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Region 5 Blog October 25th, 2026
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Oct

19

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More Than a Library: Building Health Literacy in San Diego’s East County

Posted by on October 19th, 2026 0 comments Tags: , , , , , ,

We thank Holland Kessinger, Head Librarian at the Grossmont Healthcare District’s Health & Wellness Library, for this post where she shares about the many ways the library provides quality health information to the public and building health literacy skills. You’ll be inspired to learn about the amazing services the library offers to the East County… Read More »

Posted in: Consumer Health, Guest Post, Health Literacy, Health Observances, Medical Librarians, News from Network Members

Oct

12

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Health Literacy for All

Posted by on October 12th, 2026 0 comments Tags: , , , ,

We thank Susan Banks for this wonderful post about choosing to bring awareness and education to the public about the quality health information resources. On her own she plays an important role in improving individual and organizational health literacy. She reaches out to libraries and organizations nearby to emphasize how important health literacy is for… Read More »

Posted in: Consumer Health, Guest Post, Health Literacy, News from Network Members

Apr

01

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Creating a New Format for AI Literacy Instruction

Posted by on April 1st, 2026 0 comments Tags: , , , , ,

We thank both Morgan Choate and Katie Jefferson, from the Savitt Medical Library at the University of Nevada, Reno.  Morgan is the Clinical and Instruction Librarian and Katie is Head of Public Services and Liaison Librarian. Their post shares the creative and engaging immersion session they presented about AI at the MLGSCA/NCNMLG 2026 Joint Meeting…. Read More »

Posted in: Education, Guest Post, News from Network Members

Mar

23

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Finding Librarianship in Information Specialist Positions

Posted by on March 23rd, 2026 0 comments Tags: , , , ,

Rachel Raymond, Clinical Trials Information Specialist III at Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL), NCI’s Cancer Information Service, provided us with the guest post about her role at the National Cancer Institute. Rachel also acquired her Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) by attending NNLM classes. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the leading federal agency… Read More »

Posted in: Consumer Health, Guest Post

Mar

04

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Finding (and Pushing) the Boundaries: Writing Assignment Support for Our Nursing Students

Posted by on March 4th, 2026 0 comments Tags: , ,

NNLM Region 5 is highlighting the medical librarians in our region. We thank Carrie Fry, an Associate Professor and Nursing and Health Science Librarian at the University of San Diego’s Helen K. and James S. Copley Library, for sharing how she supports nursing students in their writing. What is the role of the academic health-science… Read More »

Posted in: Guest Post, Medical Librarians, News from Network Members

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