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Welcome to Keyll Darree Library and Education Centre. We're based on the Isle of Man and here to connect with our community and provide updates on the service and our resources, tips and tricks, health news, and events.

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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Light a candle tonight if you know someone affected by suicide, or wish to support #WSPD World Suicide Prevention Day as featured at #KDLibrary display. #RCN #IOM has asked #CultureVannin to translate the appeal into #Manx as our community gears up to #StartTheConversation about stopping suicide.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Knowledge and Library Service @lancshosplib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
✨Monday Motivation✨ "The secret of getting ahead is to get started" - Mark Twain
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
At Thie Bee Hospital Staff Restaurant, Keyll Darree Library assistant Alan is brewing coffee TODAY till 2pm. Busy Noble's colleagues may stop by for their information, research, and educational needs. Sign up for library cards & OpenAthens and start using a wealth of electronic resources.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Keyll Darree Library is coming to Thie Rosien for our south side users TODAY. Look for us in the treatment room till 4pm for your information, research, and educational needs. Browse a sample of our new books. You can also sign up for library cards & OpenAthens and start using electronic resources.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
KD Library is one of a few NHS libraries stocking Air Medical Journal to support our air ambulance, the islands emergency lifeline. By comparison, this air medical operation in the South Atlantic is the GOAT. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Army parachutes onto Tristan da Cunha to help Briton with suspected hantavirus
The specialist team parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory, to treat them.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Sweet thanks make our day! Our patron's academic success is the real reward. Did you know #KDLibrary offer tailored literature search support – and if we don't stock a book or journal – book and article interlibrary loans so you can have everything you need? Ask us; we are here to help you succeed.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Happy Lunar New Year to #KDLibrary library users and friends who celebrate! For those who fly home across or transcontinentally, we offer a small leisure reading collection to enjoy at the Sea Terminal, airports or on board. May the Year of the Horse be filled with happiness & good fortune. #Fiction
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JAMA @jama.com · 09/02/2026
💬 Perspective: Aluminum exposure from routine vaccines is significantly lower than dietary sources, and current evidence supports vaccine safety with no identified health risks. bit.ly/4r5e63l
Table details maximum potential aluminum exposure from vaccination, using January 2025's recommended schedules. Includes age, vaccine, schedule, doses, aluminum per dose, total aluminum, and max aluminum by age.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 05/02/2026
Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a “robust alternative or replacement” for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a BMJ study from China www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Testing menstrual blood
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JAMA @jama.com · 02/02/2026
Post–intensive care syndrome (PICS) refers to new or worsening physical, cognitive, or mental health impairments experienced by more than half of intensive care unit (#ICU) survivors. 🧵
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
As the only health and social care library on #IsleofMan Keyll Darree Library supports NGOs and charities, including Ed Space and offer resources relevant to their needs. #PublicHealth, #MentalHealth promotion and #SuicidePrevention are subjects we cover.
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'Moving to an island made me realise my struggles were beatable'
Jamie Dewar left London for the pace and scenery of the Isle of Man to help with his mental health.
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Lesley Cherriman @iomslt.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It's #DLDday. Thank you to Alan @keylldarree.bsky.social for putting up this wonderful display. The Isle of Man is playing their part in raising awareness of #devlangdis . This year I think the students have eaten all the snacks!!
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
There may be some brief power dips in the library this evening from 18:00 onwards. Don't panic! We will make sure there are paper sheets available so you can sign your books out if the self-service machine goes off.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 26/08/2025
"Medical students who are present at patient consultations may believe they blend into the background, but the opposite is often true." Medical students must recognise that patients may observe and interpret their every move, writes Daniel Sokol www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It's important to use your critical appraisal skills when trying to find information online. Remember that your library staff are here to support you in your research!
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
We have DynaMed in addition to UpToDate! Each has its fans at Manx Care but we hope colleagues will try them out and tell us what you think. There are different ways to access these point of care tools, the new library display teaches you how!
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Knowledge & Library Services Stockport NHS @kls-sft.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Reading a research paper that involves using AI in clinical settings? This article has questions to help you critically appraise AI papers: bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
How to read a paper involving artificial intelligence (AI) by Paul Dijkstra et al
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Remember that gov.im is down for maintenance today! Need to find our library catalogue? kdonline.gov.im Looking for the Discovery Service? tinyurl.com/KDdiscovery Need anything else? Email librarykeylldarree@gov.im or ring 642993
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Welcome to Heritage Online 3.7
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
June is Pride Month in commemoration of Stonewall Riots. #KDLibrary features the year in review (LGBTQ+ related news headlines and scientific breakthroughs in 2024) and new resources that are of interest to our health and social care community.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
What would you want to know? We're working on putting together some information for new students, including breaking down different types of resources, referencing, and academic phrasing. What would have been helpful for you to know when you started university?
Image of a journal article with annotations to explain different sections.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 22/05/2025
Additional imaging techniques detect early stage cancers missed by mammograms in women with dense breasts, finds trial. Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/y49dy8u2
Alt: Research in context panel for Lancet paper entitled "Comparison of supplemental breast cancer imaging techniques—interim results from the BRAID randomised controlled trial". Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The fact that GenAI often gets 95% of something 'right' is really problematic. Because people don't robustly check it, and so the 5% that is utter nonsense slips through, causing untold credibility damage.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Happy #InternationalNursesDay to all of our wonderful nurses! "As nurses you provide essential nursing care to the people of our Island. You provide this with compassion, dignity, kindness and respect for patients, families and carers." - Sheila Lloyd (Manx Care)
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
What's THE best way to research? There isn't one! But we don't always make that clear. Today, at Islands of Innovation, Stacey talked about focusing on the searcher before we look at the searches - here are some audience contributions from the session. So, tell us, where do you do your best work?
