Knowledge Services Briefings

Briefings for Knowledge and Library Services staff on the latest news and development opportunities.

There are currently two briefings published.

Knowledge for Healthcare Briefing

Published fortnightly on Tuesdays.

This briefing covers national and regional initiatives, training opportunities and network news.

Resource Discovery Digest

Published fortnightly on Tuesdays.  This briefing covers national and local resource discovery initiatives.

Contributions

If you wish to contribute, email the Knowledge and Library Services team on [email protected].

Knowledge for Healthcare Briefing

24 June 2025

Contents

Tailored learning opportunities accredited by CILIP, the library and information association (all workshops are online):

• NHS Green Libraries Sustainable Awareness Webinar, 9 July 2025, 11am to 12pm 

News:

• Volunteers for project group to get involved in Health Information Week 2026
• Bursary opportunities for 14^th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) taking place in Glasgow, 14 to 16 July 2026
• Spotlight on Knowledge for Healthcare – help to grow our subscribers
• Recruiting new Editor-in-Chief for Health Information and Libraries Journal
• Join us for the first meeting of the NHS Library Assistants Community of Practice, Friday 11 July 2025, 11am to 12:30pm
• Exploring Collaborative Working at the System Level Community of Practice, Monday 9 July 2025, 2pm to 3pm

10 June 2025

Contents 

Knowledge for Healthcare Learning Academy Opportunities - All workshops are online:

• An Introduction to Summarising and Synthesising Evidence, 5 January 2026 to 2 March 2026

• An Introduction to Searching to Support Evidence Synthesis Training, 1 September 2025 to 27 October 2025 

• Getting Started with Writing: An Interactive Masterclass Workshop, 16 September 2025 

• Facilitation Skills Sessions, Cohort 1: 18 September 2025 to 22 October 2025 and 
  Cohort 2: 24 September 2025 to 22 October 2025 

News:

• Act now to take part in the Virtual Knowledge and Library Services Celebration Day on Wednesday 3 December 2025

• Bursary opportunities for 14^th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) taking place in Glasgow, 14 to 16 July 2026

• Get your nominations in for the 2^nd LSTFies Awards
• New Patient Information Forum (PIF) video on the impact of health misinformation

• Staying Safe from Suicide - Guidance into Practice Webinar, Tuesday 24 June 2025, 9:30am to 11am 

• Any Library Staff Leavers / New Starters in your Service?

27 May 2025

Contents

Knowledge for Healthcare Learning Academy Opportunities - All workshops are online:

• Health Economics Explained (HEX) For Knowledge and Library Services Managers, 30 June 2025, 9:30am to 4:30pm
• Artificial Intelligence and changing user behaviour: how libraries are responding, 8 July 2025, 2pm to 2:45pm
• Exploring collaborative working to support ICB information needs, 9 July 2025, 2pm to 3pm
• Stay and Play: Visual Basic and Macros in Excel PT1 & 2, 11 July 2025 and 16 September 2025,10:30am to 12pm

News:

• Opportunity to apply for funding to complete an accredited course in academic year 2025-26
• Misinformation UnMASKED animation now live – your help needed
• Act now to take part in the Virtual Knowledge and Library Services Celebration Day on Wednesday 3 December 2025
• Launch of the NHS Future Community of Practice for Library Assistants

• Bursary opportunities for 14^th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) taking place in Glasgow, 2026 14 to 16 July 2026

• Libraries Week: Libraries Change Lives Monday 2 June to Sunday 8 June 2025

 

Resource Discovery Digest

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Contents

• Test your preview Hub and prepare for the switch

• Decommissioning OUP and ProQuest national core content resources

• e-books and Kortext developments

• BMJ Best Practice for Safer Prescribing – Webinar, 25 June 2025, 2pm to 3pm

• Updates from Ovid

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: Known Issues and Enhancements

3 June 2025

Contents

• Changes to National Core Content – preparing for the loss of ProQuest and OUP

• EBSCO’s new user interface: transferring your saved searches, citations and alerts from Classic Folders to new UI MyEBSCO

• Hiding the “Available in Library Collection” limiter on the Hub

• EBSCO Host new user interface – implementing standard settings

• New BMJ e-journals – check your access

• Update on Eolas Medical

• New functionality from Ovid

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: Known Issues and Enhancements

20 May 2025

Contents

• PsycInfo consortium purchase

• Consultation: Five NHS nations e-Book Collection Development Policy and Invitation to Tender Requirements

• NICE Framework for buying knowledge resources

• Events from the Current and Emerging Technology in KLS Community of Practice

• OpenAthens admin site – rebrand

• RefWorks – new Institutional Styles

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: Known Issues and Enhancements