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Welcome Catherine Soehner – Welcome Robyn Woods – Welcome Samantha Nunn – Health Information for Public Librarians Symposium – Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) 2018 – Public Library Programming Raises Awareness of Health Information and Community Resources –
Catherine Soehner has been appointed as the Interim Executive Director of the Eccles Health Sciences Library and the Interim Director of the MidContinental Region & Training Office, National Network of Libraries of Medicine. She maintains 20% of her role as the Associate Dean for Research and User Services at the University of Utah’s J. Willard… Read More »
Robyn Woods received her Bachelor of Sciences in Elementary Education from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2009 and her Master of Arts in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida in 2012, while working for the Osceola County School District. She is currently working towards her Doctor of Education in… Read More »
Samantha Nunn recently joined the NNLM MCR as the project coordinator for the All of Us Community Outreach Network program. I earned an Associate Degree in Biology from Salt Lake Community College in 2017. I will be studying at the University of Utah in the fall working towards a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology… Read More »
Public librarians from the MidContinental Region joined colleagues from throughout the country in May to discuss a duty that they perform on a regular basis, providing reliable health information to their patrons. The Health Information for Public Librarians Symposium held at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association in Atlanta furnished librarians with a… Read More »
Erich Kessler Assistant Director of Content and Access A.R. Dykes Library of the Health Sciences The University of Kansas Medical Center ekessler3@kumc.edu My experience at the Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) 2018 conference was educational and enlightening. Prior to attending the conference, I had heard reports from various colleagues about how wonderful the ER&L conference… Read More »
From May 2017 to April 2018, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region (NNLM MCR) funded five very creative public library health information outreach projects. From crock pot cookery classes to learning how to navigate the adult world, these projects addressed relevant health issues in the service community and raised awareness of reliable… Read More »