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27
0 comments Tags: Alzheimer's Speaks, Community conversations, Success Stories
Written for Midwest Matters by Karyn Witt For months our local ‘Community Conversations’ group was grappling with how to get funding to bring Alzheimer’s Speaks Founder, Lori LaBey to our area. We had been seeing an increase in the number of patrons that were attending our Alzheimer’s Association programs here at Westchester Public Library and… Read More »
Posted in: Public Libraries
Mar
20
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What if I told you there’s a way to search for information about research that’s in progress before results are available in published format? I know. I know. You must be thinking…there’s no way! But, there is! Enter the National Library of Medicine’s Health Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj) database. HSRProj houses more… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources, Training
Mar
02
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This focus group is part of our ongoing partnership with the Public Library Association. We are looking for public library workers to participate in virtual focus groups this spring. We’re looking for both paraprofessional and professional library workers. Would you or anyone on your staff be interested in participating? The purpose of the research is… Read More »
Posted in: Public Libraries
Feb
28
0 comments Tags: Data Management, Data Science
SAVE THE DATE! The Iowa State University Library in Ames, IA will be hosting the 2018 Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) on October 8-9, 2018. MDLS 2018 is intended to provide Midwestern librarians who support research data management the chance to network and expand their research data-related knowledge base and skill sets. It is open… Read More »
Posted in: Conferences and Meetings, Data Science, Training
Feb
08
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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… Read More »
Posted in: Public Libraries