The Healthcare Library at The Royal Victoria Hospital and QUB Medical Biology Centre will be closed due to the impact of public services strikes.  We will re-open on Friday 19th January 2024.

Please email info@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk if help is required when the library is closed.

We apologise for the inconvenience and advise that The McClay Library will open as normal.

All branches of Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland will be closed Saturday 23rd December to Monday 1st January inclusive. Please review branch specific information below.

Normal opening hours resume on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.

Please be advised access to E-Resources will remain available over the closure period at heathcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk.

Contact your local branch directly if you have any questions.

QUB Medical Biology Centre

Monday 18th – Friday 22nd December 9:00am – 5:00pm.

Closed Saturday 23rd December to Monday 1st January inclusive.

Royal Victoria Hospital

Monday 18th – Friday 22nd December 8:30am – 5:00pm

Closed Saturday 23rd December to Monday 1st January inclusive.

Antrim Area Hospital

Monday 18th – Wednesday 20th December 9:00am – 5:00pm

Thursday 21st December 9:00am – 4.30pm

Closed Friday 22nd December to Monday 1st January inclusive.

Altnagelvin Area Hospital

Monday 18th – Friday 22nd December 9:00am – 5:00pm

Closed Saturday 23rd December to Monday 1st January inclusive.

Craigavon Area Hospital

Monday 18th – Thursday 21st December 9:00am – 5:00pm

Friday 22nd December 9:00 – 3:00pm

Closed Saturday 23rd December to Monday 1st January inclusive.

Happy Christmas from all at the Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland.

The following Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland Library branches will be closed on Monday 28th August:

The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at Antrim Area Hospital

The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at Altnagelvin Area Hospital

The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at Craigavon Area Hospital.

Please be advised the Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the QUB Medical Biology Centre will be remain open on Monday 28th.

All libraries will open as normal on Tuesday 29th August, as per our normal opening hours.

Exciting improvements are on the horizon for our Healthcare Library services. As we gear up for positive changes, we want to provide you with important details about how these enhancements may affect your user experience.

Please review our Healthcare Library Search Changes webpage, which includes the following information:

• It will not be possible to place requests for items via the Library Catalogue using the ‘Loan request’ option from 9th August.
• From 3pm on Friday 11th August to 16th August, physical loan items cannot be issued or returned at the self-service stations in the Library. You can bring items to the Borrower Service desks during this time, where Library staff will issue items for you or receive returns.

Please contact your local branch if you need more information. Thank you for your understanding as we work to improve our service.

In mid-August 2023, we will be migrating to Ex Libris Alma® Library Services Platform and Primo® Library Discovery Service. The implementation is progressing well and remains on track.

The Alma platform will streamline and optimise our various library workflows, allowing us to provide a more efficient and seamless service to our customers.

With the Primo Discovery Service integrated into our system, users will have access to a unified search experience across our resources. The enhanced discovery features will make it easier for users to find relevant materials, and access digital resources seamlessly.

Our dedicated project team has been working hard to ensure a smooth and successful migration. We are taking great care to migrate data, configure the system, and conduct rigorous testing. Throughout this process, we remain committed to minimising any disruption to our Healthcare Library services.

We are excited about the positive changes this migration will bring to our services and look forward to providing you with an even better experience. Please stay tuned for more information shortly.

All Healthcare Libraries will be closed from Friday 6th April and will reopen on Wednesday 12th April 2023. Please see our Opening Hours page for details.

🥚 Healthcare Library E-resources remain available during the holiday period. 🐣

All branches of The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland will be closed on Friday 17th March for the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.

Branches will open as normal on Monday 20th March.

The new brand for the library service for staff delivering health and social care in Northern Ireland was launched at an event in the Medical Library, RVH on Friday 8 June. The launch of the Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland was attended by representatives from Queen’s University Belfast, the Department of Health along with many healthcare professionals. Speaking at the event, Professor Gardiner said “NIMDTA warmly welcomes the launch of the new branding and website for the Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland which has been developed following attentive listening to HSC staff, including trainees, with the specific aims of improving the awareness, accessibility and  focus of library services for the HSC community”.

The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland helps deliver world class patient care by providing health and social care professionals with free library and information services, expert advice and training to support patient care, evidence-based practice and Continuous Professional Development. The service comes from a long standing partnership between Queen’s and the Department of Health and is free for health and social care staff across Northern Ireland. The new website can be found at https://healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk/