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Jan
10
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Region 5 is excited to announce we will be hosting two free online sessions of Library Carpentry in Winter and Spring of 2022. Both sessions have 25 spots available. The Winter session will be February 22-24, 9:00am-2:00pm, PST; register here! Registration will close Tuesday, February 15th, 6:00pm PST. The Spring session will be April 26-28,… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Education, Library staff, New from NNLM Region 5, Technology, Training & Education
Nov
17
0 comments Tags: MEDLINE, Pubmed, PubMed.gov
The Pacific Northwest Chapter/ Medical Library Association (PNCMLA) hosted a virtual conference November 4-5, 2021. At the conference, I presented with Andrew Hamilton (Oregon Health & Science University) and Diana Louden (University of Washington) on searching MEDLINE in PubMed, EBSCO, and Ovid. The presentation included and overview of MEDLINE and tips on searching in each… Read More »
Posted in: Bio-Medical Professionals, Education, Library staff, Training & Education
Nov
05
0 comments Tags: Funding, NNLM Region 5, professional development
The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 5, under cooperative agreement with the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), announces the availability of funding through Professional Development Awards to increase knowledge, skills and competencies of NNLM network members on areas related to NLM priorities. With these awards, NNLM Region 5 commits to… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Education, Funding, Library staff, News from NNLM Region 5, Training & Education
Nov
04
0 comments Tags: online education, professional development
One of the great benefits the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) offers, is free professional development including consumer health classes. Classes come in a variety of formats including: On-demand online (learn on your own time at your own pace) Scheduled asynchronous online (learn on your own time within the class scheduled time)… Read More »
Posted in: Consumer Health, Consumer Health Minute, New from NNLM Region 5, Training & Education
Oct
25
0 comments Tags: data literacy, data literacy for the busy librarian, health
Big Data is a buzzword in many industries these days including healthcare. What is data literacy and how does it apply and impact healthcare? According to MIT and Dalhousie University, data literacy is the ability to collect, manage, evaluate, and apply data in a critical manner. Though, most individuals didn’t go to school to be… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, Training & Education