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Nov
09
0 comments Tags: Partner Outreach Library
Written by Erika Johnson. Erika is a health sciences librarian at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences and a GMR Partner Outreach Librarian. Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner – a day when families gather to enjoy time together. Did you know that Thanksgiving Day is also National Family Health… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Partner Outreach Libraries
Oct
31
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Book Clubs or reading groups are a staple of library outreach and literacy efforts. People gather to discuss Oprah’s picks or the New York Times’ Best Sellers to socially engage with literature and current events. To help grow health literacy, the NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Network announces the launch of the NNLM Reading… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Consumer Health, From the GMR, News from the Region, Outreach, Public Libraries
Aug
13
0 comments Tags: Anoka County Library, Consumer Health, Funding, Libraries Without Borders, public library funding, Scott County Library, St. Paul Public Library, Success Stories
The Greater Midwest Region of the National Library of Medicine awarded a health information outreach award to Libraries Without Borders (LWB), a non-profit organization “striving to invent the 21st century library so that regardless of circumstances, people throughout the world can live with dignity and have the opportunity to thrive through access to information, education and culture.” Allister… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Consumer Health, Funding, Public Libraries
Jun
04
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The All of Us Research Program, a nationwide research initiative from the National Institutes of Health, launched nationally on May 6, 2018! The program’s goal is to speed up health research breakthroughs by asking one million people to share health information. In the future, researchers can use this to conduct thousands of health studies. Several All… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Consumer Health, Outreach, Success Stories
May
25
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Staff from the office participated in the Medical Library Association (MLA) 2018 meeting in Atlanta this past week, where we met many of our Network members attending, presenting – and dining on Southern specialties such as chicken and waffles and cheesy grits in downtown restaurants. GMR Outreach Specialist, Derek Johnson, presented a poster titled “Transforming… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Conferences and Meetings