Library Information Week Event Calendar
Free Book Giveaway and Goodies Giveaway - All Week
Chill Out Zone launch - Tuesday 29th July 10am-12pm, Westmead Hospital BJ Amos Library
BMJ Case reports session - Wednesday 30th July 2-3pm, WECC
POP UP Library @ K Block - Thursday 31st July 11.30-1.30, student kitchen
OVID session - Thursday 31st July 2-3pm, WECC
Satellite Event: When words matter: Libraries as health literacy partners - Friday 19th September 9:30am-1pm, WECC Cabaret room
Need to take a moment? Westmead Hospital Library's new Chill Out Zone is a great place to unwind, recharge, be creative and boost your well-being.
Do a puzzle or make a move on our chess board
Give your brain a break with mindful puzzles and our game of chess. Bring a friend and challenge them to a game.
Colour in
Try one of our mindfulness colouring pages to calm your mind and create something beautiful.
Try some origami
Create a paper masterpiece with our origami paper and instructions.
Read the paper or a magazine
Read our local papers from close by and suburbs further afield. Take a moment to see what's happening in the small news of our communities.
Simply sit and soak in the calm
Relax in our serene corner, a perfect meditative retreat to quiet your mind.
Visit us at Westmead Hospital BJ Amos Library and pick up a pen, notepad or water bottle, and check out our giveaway books for free.
Have a unique clinical case to share? Join the training session with Elena from BMJ to learn how to present and publish your case reports effectively.
Don’t miss this chance to deepen your knowledge and best of all, publishing your clinical case reports with BMJ is free for you.
Register here or with the QR code below.
Are you a student, clinician, or researcher tackling a systematic project? Learn how to search like an expert using Ovid's Expert Search strategies. This session will guide you through every step from building a focused PICO question to navigating databases like MEDLINE and Embase, constructing precise search strategies, using subject headings and Boolean logic, and applying clinical filters. Discover how to harness prebuilt Expert Searches, document your process, and export results for screening all in a reproducible, evidence-based workflow.
Whether you're conducting a literature review, clinical guideline, or quality improvement project, attend this session for systematic, high-impact searching.
Register here or with the QR code below.
To mark Australian Library and Information Week 2025, Westmead Hospital Library and the NSW Statewide Health Literacy Hub invite you to a people-centred event that explores the power of reading—and what happens when people can't.
Words have the power to inform, confuse, connect, or empower.
Westmead Hospital BJ Amos Library and the NSW Statewide Health Literacy Hub invite you to an event that highlights the vital role libraries play in bridging knowledge and understanding.
The morning will begin with an interactive workshop – From Information to Empowerment. This session will give health professionals, students, and academics practical tools to turn complex information into clear, inclusive communication. We’ll explore how libraries help transform plain language, cultural competence, and equitable access into everyday practice.
A panel discussion will follow, bringing together clinicians, consumer advocates, library staff, and health literacy experts. Through real stories and lived experiences, the panel will show why words truly matter – and how libraries, as health literacy partners, can change the way people experience health information, care, and community.
Date: September 19th, Friday
Time: 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Venue: Westmead Hospital, Level 1, WECC Cabaret room
Light lunch will be provided
This is a free, in-person event. Spaces are limited. Please register by Thursday 18th September 2025.
**Supported by Westmead Simulation Centre (SiLECT) and ED Research TRUST**
The library is popping up in the K Block student kitchen on Thursday 31st July. Grab your lunch and come and join us, join the library, browse the books for loan trolley, grab some goodies, or speak to our staff about how the library can help you.
11.30-1.30 pm Westmead Hospital, K Block student kitchen
