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19
0 comments Tags: air quality, environmental health, water quality
The air we breath and the water we drink can impact our health. How can you learn about your air and water quality? Here are resources you and your library can offer. Check to see what your water quality is like. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a link to find the water reports in… Read More »
Posted in: Consumer Health, Public Health, Public Libraries
Jul
13
0 comments Tags: data, data course, data ethics, data management and sharing, Funding
We thank Jonathan Young and Carolyn Dennison, librarians at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, for the following guest post. “This seems basic, but I don’t see it really taught . . . if you have an idea, find the community that will be impacted by it and work with them and talk with them.” Jane… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Funding, News from Network Members, News from NNLM Region 5
Jul
07
0 comments Tags: NN/LM, NNLM Region 5
Coming from an academic health sciences library in central Georgia, I bring a unique perspective to NNLM Region 5. In my former role at Mercer University School of Medicine, I was dually appointed as an Associate Professor of Library and Information Science and Community Medicine. For over 15 years at Mercer, I worked first-hand as… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, New from NNLM Region 5, News from NNLM Region 5
Jun
27
0 comments Tags: data, Data science, data services, DSS
Are you interested in pursuing MLA’s Data Services Specialization (DSS) but don’t have the funds to support the application fees? Don’t fret, NNLM Region 5 will sponsor these fees for members. What is DSS? The Data Services Specialization (DSS), is a certificate program provided by the Medical Library Association (MLA). DSS indicates that you have… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, News from NNLM Region 5
Jun
26
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In July of 2022, I joined NNLM Region 5 to help create the Diverse Voices in Health & Medicine Collection Development Toolkit. Michele Spatz and I finished the Toolkit shortly before her retirement at the end of September and I stayed on to help with promotion, Collection Equity Award reporting, and the NNLM Reading Club…. Read More »
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