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Sep

21

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LGBT Elder Population Health Awareness

Posted by on September 21st, 2015 0 comments

At this month’s annual conference of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, NN/LM PNR Network Outreach Coordinator Patricia Devine and NN/LM SEA Emerging Technologies/Communications Coordinator Tony Nguyen will be presenting a poster entitled “LGBT Elder Population Health Awareness: Building Collections and Connections to Improve Health, Safety and Well-Being, based on the following resources.

Posted in: Training & Education

Sep

14

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Upcoming PNR Rendezvous on the NLM resource — Health Reach

Posted by on September 14th, 2015 0 comments

Date: Wednesday, September 16 Time: 1:00pm Pacific Time, Noon Alaska Time, 2:00pm Mountain Time Do you work with immigrants and refugees?  Does your library or place of work include employees or patrons whose first language may not be English? Do you find yourself thinking you should look into cultural competency training but may not know… Read More »

Posted in: Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR, Training & Education

Sep

09

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Data Webinars Coming Up

Posted by on September 9th, 2015 0 comments Tags:

During the next three months, Data Federation of University Research (DataFOUR) will offer free one-hour web-based presentations on timely developments in research data from a variety of perspectives relevant to researchers, faculty, librarians, data specialists, and cyberinfrastructure professionals. The presentations are free, open to the entire higher education community and are intended to foster a shared… Read More »

Posted in: Training & Education

Aug

31

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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

20

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Update on NLM Resources: Tox Town

Posted by on August 20th, 2015 0 comments

The National Library of Medicine’s Tox Town website uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to make learning about the environment more interesting. Visit Tox Town to discover the connection between chemicals, the environment, and health.  Divided into neighborhoods, the website explores various environments. From the NLM Technical Bulletin: The City neighborhood has recently been updated… Read More »

Posted in: News from NLM, Training & Education

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