{"id":34339,"date":"2026-04-08T16:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=34339"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:38:47","slug":"r4-connections-year-5-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/r4-connections-year-5-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"R4 Connections Year 5 Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up another year of providing learning opportunities via our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class-catalog\/r4-connections-webinar-series\">R4 Connections webinar series<\/a>, it is time to take a step back and look at the feedback we have received. From May 2025 through April 2026, our webinar series served as a hub for connection and learning. We are proud of the variety of session topics we were able to offer.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed a session, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLUlRqrjIldD7P7l65ZnxEzMFcPD0ojNO5\">YouTube playlist<\/a> for webinar recordings. Our next session will be July 2026, so stay tuned for registration details. Have a specific guest speaker or topic suggestion for a future R4 Connections webinar? Please reach out to <a href=\"mailto:region4@nnlm.gov\">region4@nnlm.gov<\/a> with your ideas.<\/p>\n<h3>By the Numbers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5<\/strong> R4 Connections webinars totaling <strong>600<\/strong> registrants:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/r4-connections-how-libraries-can-help-address-complex-health-and-research-challenges\">How Libraries Can Help Address Complex Health and Research Challenges<\/a> (July 2025)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/r4-connections-why-access-functional-needs-should-be-everyones-priority-community\">Why Access &amp; Functional Needs Should Be Everyone&#8217;s Priority in Community Preparedness<\/a> (September 2025)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/r4-connections-disabled-wild-beginners-guide-chronic-illness-disabilities-outdoors\">Disabled in the Wild: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Chronic Illness &amp; Disabilities in the Outdoors<\/a> (November 2025)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/r4-connections-solarspell-health-information-access-healthcare-workers-and\">SolarSPELL Health: Information Access for Healthcare Workers and Communities Around the World<\/a> (January 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/r4-connections-designing-and-implementing-statewide-subsidized-article-delivery\">Designing and Implementing a Statewide Subsidized Article Delivery Service<\/a> (March 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Received <strong>128<\/strong> responses to our post-session survey<\/li>\n<li>Attendees work in a wide variety of settings, such as higher education, medical facilities, government, and public health. The top organization type respondents work at are health sciences libraries (<strong>20%<\/strong>) followed by college\/university libraries excluding community colleges (<strong>18%<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Select Survey Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On a scale of 1-10, 95% of respondents answered with an \u20188\u2019 or higher, saying they are likely to recommend future NNLM classes\/webinars like the one they attended.<\/li>\n<li>On a scale of 1-5, 98% of respondents rated our sessions as a \u20184\u2019 or higher in terms of being engaging, relevant, and accessible.<\/li>\n<li>On a scale of 1-5, 90% of respondents rated our sessions as a &#8216;4&#8217; or higher, indicating they would utilize the knowledge from our sessions in future settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Select Attendee Comments<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Absolutely fantastic. Great information, well-organized,<\/p>\n<p>clearly presented, and inspiring. One of the best webinars I&#8217;ve attended.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had no idea when I signed up that this would be the exact solution to a problem I&#8217;m having! I had never heard about citizen science, but it&#8217;s just what I need to get my nursing students more engaged in research!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Super useful idea and practical plan to implement statewide access to medical articles. I&#8217;m communicating everything I learned today to my dean and health science librarian team.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-34367 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/Y5-Pie-Charts.jpg\" alt=\"Series of three pie charts visualizing the data outlined in the Select Survey Questions above\" width=\"889\" height=\"1601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/Y5-Pie-Charts.jpg 889w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/Y5-Pie-Charts-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/Y5-Pie-Charts-569x1024.jpg 569w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/Y5-Pie-Charts-768x1383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/Y5-Pie-Charts-853x1536.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up another year of providing learning opportunities via our R4 Connections webinar series, it is time to take a step back and look at the feedback we have received. From May 2025 through April 2026, our webinar series served as a hub for connection and learning. We are proud of the variety&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/r4-connections-year-5-wrap-up\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-members","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34339"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34370,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34339\/revisions\/34370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}