An at-a-glance resource page for Government libraries and knowledge management (KM) with the aim of highlighting CPD materials, toolkits, deliverables and interesting projects such as Standing Committee on Official Publications (SCOOP)
This page will primarily comprise of links to knowledge-sharing resources in key government and Civil Service related libraries and information centres. (Links will be added soon).
The list is not exhaustive and we will gradually add further and new materials as we discover them. It is our hope to build on these initial resources with contributions and ideas from CILIP members and knowledge professionals.
Is there anything you would like to share with us? Please email: secretary.gig@cilip.org.uk
Links to Useful Resources:
Parliamentary libraries and research services
● UK Parliament services: House of Commons Library, House of Lords Library and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
● Northern Ireland A ssembly – Research and Information Service (RAISe)
● Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe)
● Wales – Senedd Research Service
● European Parliament Research Services
● Congressional Research Service reports (United States)
What is useful?
● Publicly available and free telephone and email enquiry service;
● At-a-glance, sortable dashboards listing Statutory Instruments, Acts, Bills and Consultations by subject area.
Recent Statutory Instruments:
● Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024
● Information as to Provision of Education (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
● Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023
Recent Consultations:
● Open call for evidence: Cyber security of AI: call for views - Call for Evidence closes on 9th August 2024. Published 18th May 2024.
● Digital Development Strategy 2024 – 2030 (updated 18th March 2024)
● Open Consultation: Policy paper: Improving multi-agency information sharing - last updated July 2023
● Closed Consultation: Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners [in education] – feedback and pending report available 2023
Libraries, knowledge centres and resources in Government Departments
● Business and Trade
● Canmore (Scottish national record of the historic environment)
● Department of Defence
● DEFRA
● Department for Education
● Energy & Net Zero
● Department for Health & Social Care
● Department for Justice
● Department for Levelling Up
● Department for Transport
● Department for Work and Pensions
● DataMapWales
● Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historical Library Collection (now held at King's College, London)
● Historic England Archive and Library
● Historic England Open Data Hub
● Historic Environment Scotland Archive and Library
● Home Office
● Met Office - National Meteorological Library and Archive
● National Police Library
● Natural Environment Research Council libraries and archives
● Natural Resources Wales Discovery Metadata Catalogue
● NatureScot Library
● Northern Ireland Civil Service Llibrary
● Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales - Search our Records
● Office for National Statistics library catalogue
● Scottish Government Library blog
● Sport
● Treasury
● UK Health Security Agency Knowedge and Library Services
National Libraries
● British Library
● National Library of Scotland
● National Library of Wales
● Library of Congress (United States)
Government publications
● Finnish Government - Publications
● GOV.UK - Policy Papers and Consultations
● National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Publications
● Northern Ireland Official Publications Archive at Queen's University Belfast
● Parallel Parliament
● Publications Office of the European Union
● Standing Committee on Official Publications (SCOOP)
● Scottish Parliament - Digital Publications
● Scottish Government - Publications
● Scottish Government consultations
● Senedd - Search
● The Hub (Government of New Zealand social science research repository)
● UK Parliament: Committees - Find a Publication
● Valto (Government of Finland institutional repository)
● Welsh Government - Publications
Government statistics
● Data Cymru
● Data.gov.uk
● GOV.UK - Research and Statistics
● OECD Data
● Office for National Statistics
● Scottish Government - Statistics and Research
● StatsWales
● Welsh Government - Statistics and Research
Knowledge sharing resources
What is useful?
Free resources, news about projects and advocacy, toolkits, policy papers and thought leadership.
● Alan Turing Institute - Data Study Group Final Report: The National Archives, UK: Discovering topics and trends in the UK government web archive Grey literature
● Artificial intelligence in government
● British Library – Business and Intellectual Property Centres (BIPCs). https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre These hubs are based in libraries across the country and offer free access to databases, market research, journals, directories
and reports.
