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General Update
Published weekly each Tuesday except for the 3rd Tuedsay iof the month. This briefing covers national and regional initiatives, CPD opportunities and network news.
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Resource Discovery Digest
Published every 3rd Tuesday of the month. This briefing covers national and local resource discovery initiatives.
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See the archive for editions of the monthly General Update and Development Opportunities and People News to December 2021.
General Update
1 December 2021
- NHS Knowledge and Library Hub public launch - Monday 10 January 2022
- Kortext e-book collections
- LibKey/BrowZine update
- BrowZine in-depth - 8 December from 3:00 to 3:30pm
- Blog alerts trialling
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1 November 2021
- Delve into whole genome sequencing
- Critically appraising for anti-racism
- Health Literacy Community of Practice
- Welcome to #KNOWvember21
- Launch of HEE Knowledge Mobilisation Self-Assessment Tool
- NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
- NHS Knowledge and Library Hub Service Desk
- Support for using provider database
-
Local eResources and Systems Audit 2021
- Reminder: Leadership Development Programme for Health Librarians
- 2021 Knowledge and Library Services Workforce Profiling and Development Needs Survey
1 October 2021
- Quality Improvement Outcomes Framework - thank you for your submissions
- Launching the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
- Peer support for expert searchers
- RefWorks - reference management software for expert searchers
- Black Lives Matter in Health Libraries.
- Short survey of 7 questions to help curate a collection of books and digital content for patients and carers
- A new HILJClub post live - Global responses of health science librarians to the COVID-19 (Corona virus) pandemic: a desktop analysis
- Beneficial Changes Network - submissions now open
Development Opportunities and People News
15 December 2021
- NICE Evidence Search
- Omicron variant and Plan B
- Expert searcher and research skills development
- Expert searcher trainer sessions
- Randomised coffee trials for aspirant, new and established managers
- Optimising use of knowledge and evidence resources by NHS staff and learners. Call for expressions of interest
- Network engagement slides
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15 November 2021
- Knowledge for Healthcare L(a)unch and Learn, 12:00-13:00, Monday 13 December 2021
- Applications are now open for the Topol Fellowship Programme
- Deadline extension: 2021 Knowledge and Library Services Workforce Profiling and Development Needs Survey
- Dates for #HIW2022 (Health Information Week) announced - why not start planning now?HL
- HLG Leadership Exchange Bursary
15 October 2021
- BMJ Best Practice - training for you and your users
- Resource discovery training
- Leadership Development Programme for Health Librarians
- 2021 Knowledge and Library Services Workforce Profiling and Development Needs Survey
- #KNOWvember21
- Launch of the HEE Knowledge Mobilisation Self-Assessment Tool, 3 November 2021, 1230 to 1330
Resource Discovery Digest
17 November 2021
- BMJ Best Practice - patient leaflets now app-based
- Fran Wilkie joins HEE on secondment from NICE
- Knowledge Hub Service Desk
- Introducing the Service Desk Team
- Communications about the closure of HDAS
- End user search guides
- OuP core collection update - promotional resources available
- RefWorks update
- Information skills for paramedics
- OpenAthens - latest stats
27 September 2021
- Resource discovery training
- NHS Knowledge and Library Hub - what next?
- New HEE Knowledge and Library Hub service desk
- Provider databases - what about end-users?
- RefWorks
- Useful digital resources and tips
- Digital playbooks
- Emerging technologies
23 July 2021
- Welcome
- LibKey is coming: are you ready?
- Making the most of OpenAthens data
- OUP E-Books
- Saving time maintaining library contact details – the HLISD API
- Keeping up with emerging technologies
- KnowledgeShare: more than just current awareness
- An NHS Trust first: single sign-on to OpenAthens via ADFS Integration
Editorials
12 October 2021
- Streamlining inter-lending and document supply (ILDS) update
- Joining the 21st Century: OpenAthens and single sign-on
- Moving away from HDAS - traning now available
- Informatics Skills Development (ISD) Networks
- Do you want to know about sustainablity?
- Reflections from UCL Library and Information Studies students taking the Health Librarianship Module
- NICE shared decision making guidance: an opportunity for knowledge and library specialists
- Levers for change
25 June 2021
- NHS staff preview of new CILIP Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB)
- Knowing your Knowledge Mobilisation from your Knowledge Management
- Progress since the Topol Review
- Expert search early adopter pilots
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