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amber (Institutional repository)
amber is the institutional repository for NHS ambulance services in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. amber contains research published by staff and researchers who are employed by NHS ambulance services. Typically this includes material that is formerly published such as journal articles, but also includes unpublished literature such as reports, conference papers and conference posters. amber is maintained by the Library and Knowledge Service for NHS Ambulance Services in England (LKS ASE).

History and background
amber was created in 2019 following the formation of the first national NHS ambulance service library LKS ASE. Initially containing material from English ambulance services, amber expanded to cover all of the United Kingdom over time. amber is a unique resource as it functions as an institutional repository but has many of the characteristics of a disciplinary repository as the contents refer almost exclusively to paramedicine research. The contents of amber have been used as a dataset to understand the growing volume of paramedic research originating in the United Kingdom. amber is one of a growing number of repositories created by NHS trusts.

Functionality
amber has been built using DSpace open source software and currently contains over 1450 records. amber is also integrated into the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.