Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community

Posted by Bobbi Newman on February 8th, 2018 Posted in: Public Libraries

As part of our ongoing partnership with the Public Library Association(PLA) and supplemental funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), our office has developed a new course on health information for public library staff. In developing this course, we partnered with OCLC WebJunction and the College of Education at the University of Iowa to incorporate feedback from participants and best practices for online learning. Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community is a 12 credit continuing education (CE) credit course, delivered both online and in-person.

Online

Beginning March 5th, Bobbi Newman of GMR and Carolyn Martin from PNR will lead the first cohort of public library staff through the new course. This cohort is part of the supplemental project itself, and will provide feedback which we will use to make final updates to the course. The class will be asynchronous and run for four weeks. Public library staff who are interested in enrolling in this cohort can apply by filling out an online form.

Due to high interest in the course, we will be offering it again April 23rd-May 20th. Registration for that class will be through the NNLM courses website and will open March 5th.

In-Person

The in-person course will be taught as a PLA pre-conference. Attendees will be required to do 2 hours of pre-course work, attend the eight-hour in-person session, and complete a 2-hour take-home assignment in order to receive their 12 CE credits. Registration is still open!

Stay tuned for more in-person opportunities!

Consumer Health Information Specialization

All public library staff who complete either the online or in-person version will receive the Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certificate from the Medical Library Association (MLA) compliments of NNLM!

ABOUT Bobbi Newman
Bobbi Newman (MLIS, MA) is the Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist for NNLM R6 at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Fostering Wellness in the Workplace: A Guide for Libraries. She developed the popular NNLM course “Wellness in the Library Workplace.” Bobbi is a mindfulness student and a member of Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH). She currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board for Let’s Move in Libraries. She divides her time between her dog, reading fantasy and nonfiction, playing video games, crafting, kayaking, biking, and gardening.

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