1. UCD Books on Prescription
Health and Wellbeing Collection
Dr. Fiona Thompson

2. Sheffield University Health Centre

3. Neil Frude - Cardiff 2008

4. Inspiration - Health Sciences Library

5. Beginnings

6. Where do the book titles come from?
Incorporates the Books on Prescription scheme from UK.
Additions come from staff in both the Student Health Services and the Library along with Student Counselling Service, Student Advisers and outside mental health care providers.
Review of current high street bookshop titles
Other recommendations

8. Prescription pad

9. Official Launch 2009

10. Health & Wellbeing Collection

11. Health and Wellbeing Collection 2018
Branch of UCD Library
Number of Books
Health Sciences
445
James Joyce Library
738
Blackrock Library 21

12. Top 10 Titles November 2017 – HSL
Author
1. The feeling good handbook
David D. Burns.
2. Mindfulness: a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world
Mark Williams and Danny Penman
3. Understanding diabetes
Rudy Bilous.
4. Pilates: Body in motion
Alycea Ungaro
5. Lore of running
Timothy Noakes.
6. The curious incident of the dog in night-time
Mark Haddon
7. The little book of mindfulness
Patricia Collard
8. Understanding food and nutrition
Joan Webster –Gandy
9. The five people you meet in heaven
Mitch Albom
10. Overcoming anxiety, stress and panic
Chris Williams

13. Top 5 Titles November 2017 – James Joyce Library
Author
The official driver theory test:
Road Safety Authority
Lonely Planet : France
The feeling good handbook
David D. Burns
Use your head
Tony Buzan
Overcoming low self-esteem
Melanie J.V. Fennell,

14. What does the library think?
One of the most popular collections within the library
Performs on a par with their high demand short loan books that are on course reading lists
Have developed the collection profile within the library giving it more space
Extended the collection to their smaller satellite libraries
Continue to provide senior library staff support

15. Theft is always an issue!

16. Library Guides UCD

17. E- books
Initially very few available that were appropriate for the collection
Now more and more titles on-line
Cost to the library service
UCD collection have added their first 50 E- books this spring

18. Funding & the Future Initial sponsorship by Wyeth/Pfizer
Further support on the official launch
Input from UCD Student Services
Library further enhanced the collection
Regular addition of book titles
National links with supported by Pfizer ?

19. Health Ireland Initiative