[Skip to Content]
Visit us on Facebook Visit us on FacebookVisit us on Linked In Visit us on Linked InVisit us on Twitter Visit us on TwitterVisit us on Facebook Visit us on InstagramVisit our RSS Feed View our RSS Feed
Region 5 Blog March 19th, 2024
CategoriesCategoriesCategories Contact UsContact Us ArchivesArchives Region/OfficeRegion SearchSearch

Posts by category: Emergency Preparedness

You are viewing the post list, filtered by category type. Select a post below for the full content.


Jan

04

Date prong graphic

Consumer Health Minute: Pet Health

Posted by on January 4th, 2024 0 comments Tags:

We often talk about our own health or the health of another person such as a friend, colleague, or family member. But how often do we talk about the health of our pets? Probably more often than you think. Our pets can be part of the family and may even hold a higher rank than… Read More »

Posted in: Consumer Health, Emergency Preparedness

Aug

11

Date prong graphic

NNLM Emergency Resources and Upcoming Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum

Posted by on August 11th, 2023 0 comments

Region 5 members are currently experiencing unprecedented disasters in our region. In just the past week, Alaska has endured catastrophic flooding events, while parts of Hawaii are under emergency evacuation notices for wildfires stemming from Hurricane Dora. We want to remind users that the NNLM maintains a collection of emergency and disaster resources to address… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Emergency Preparedness

Jan

15

Date prong graphic

Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) for Libraries Emerging from a Worldwide Pandemic

Posted by on January 15th, 2021 0 comments Tags: , , ,

We’re partnering with our colleagues at NNLM Southeastern/Atlantic to bring you this 2-part series. Thanks to Liz Waltman for putting together this introduction: We all hope that by the end of the summer 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic will mainly be behind us, and the large bandwidth that the pandemic has taken up over the past… Read More »

Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NNLM, Public Libraries, Training & Education

Sep

15

Date prong graphic

Wildfires in the Northwest

Posted by on September 15th, 2020 0 comments

On September 11, FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Oregon to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by wildfires beginning on Sept. 8, 2020, and continuing.  Per a FEMA press release, “Many Oregonians are suffering right now, whether displaced themselves or worried about loved ones, friends, neighbors, homes, and… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Emergency Preparedness

Jun

08

Date prong graphic

DataFlash: LitCovid vs. COVID-19 Portfolio Tool

Posted by on June 8th, 2020 0 comments Tags: ,

For those of you who are curious about the differences between two new COVID-19 tools, LitCovid and COVID-19 Portfolio Tool, here are some answers! As you already know, LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.  Though, LitCovid is limited to articles in PubMed, includes research on other… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Data Science, Emergency Preparedness, Public Health

Developed resources reported in this program are supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement number UG4LM012343 with the University of Washington.

NNLM and NETWORK OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE are service marks of the US Department of Health and Human Services | Copyright | HHS Vulnerability Disclosure | Download PDF Reader