Screenshot of mentimeter produced word cloud which shows the question "Where do you do your best work?" and the answers "with multiple screens, alone in silence, messy spare room, in bed, work, at desk, paper, studio, desk, running, home, walks, entire floor, quiet space, bath - for ideas, in the shower cubical"
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Why take part in our library survey? We listen! We have already made changes based on feedback: - New writing groups - A conference paper session - "Did you know...?" feature on our Current Awareness Bulletin. There's still time to have your say! surveymonkey.com/r/UNA25short
Cartoon image of a megaphone on with two speech bubbles, one thumbs up, and one thumbs down coming out of it.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Four Canadian authors argue that the harm is quite significant, especially to more vulnerable populations such as seniors and those with heart conditions. What do you think?
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
KD Library's newsletter is out! Get the most of our resources and learn about a #ManxCare colleague's solo mission to help academic libraries 7,000 miles away to build their collections. 🇮🇲🇬🇭 tinyurl.com/kdnews13
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The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Recently, emojis and their meanings have become central to conversations about teenagers. Parents are not expected to understand every emoji, but staying informed will help keep young people safe. Read more about young people’s use of emojis: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/b...
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The meaning behind the emoji 🤔 | The Children's Society
In this blog we take a deeper look at why young people are using emoji's to hide their conversations from parents and what you can do to help keep them safe online.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
New display is up at #KDLibrary bulletin board, featuring books on #Science & #Anti-Science. It offers food for thought amid a dangerous but growing movement that threatens scientists, research & public health institutions. Eligible users can also search for relevant e-resources with #OpenAthens.
Keyll Darree Library, the Isle of Man's only health and social care library, puts out a new display on the theme of Science and Anti-Science.Keyll Darree Library, the Isle of Man's only health and social care library, puts out a new display on the theme of Science and Anti-Science.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It's Autism Acceptance Month and we want to take the opportunity to spotlight some of our resources. Un-typical is a practical handbook to make the world a simpler, better place for autistic people to navigate. You can find more here: kdonline.gov.im/HeritageScri...
Photograph of a skeleton holding the book "Untypical"
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Work for Manx Care or DHSC and want some advice on critically appraising your sources? Get in touch with the library - our staff are always happy to help recommend tools or provide training (group or one to one.)
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We won't be posting any April Fools today, but it's a great time to remind you about some tips and tricks for spotting fake news. We think this poster from IFLA is a great guide to help you think critically about the news today (and every day!)
How to spot fake news poster which encourages the reader to: consider the source, read beyond the headline, check the author, look for supporting sources, check the date, consider whether it is a joke, check your biases, and ask the experts.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, you can find some of our relevant resources here: kdonline.gov.im/HeritageScri... One of our personal favourites is When I Was Me, kindly modelled by Skeleton Bob. #TDOV
Photograph of a skeleton holding a book titled "When I Was Me"
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Our staff will be out of office for a meeting between 11:30 and 12:30 today, but remember that you can use the self service machine to return and issue resources. Instructions are on the left hand side. Want a demo? Just ask!
Photograph of the self service machine in Keyll Darree library.
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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
📣 www.neurodiversityweek.com/events 🎉 The schedule is now live, Happening next week (and free): #Neurodiversity #Neurodiverse #Neurodivergent
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2025 Events Schedule | Neurodiversity Celebration Week
We've created a diverse schedule of events for you to enjoy during Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025! All events are free of charge.
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Worried about accessing US Federal information in light of the recent and ongoing changes in the country? Check out this helpful blog from @lshtm.bsky.social's library, archive, and open research service team: blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/2025...
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Alternative sources of US Federal Government Information - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog
With the transition to the new government in the United States, we are seeing some...
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We're going to be adding "Podcast Corner" to our Current Awareness Bulletin (a weekly shot of health and social care news). Do you have recommendations for health and social care podcasts? We'd love to hear from you!
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Forgotten to get a card for tomorrow? Don't worry, the library team are always here to support you.
A postcard with a light pink, dark pink, and white striped border. The text at the top reads "We be-lung together!" then there is a central image of a human anatomy model torso. Either side of the torso are red love hearts. Underneath "to:" and "from:" are written with blank space to add names.
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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Whilst every brain is different and you cannot oversimplify, this resource has a handy guide about the different #Neurodiverse conditions, as well as associated reasonable workplace adjustments. accessgeneration.co.uk/app/uploads/... #Dyslexia #Autism #ADHD #Dysgraphia #Dyspraxia #Dyscalculia
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a cartoon of a penguin wearing a mohawk and a hawaiian lei with the word work underneath it
ALT: a cartoon of a penguin wearing a mohawk and a hawaiian lei with the word work underneath it
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KD Library @keylldarree.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
It's hop tu naa tomorrow! While you're carving your turnip why not carve out some time to visit KD Library? Can't make it in person? Remember our online catalogue: kdonline.gov.im Offsite delivery form: tinyurl.com/KDoffsite and Discovery service (for online resources): tinyurl.com/KDdiscovery
Picture of a turnip carved for hop tu naa with the words "Carve out time to visit keyll darree library this hop tu naa" in bright green font.
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