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Jul

18

Employment Opportunities from NLM

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on July 18th, 2018 0 comments

The National Library of Medicine is posting six vacancies for technical information specialists. NLM invites applications from individuals with diverse education and experience, including genomic and biomedical sciences, health services research and policy, public health, data management and information sciences. Beginning tomorrow, July 19, apply using one of the following: All U.S. citizens Federal status… Read More »

Posted in: Employment, News from NLM/NIH

Jun

18

Request for Quotations: HIV/AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on June 18th, 2018 0 comments

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the solicitation of quotations from organizations and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to HIV/AIDS related health information for patients, the affected community, and their caregivers. Projects must involve two or more of the following information access categories: Information Retrieval Skills… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Funding, Health Professionals, News from NLM/NIH, Outreach, Public Health

Mar

13

Special Announcement from the Director of the National Library of Medicine

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on March 13th, 2018 0 comments

Dear Network Member: I am pleased to present you with A Platform for Biomedical Discovery and Data-Powered Health, the NLM Strategic Plan for 2017-2027: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/lrp17/NLM_StrategicReport2017_2027.html As it approaches its third century, the National Library of Medicine will do for data what it has done for the literature – create the tools to make it FAIR,… Read More »

Posted in: News from NLM/NIH, Weekly Postings

Feb

05

Wednesday: How to Run an NCBI-Style Hackathon at Your Institution

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on February 5th, 2018 0 comments

Coming up this week on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, NCBI will present a webinar that will show you how to plan and run an NCBI-style hackathon at your own institution! NCBI organizes 2-3-day hackathons at sites throughout the United States. In these events, participants work in small collaborative groups on workflows, scripts or applications to… Read More »

Posted in: Education, News from NLM/NIH, Technology

Jan

24

EDirect for PubMed Starts March 5!

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on January 24th, 2018 0 comments

This newly expanded series of interactive workshops will introduce new users to the basics of using EDirect to access exactly the PubMed data you need, in the format you need. Over the course of five 90-minute sessions (plus an optional “office hours”), students will learn how to use EDirect commands to access PubMed, design custom… Read More »

Posted in: Education, News from NLM/NIH

Jan

22

Do You Know What to Do in the Case of a Radiation Emergency?

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on January 22nd, 2018 0 comments

Get Inside. In a radiation emergency you may be asked to get inside a building and take shelter for a period of time. Learn more about sheltering options. This action is called “sheltering in place.” Get to the middle of the building or a basement, away from doors and windows. Bring pets inside. Stay Inside…. Read More »

Posted in: Consumer Health, Disaster / Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM/NIH

Dec

04

NLM, NNLM, and the NIH All of Us Research Program

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on December 4th, 2017 0 comments

From the NLM Outreach and Special Populations Branch: NIH’s All of Us Research Program and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) have teamed up to raise awareness about the program, a landmark effort to advance precision medicine. Through this collaboration, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine has received a $4.5 million award to support community engagement… Read More »

Posted in: @ the RML, Consumer Health, Education, Funding, Health Professionals, In the Region, News from NLM/NIH, Outreach, Public Health

Nov

28

Resources for World AIDS Day

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on November 28th, 2017 0 comments

For World AIDS Day on Friday, December 1st, share educational materials in multiple languages about HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, and living with the condition. Health professionals can find multilingual HIV/AIDS patient materials on HealthReach, a website created by the National Library of Medicine that offers reliable health information in many languages and formats. Share the eight-part HIV/AIDS… Read More »

Posted in: Consumer Health, Education, Health Professionals, K-12, News from NLM/NIH, Outreach, Public Health

Nov

07

New Resources for the Opioid Crisis

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on November 7th, 2017 0 comments

Opiates are chemicals that come from the poppy flower. A synthetic form, opioids, are used in medications. On October 26, 2017, Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric D. Hargan declared a public health emergency to address the national opioid crisis. A public health emergency declaration lasts for 90 days and can be extended. Recently… Read More »

Posted in: Consumer Health, Education, Health Professionals, K-12, News from NLM/NIH, Public Health

Nov

06

NLM Interlibrary Loan Service: Changes for the New Year

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on November 6th, 2017 0 comments

In addition to using the National Library of Medicine (NLM) DOCLINE system, libraries can soon send interlibrary loan (ILL) requests to NLM via Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), saving libraries already using OCLC time and effort by integrating these requests into their existing workflows. The change, beginning January 2018, gives libraries wanting to borrow materials from NLM three… Read More »

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