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

21 January 2025

Contents

• Virtual Knowledge Mobilisation Community of Practice, 10 February 2025, 11am to 12pm
• Change to our social media account
• NHS England’s subsidy of KnowledgeShare
• #AMillionDecisions templates now available

• The Prime Minister announces the Elective Care Reform Plan

• Literature Search – Peer Review

• Opportunity to contribute to signposting to Patient Information Forum content

7 January 2025

Contents

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

• Knowledge Mobilisation Community of Practice, 10 February 2025, 11am to 12pm
• Health Literacy Train the Trainer Session, 17 March 2025, 9:30am to 12:30pm

News:

• Health Information Week (20-26 January 2025)
• Are you interested in building the ‘Digital and Data Confidence and Competence’ of your workforce?
• Shape CILIP Health Libraries Group CPD offer for 2025
• Power Automate at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership, 15 January 2025, 3pm to 4pm

• Free webinar from Patient Information Forum, 23 January 2025, 12pm to 1:30pm

• The role of Knowledge and Library Services in evidence-based practice

10 December 2024

Contents

• Supporting Researchers 2 Part Webinar, 13 February 2025 - 19 March 2025
• Level 7 Library, information and knowledge management professional: an update
• Have you had your say?  CILIP AI survey deadline approaching
• It’s not too late to join School for Change Agents
• Free opportunity to develop your training and teaching skills

• New Health Literacy Research Findings

• Sharing NHS YouTube videos

• Personal Reflections from CILIP Libraries Rewired

• Reminder that Health Information Week is in January 2025

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

• Northern Lights - new content

 

Resource Discovery Digest

14 Januray 2025

Contents

• Managing your journal holdings
• The latest from the Hub Net Promoter Score survey

• Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines

• Webinar: Integrating BMJ Best Practice into Your EHR: A Guide for Librarians in NHS England, Tuesday 22 January, 2pm to 3pm

• Update from December’s Resource Discovery Reference Group

• NIHR Evidence Updates

• New Karger Fast Fact titles added to Kortext

• Congratulations to Lucy Reid

• HS Knowledge and Library Hub: known issues and enhancements

17 December 2024

Festive Greetings and Many Thanks

3 December 2024

Contents

• Revising the planned Hub transition date

• Changes to EBSCO training arrangements

• The latest from the Hub Net Promoter Score survey

• Copyright, TDM and AI     

• National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Updates 

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: known issues and enhancements       

19 November 2024

Contents

• Hub New Interface Settings Discussion – Thursday 28 November, 2pm
• Testers needed for EBSCO AI functionality in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
• Inter-Network Collaboration Documents (INCDocs) requests and holdings data
• Updated e-Resources Usage Statistics Dashboards 
• Wessex Classification Scheme update
• NHS-Oxford University Press (OUP) Collection Access Video
• RefWorks Write-N-Cite
• Mark Allen collections - 2025 pricing
• Registration is now open for NHS ConfedExpo 2025

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: known issues and enhancements