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

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

4 March 2025

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

• Health Literacy Awareness, 1 April 2025, 1pm to 4pm
• New starters event for NHS Knowledge and Library Staff (England), 13 May 2025, 2pm to 4pm

News:

• Changes to content access in United States
• Job descriptions on FutureNHS
• New maternal vaccinations communications campaign
• Update on NHS App and public libraries activity

 

Resource Discovery Digest

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

11 March 2025

Contents

• User Discovery Research workshop for LMS reprocurement
• Update to the LibKey Links icon in Proquest and Ovid
• Changes to the national core content BMJ Journals collection
• Attend the NHS Repositories Community of Practice event, 13 March 2025

• Framework purchasing learning resources

• Mental Health Core Collection - working group

• Virtual Ovid Open Day, 20 March 2025

• e-Resources dashboards update

• BMJ Best Practice and electronic health record integration

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub: known issues and enhancements