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

15 April 2025

Contents

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

• Line Managing Neurodiverse Teams, 4 June 2025, 2pm to 4pm
• 45 Minutes with Dom Gilroy, 12 June 2025, 2pm to 2:45pm
• Health Literacy Train the Trainer with Joanne Naughton & Kaye Bagshaw, 18 June 2025, 9:30am to 12:30pm

News:

• Act now to take part in the Virtual Knowledge and Library Services Celebration
• “Flourish: Growing Our Communities” 14th International Congress on Medical Librarianship 14 to 16 July 2026 Glasgow, Scotland
• Support during times of change
• Any Library Staff Leavers / New Starters in your Service?
• The 10 Year Health Plan
• NHS ConfedExpo 2025 agenda now live: book your pass today

 

1 April 2025

Contents

• Changes to contracts affecting National Core Content Collection from 1 July 2025
• National Statistics Collection Part 1 and Part 2
• Help Shape a Development and Career Pathway Tool for Library Assistants
• New managers' checklist
• Change NHS: a health service fit for the future

• NHS KLS Health Literacy Community of Practice Meeting, Tuesday 29 April 2025, 10am to 12pm

• Core Collection of Dental Books:  Are you able to help HLG and partners to compile the new 2nd edition?

• Supporting our library assistants: Insights from the 2024 Development Survey

• Communications during the Pre-Election Period

18 March 2025

Contents

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

• Writing your Knowledge and Library Service Strategy Panel, 23 June 2025

News:

• Changes in the NHS

• The latest edition of the free National Searching Guidance is available now
• Local meetings of NHS Knowledge and Library Services
• Priorities for the 10 Year NHS Plan

 

Resource Discovery Digest

22 April 2025

Contents

• Reminder – complete your new Hub interface data collection

• Koha Upgrade Dates

• Maudsley Prescribing and Deprescribing Guidelines

• Data on OUP and ProQuest usage

• NHS OpenAthens and change to National Core Content

• RefWorks Upgrade and Redesign

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: Known Issues and Enhancements

8 April 2025

Contents

• Changes to National Core Content – what happens next?

• Data collection for the new Hub interface

• EBSCO adds TIAB

• Contacts from Eolas

• NIHR Evidence Updates

• Clinical trials to be added to Ovid Embase

• Update from March’s Resource Discovery Reference Group

• EBSCO’s AI Natural Language Search – last call for testers

• Support for OpenAthens administrators

• Change to BMJ titles in NCC

• From data to dashboard: pipelines and visualisation

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: Known Issues and Enhancements

25 March 2025

Contents

• Attend a webinar to prepare for the new Hub interface – input required

• Local e-Resources Audit 2025 – deadline looming

• Generative AI in practice: EBSCO’s AI Insights

• Third Iron links in the new Hub and a change to statistics

• EMER repository general integration with the Hub

• Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry

• Closure of LKS North Website

• 2025 Royal Marsden Manual training schedule

• EBSCO’s AI Natural Language Search – call for testers

• BMJ Case Reports – have you got a case to submit?

• OvidGO! Forthcoming webinar: An Introduction to Focused Searches, 10 April 2025

• New Trip features: Mind Maps and Systematic Review Scores

  NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: known issues and enhancements