to the library today, but the sun didn't come with us!
It's a gloomy day - We're hoping that, after a day of reorganising shelves, the sun will return again!
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Scully the Skeleton looking at the fiction section!
It's the weekend so Scully is back in the library to grab some fiction books!
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Thank you!
31.07.2025 09:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of the nursing section, looking a bit tidier but still a long way off tidy!
Here's our nursing section - we've been tidying it, but we've still got a long way to go!
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31.07.2025 08:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our returns shelf viewed without our glasses - can't make anything out!
That's better - we've got our glasses on and can see the Returns shelf clearly!
Disaster!!!
We went to shelve the books on the returns shelf and realised that we'd forgotten our glasses!
A quick trip back to the car and we're sorted - we can see clearly now and can put all the books back!
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A grumpy Scully the Skeleton with his library books - he's at the library desk and there is no one there to process his loans!!!!!!
Scully the Skeleton smartly using our self service machine to take out his loans!
We had an issue at Wythenshawe Library this morning - there was no-one available to process Scully's loans!
Luckily though, we have self service terminals, so no grumpy skeletons having to wait to lend books!
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Some boards showing pictures and text relating to the origins of North Manchester General Hospital
We've been asked to store some exhibits about the history of North Manchester General Hospital.
Here are some of the displays, showing the origins of the hospital!
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New library posters on our noticeboard inside the Post Graduate Centre!
A new 2025 book integrated into our shelves!
A clean door with a poster on it!
Sneaky books out of position on the shelves - we call them 'ghost readers' as they've been read then left out of place!
We've had a productive week - new posters are up, new books have been added to the shelves, the library doors have been cleaned and we even found a few sneaky ghost readers hiding on the shelves!
#booksky #librarysky #library
A vending machine filled with snacks...not books, sadly...
Vending machine update - the vending machine company have decided to fill the vending machine with drinks instead of books 😥
Maybe we should put some bookmarks in the hatch, so people can grab one with their snack?
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A collection of our posters, laminated and ready to be put up!
Our new Book Classification posters, looking lonely on the notice board.
We're busy processing new and improved posters today - our new Book Classification Guide posters are looking lonely!
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A stack of new books and a fancy new purple/pink water bottle that tracks how much you should be drinking!
We're serious about books and hydration!
Here's a pile of new books and a fancy new water bottle to prove it!
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You too! We've got books, water and a fan on full blast!
18.07.2025 08:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'Small Island' by Andrea Levy and 'A Line To Kill' by Anthony Horowitz outside the library in the bushes on a hot day!
It's another warm day here in Manchester - the weather is a mixture of heat and breeze, like a tropical island!
Remember to stay hydrated and keep reading!
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Bright orange footstools would be great, means we wouldn't trip over them!
17.07.2025 08:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A little book on display, ruining our 'every other shelf' book display pattern!
Our shelf tidying is going well, though we're a bit annoyed at this little book - they're messing up our book display pattern on every other shelf!
If we put the little book back with the other books though, we'll lose them!
#library #librarysky #booksky
A closed office guillotine
An open office guillotine
With us sending more books out to other libraries under NoW, the office guillotine is making more and more appearances!
We're getting the hang of it too - no more wonky compliment slips!
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The exterior of North Manchester General Hospital Library on a very hot day!
Here's a picture of the exterior of North Manchester General Hospital Library in the sun!
It's very warm today so please just stay in the shade, drink lots and read as much as you can!
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That's a great idea! 😂
10.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A vending machine (that appeared out of nowhere!) next to a drinking water machine.
A vending machine has suddenly appeared near our library!
We try to ignore it most of the time (don't want to be tempted by chocolate and crisps!) but we did notice it has some empty racks - do you think we could get some fiction books put in there?
#library #librarysky #booksky
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09.07.2025 10:00 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
2 books - 'The Five Minute Coach' and 'Give Great Presentations' on our returns trolley!
We found these two books on our returns trolley first thing this morning - hope whoever returned them is currently giving a great presentation on coaching!
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Can't be - the cleaners clean in the afternoons and the building is locked over the weekend!
08.07.2025 13:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A well worn navy notebook with 'A truly great librarian is hard to find, difficult to part with and impossible to forget' written on the front.
Here's our well worn notebook, full of library wisdom!
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