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Aug

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Disaster Preparedness Resources: September is National Preparedness Month

Posted by on August 31st, 2015 0 comments

Is your library disaster ready?  With wild fires occurring in every state of the Pacific Northwest Region emergency preparedness is especially important for those being affected in these areas and libraries can play an important role.  September is National Preparedness Month (NPM) and the theme for this year is Don’t Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency… Read More »

Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, Training & Education

Aug

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August 19th – PNR Rendezvous: Heal What? HEALWA! A Unique Statewide Health Information Resource for Health Professionals in Washington

Posted by on August 18th, 2015 0 comments

Date: Wednesday, August 19th Time: 1:00pm Pacific Time, Noon Alaska Time, and 2:00pm Mountain Time Tomorrow, on August 19th we will hear from Gail Kouame, Assistant Director for HEALWA (Health Evidence Resource for Washington State) about this unique program and resource for health practitioners.  For the price of a few lattes, eligible health practitioners in… Read More »

Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Resource Sharing & Document Delivery, Training & Education

Aug

03

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Webinar: Technology Planning Tips for Small Libraries

Posted by on August 3rd, 2015 0 comments

The Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) announces… Please join us for this free webinar, geared specifically to the needs of small libraries (and featuring one of our ARSL board members, Julie Elmore!): Technology Planning Tips for Small Libraries Wednesday, August 19, 11:00am-12:00pm PDT How do you maximize your technology resources? When should you… Read More »

Posted in: Technology, Training & Education

Jul

21

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New PNR Moodle Class – Health Issues in the Headlines: Learning to Read Between the Lines

Posted by on July 21st, 2015 0 comments

Dark chocolate, red wine, and stem cells – what do these have in common?  All have been reported in the news as having health benefits.  Often the first place your patrons will hear about health issues is in the media.  This interactive, hands-on CE course will introduce participants to the environment of health reporting.  Participants… Read More »

Posted in: Health Literacy, Training & Education

Jul

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Upcoming WebJunction webinar for public libraries regarding advocacy tools

Posted by on July 16th, 2015 0 comments

WebJunction is offering a free webinar August 13 from 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific Time (10:00am -11:30am Alaska, Noon-1:30 Mountain). This webinar will feature several library leaders who will speak about what they have done using advocacy materials to increase awareness of the library and to engage more with their communities.  The freely available resources featured include an updated… Read More »

Posted in: Training & Education

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