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Apr
11
0 comments Tags: bookmobile, outreach
In observation of National Bookmobile Day, Carmen Clark, bookmobile librarian for Bozeman Public Library in Bozeman, MT is providing a guest post today. A few years ago, the Bozeman Public Library realized that there is a need for a mobile library in our rapidly growing city. After a very successful fundraising campaign by the Bozeman… Read More »
Posted in: News from Network Members, Public Libraries
Apr
09
0 comments Tags: citation, Edit-a-thon, genetic diseases, Wikipedia
You may have heard of Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons, where rooms full of people add content and citations to Wikipedia, to make it a better, evidence-based resource. Does the idea intrigue you? Are you a killer searcher and verifier? Or even pretty good? If so, we have an opportunity for you! Join us at the NNLM Wikipedia… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News from NNLM
Apr
02
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is “an independent population health research center at UW Medicine, part of the University of Washington, that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world’s most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them.” Their mission is to improve the health of the world’s… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science
Mar
27
0 comments Tags: data, GIS data, historical data, John Graunt, NLM Historical Division, Pew Research Center
It’s so easy to think of data as a modern phenomenon, that we forget that data analysis and data visualization are phenomena which go way back. A marvelous example is John Graunt’s Bills of Mortality, which this post by John Appleby calls “a 17th century spreadsheet of deaths in London”. Appleby goes on to do… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science
Mar
26
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The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and the Public Library Association (PLA) have been partnering to promote health and wellness reference services and programs at public libraries. NNLM coordinators often present and exhibit at local, regional and national conferences where many public library staff attend in an effort to bring awareness to the… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Libraries