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Aug
10
0 comments Tags: opioid epidemic, opioid resources, Success Stories
The GMR office is excited to announce that the Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) has been granted an Outreach Award for its project, Opioid e-Resource Database Development and Outreach. Background Like many states across the country, Indiana has seen a significant increase in the number of opioid abusers. The state ranks 17th in the number… Read More »
Posted in: Advocacy, