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Jun
08
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While attending the Children’s Author luncheon at the Public Library Association conference in Denver this past April I couldn’t help but take note that Sherman Alexie began his talk by talking about a medical condition. The focus of his talk was not about medicine and medical care but he did focus several minutes humorously recounting his… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Health Observances
Jun
07
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PNR Rendezvous Wednesday June 15 1:00-2:00pm PT, noon- 1:00pm Alaska, 2:00-3:00pm MT Engaging Public Libraries in Community Health Information and Services is the name of the the next PNR Rendezvous presentation. In collaboration with the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest regional medical library (NN/LM PNR), University of Washington Information School MLIS candidate Liz Morris… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR
May
25
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This is a summary of a presentation from the recent Medical Library Association annual conference in Toronto from Andrea Ball, Care Management and Population Health Librarian at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library The Affordable Care Act has brought many changes to healthcare. This transformation is moving at a fast pace and librarians are… Read More »
Posted in: News from Network Members
May
23
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Effective June 1, Emily Glenn is moving to Omaha, Nebraska for her new position as Liaison Librarian with the Education and Research Services team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s McGoogan Library of Medicine. Since joining the NN/LM PNR as Community Health Outreach Coordinator, Emily helped to increase the visibility of National Library of… Read More »
Posted in: News From NNLM PNR
May
11
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National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, announced today that Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD will be the next director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Per the NIH News release, Dr. Brennan comes to NLM from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is the Lillian L. Moehlman Bascom Professor at… Read More »
Posted in: News from NLM, News From NNLM PNR