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Oct
05
We want to highlight the amazing work being done in our region by regularly featuring funded projects in our nine states. This week, we’re sharing Challis Public Library’s (Idaho) project led by the now-former library director, Becky Mitchell. With NNLM Region 4 funding, the Challis Public Library was able to extend hours of operation so… Read More »
Oct
02
The NNLM Reading Club brings awareness to Addiction and Recovery adding three new books this month: Come Home, Indio: A Memoir by Jim Terry The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams and… Read More »
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Sep
26
Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy presents the history of physiognomy—the practice of assessing one’s mental character based on physical attributes—and explores its influence on contemporary artificial intelligence and computer science technologies that gather and interpret bodily data. Now debunked as pseudoscience, physiognomy enjoyed periods of legitimacy and popularity over… Read More »
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Sep
21
Newly released AI tools are poised to dramatically disrupt multiple industries, including healthcare and libraries. We’ll explore numerous healthcare applications that use AI, both current and in development – from a new industry-saving “bot workforce” to self-driving microscopes. In this special edition of Health Bytes, we’ll discuss the criticisms and concerns this technology is garnering… Read More »
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Sep
14
Greetings! My name is Lauren Wittek, and I am the new Region 4 Communication Specialist. I started working for Region 4 at the end of July 2023 and am based out of the University of Arizona’s Health Sciences Library. In my new role, I will be developing and managing internal and external communication to promote Region… Read More »
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