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SLLIB 2025 Conference

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South London Health Libraries (SLLIB) Conference: Share, Collaborate and Innovate

The inaugural South London Health Libraries (SLLIB) group mini conference will take place on Tuesday 29th April 2025 at the Macadam Building (Strand campus), King’s College London. This will be a full day, in person event and attendance is free of charge.

Of interest to all library staff supporting NHS staff the conference will consist of a mix of lightning talks and longer presentations focussing on sharing best practice, innovation and offering a chance for staff to reconnect.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided and there will be plenty of opportunities to chat with colleagues.

The conference is now fully booked but if you would like to be added to the waiting list please complete the form.

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If you have any queries about the conference please contact the conference team.

Our Sponsors for 2025

Location of conference

Macadam Building (Strand Campus) – King’s College London. Strand Campus, Surrey Street, London, WC2R 2NS


AccessAble guide to plan an accessible route.
This location is nearby Temple and Embankment underground stations, or ten minutes walk from either Charing Cross or Waterloo stations. It is also easily accessible via many London bus routes.

Conference programme

Activity

Time

Registration.
Collect badges in reception.
Coffee, tea and pastries will be available in the conference room Macadam 2.2
Take part in the badge decorating activity.

09.00

Welcome and icebreaker.

10.00

Lightning talks 1

  • Health Headlines Hacks - Natasha Howard, NELFT Library and Knowledge Service and Kaye Bagshaw, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  • Cross-trust collaboration: library skills sessions for nurses and allied health professionals - Mary Skingley and Nikki Myall, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

  • Giving surgeons a stake in Current Awareness –
    Ivona Coghlan, Royal College of Surgeons

10.30

Harnessing AI for Clinical Decision Support: DynaMed meets Dyna AI –

Rita Alves, EBSCO

11.20

Break (20 minutes) – from 11.30

How does evidence-based practice affect patient outcomes? –
Spyros Valavanis, King’s College Hospital

11.50

The Therapeutic Misconception: how the perspectives of clinical trial participants can create challenges for healthcare researchers –
Adam Garside & Mary Walsh, King’s College London

12.30

Lunch (50 minutes) – from 13.10

Post-lunch energiser pub quiz.

14.00

Integrating BMJ Best Practice into EHR Systems: enhancing clinical decision-making – Louise Wood, BMJ Best Practice

14.30

EBSCO New User Interface – live! – Alan Fricker, NHS England

14.40

Coffee break (15 minutes) – from 15.20

Supporting Research Integrity with LibKey – Aaron Meierhofer, Third Iron

15.35

Lightning talks 2

  • Library search reporting and acknowledgement patterns in surgeons’ published systematic reviews -
    Janet Clapton, Royal College of Surgeons
  • 'Journal Club : A Tool to Promote Evidence-Based Practice and Research Culture' - Nilani Mamunuwa, Oxleas NHS Trust
  • Using Browzine as a tool to measure the uptake and demonstrate the impact of your current awareness alerts - Doug Knock, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

15.45

Wrap up.

16.30

Conference ends

16.40

 

We would like to express a heartfelt thank you to our sponsors for their contributions to making the inaugural SLLIB group mini conference a success.

Conference presentations

Presentations will be added here after the conference