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Posts by archive: October 2010

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#healthlit: a Twitter hivemind of health literacy

Posted by on October 29th, 2010 0 comments

HiveMind by 917 Press On October 7, 2010, the first organized discussion on Twitter about health literacy using a hashtag of #healthlit was hosted by Dr. Cynthia Baur, the Senior Health Literacy Advisor for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (@CDC_eHealth on Twitter) and healthfinder.gov (@healthfinder on Twitter). The main topic discussed was How… Read More »

Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Technology, Training & Education

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Hot Topics in Prepardness: Simulation-based Learning in Public Health

Posted by on October 25th, 2010 0 comments

The NN/LM PNR will be hosting a group seating for the next Hot Topics in Preparedness webcast on Tuesday, October 26th at noon Pacific.  To join us in person, come to the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, Room T-223. If you are unable to sit in on the webcast in person, they are archived… Read More »

Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Technology, Training & Education

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MLA webcast: ABCs of E-books

Posted by on October 21st, 2010 0 comments

Join your colleagues on Wednesday, November 10th from 11am-12:30pm (Pacific time) for the Medical Library Association (MLA) webcast ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library.  The goal of this webcast is to familiarize information professionals with electronic books and the associated collection management issues related to various platforms, pricing models, licensing agreements, term of… Read More »

Posted in: Training & Education

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Call for Participation in Value of Libraries Study

Posted by on October 19th, 2010 0 comments

Do you want to demonstrate the impact of your library on patient care? Join a study on the Value of Library and Information Services in Patient Care sponsored by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) and conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: http://nnlm.gov/mar/about/value.html

Posted in: News From NNLM PNR

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Open Access Week

Posted by on October 18th, 2010 0 comments

October 18-24 is Open Access Week, an occasion to advance knowledge about how the open access movement is impacting scholarly communication. What is open access? Here are some useful resources to help you understand open access in the context of health sciences research literature.

Posted in: News from NLM, News From NNLM PNR

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