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Aug

20

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Call for Requests to host National Library of Medicine exhibit, “Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America”

Posted by on August 20th, 2019 0 comments Tags:

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has a wonderful program of traveling exhibits that focus on history, literature, health issues and professions. They consist of banners but there is online content as well. The banners allow for programming and collaborating with organizations in your community such as a school, a health clinic, an academic institution,… Read More »

Posted in: News from NLM

Aug

19

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Bringing Healthy Ideas to Life: NNLM PNR All of Us Community Engagement Awards!

Posted by on August 19th, 2019 0 comments Tags: , , , ,

  Do you have a great idea to advance health literacy and advance health equity in your community? Bring your great idea to life by applying for one of the NNLM PNR All of Us Community Engagement Awards! We’re delighted to offer 3 Community Engagement Awards, each up to $100,000. Please note: award applications for… Read More »

Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Funding, Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries

Aug

15

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Kindling Health Topics through Kindles

Posted by on August 15th, 2019 0 comments

Today’s guest post is from one of the NNLM PNR Mini Outreach awardees. Pam Thompson, Branch Manager of the Calispel Valley Library, in Cusick, Washington, reports about their project where Kindles were purchased and loaded with books and information on relevant health topics to their community. Our Mini Outreach award was entitled; Health Topics on… Read More »

Posted in: Funding, Health Literacy, News from Network Members, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries

Aug

06

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NNLM Announces a New Online, On Demand, Training Opportunity: MedlinePlus for Public Librarians

Posted by on August 6th, 2019 0 comments

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health web resource for the public on all things health and medical related. Need information on a disease or condition? A drug, herb or supplement? A medical or diagnostic test? A healthy recipe? Health information in another language? MedlinePlus has you and your library patrons covered. Produced by the… Read More »

Posted in: Blog

Aug

05

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Hello from Emily Hamstra: New Outreach Coordinator

Posted by on August 5th, 2019 0 comments

Hello! I’m Emily Hamstra, the new Outreach Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Region. I grew up in Michigan, and currently live in Seattle. I began my career at the University of Michigan Library, where I was an instruction librarian and the subject librarian for Kinesiology. Since moving to Seattle in 2016, I’ve worked at the… Read More »

Posted in: News From NNLM PNR

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