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06
0 comments Tags: community organizations, consumer health, health literacy, libraries
Health Literacy Month began with Helen Osbourne, health literacy consultant, in 1999 to bring awareness of the need to create and provide health information that is understandable by patients and the general public. Healthy People 2030 updated their definition of health literacy to include both personal and organizational health literacy: Personal health literacy is the… Read More »
Posted in: Consumer Health, Health Literacy, Health Observances, News from NNLM
Oct
05
0 comments Tags: libraries, NNLM Region 5, NNLM Region 5 Listens Session
Please join us for our monthly NNLM Region 5 Listens Session on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00pm Alaska | Noon – 1:00 p.m. HST | 11:00 a.m. – Noon SST (American Samoa) | October 20, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. ChST (Guam). NNLM… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, News from NNLM Region 5
Oct
01
0 comments Tags: application fee sponsorship, mla dss, NNLM Region 5
Last January, MLA announced the Data Services Specialization (DSS) certificate that librarians can earn to demonstrate their attainment of the relevant knowledge and skills necessary to provide data services. Best geared for health sciences librarians and information professionals and built upon the MLA Data Services Competency, the Basic Certification requires the completion of four 4-credit free… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, Training & Education
Oct
01
0 comments Tags: Book Spine Poetry, health literacy, Medical Librarians Month, NNLM Reading Club, NNLM Region 5
In honor of National Medical Librarians Month and National Health Literacy Month NNLM is hosting a book spine poetry contest. All participants will be entered into a lottery to receive a free copy of each of the books selected from the NNLM Reading Club – a total of 15 books to add to your collection and share… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Health Literacy, News from NNLM, News from NNLM Region 5
Sep
27
0 comments Tags: book review, brent dykes, data storytelling
These days, there are so many books on data storytelling that claim to do an effective job of explaining how to give impactful data narratives. Lately, I have to go through a pile of books to find one that really works, sort of like trying to find a needle in a haystack. I stumbled across… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, Training & Education