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26
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The Health Science Librarians of Illinois has been awarded the Professional Development Award through the GMR office. The award goes towards supporting three separate classes at their annual conference: Building Partnerships with Faculty, Clinicians, and Other Stakeholders Data Management in the Wild: Why It Matters and What You Can Do About It Managing Your Online… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Jul
26
0 comments Tags: ARSL, stand up for health, Success Stories
I am pleased to announce that the GMR has awarded funding to The Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) for a pre-conference focused health information services and programming. ARSL will host the Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community as pre-conference sessions at their 2018 annual conference in Springfield Illinois…. Read More »
Posted in: Funding, Public Libraries
Jul
17
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On May 4, 2018, I was honored to lead a session entitled “Dementia and Alzheimer’s Services @ Your Library” for approximately 40 frontline library staff members attending the annual Reaching Forward Conference sponsored by the Illinois Library Association. In addition to demonstrating how NLM databases such as Medline Plus can provide much needed medical… Read More »
Posted in: Outreach
Jul
09
0 comments Tags: app evaluation, health apps, wellness apps
While developing content for our public library course Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community on health and wellness related apps I decided we need a clever evaluation tool similar to CRAAP for websites. Using the criteria I came up with SUSPECT. I hope you find it helpful for all app… Read More »
Posted in: From the GMR, General
Jun
26
0 comments Tags: Data, Data Management, Data Science, Success Stories
The GMR office is excited to announce that Tina Griffin at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been granted a Research Data Award to develop the Research Data Management Best Practice Implementation Program for Graduate Students in STEM and Health Sciences! Background: Today, data management practices by students are largely learned by conforming… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Funding, Success Stories, Training