● British Library: Libraries Connected https://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/ A charity and advocacy body for public libraries
● Civil Service Government knowledge & information management profession (GKIM). https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service-government-knowledge-information-management-profession/about
● Civil Service World - provides insights and news about the UK Civil Service. Subscription may be required to see full text. Including a close look at GKIM Custodians of government's history: A guide to the Knowledge & Information
Management profession (civilserviceworld.com) (August 2023) Heywood Quarterly / Civil Service Quarterly
● Data for Policy
● Government: Society and Culture. Independent Review to guide libraries strategy in 2024. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/independent-review-to-guide-libraries-strategy-in-2024
● GOV.UK blog: Power of Collective Wisdom!
● GOV.UK - Guidance to civil servants on use of generative AI
● GOV.UK blog: Conquering the Digital Heap
● GOV.UK - Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard Hub
● IFLA – Government Libaries. An international organization supporting government libraries. https://www.ifla.org/units/government-libraries/
● Knowledge Hub (Government Knowledge and Information Profession)
● Knowledge Hub - AI for GKIM user group
● OECD Artificial Intelligence Policy Observatory
● Universities Policy Engagement Network
Grey Literature
● Analysis & Policy Observatory
● GreyGuide
● Issue Lab
● James Martin Institute for Public Policy
● Open Access Government
● OECD iLibrary
● Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
● RAND Corporation
● Overton blog - Which think tanks are cited most often by the UK Government?
● The Royal Society - The role of public and non-profit research organisations in the UK research and innovation landscape
● TradePubs https://www.tradepub.com/ A free resource of e-books, trade journals, technical papers etc. However, this is not peer reviewed and may be unregulated.
● Wales Centre for Public Policy
Finding out about past government departments / activities
● Archive Timeline (nrscotland.gov.uk) - Scottish Government web timeline.
● Copyright Licencing Agency - Public Administration Licence documents
● Discovery | The National Archives - Search for official records deposited with The National Archives
● National Records of Scotland
● Public Record Office of Northern Ireland PRONI
● The National Archives – Information Management – best practice in records management and transfer, re-using public sector information, Crown copyright, Open Government Licence, etc.
● UK Government Web Archive “We capture, preserve and make accessible UK central government information published on the web. The Web Archive includes videos, tweets, images and websites dating from 1996 to the present day”
● UK Web Archive – hosted by the British Library, National Library of Scotland(both currently unavailable). Welsh Government Publications Archive
Other Libraries
● Archives IT - Interview with Catherine Ross (Archivist, Met Office)
● Astun Technology - Natural Resources Wales: Data Discovery
● British Computer Society - Managing data on England's protected heritage
● CGI - DataMapWales: Serving as a source for public sector location data in Wales
● CILIP - Data, analysis and the library: Joining the dots at the Department for Work and Pensions
● >Digital Preservation Coalition: Preserving the Welsh Government's Digital Records
● GOV.UK - Transfer of MOD records to The National Archives reports 2023
● GOV.UK blog - Defra Data Heroes: Meet our ‘digital-first’ library team
● Information Management, Records Management and Archives
● JISC - Library of the Week: Historic England Library
● Library and Information Research - Information literacy and information seeking of public sector managers in the Welsh Government
● Library - An innovative history of the historic patent collection at the British Library
● Natural Resources Wales - Green books for Gwynedd libraries thanks to grant
● RCAHMW - A Short History of the Library of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
● Restore Records Management - Full overview of inventory and cost savings for the Department for Education
● Restore Records Management - How the Department of Work and Pensions optimised and streamlined its 28.5m-file inventory thanks to an exhaustive audit
Knowledge management
● Government Consulting Hub - Knowledge and Skills: Generation, Transfer and Sharing - Guidance Note
● National Lottery Community Fund - How Knowledge Management is ensuring The National Lottery Community Fund contributes more than just money
● UK Research and Innovation blog: Géraldine Clément-Stoneham, Head of Knowledge Management and Scholarly Communication, Medical Research Council: We all have a role in building a positive research culture
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