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Nov
30
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Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Chicago, where I got to meet the people behind some of the resources I teach about and present a poster about the Response and Recovery App in Washington (RRAIN) app and project, led by the University of… Read More »
Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Public Health
Nov
05
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Veterans Day is approaching and is a special time to pay tribute to veterans of all wars. These men and women have sacrificed much for the freedoms we all enjoy and for which we are thankful. However, the results of war are often devastating for veterans, their families and eventually we all feel the effects…. Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR
Oct
26
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November 1, 2015 is the first day to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace for 2016. The enrollment deadline is January 31, 2016 otherwise the only way to qualify for insurance in 2016 is for a Special Enrollment Period. According to Sylvia Burwell, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the five years since ACA… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR
Oct
22
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On October 22, 1965, the Medical Library Assistance Act was passed authorizing the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to provide grant funding to develop a national system of regional medical libraries. This network, called the Regional Medical Library (RML) Network, changed its name to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) in 1991. Today the ~6,400-member NN/LM, considered a field force in… Read More »
Posted in: News from NLM, News From NNLM PNR
Oct
14
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Date: Wednesday, October 21 Time: 1:00pm Pacific Time, Noon Alaska Time, 2:00pm Mountain Time Creating a Library “Holdings” Group: A Joined Service Model will feature Isaac Huffman, Heather Martin and Basia Delawska-Elliott from the Providence Health & Services library system. Faced with resource constraints many hospital libraries have considered joint operations. However successful, systemization can be… Read More »
Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Training & Education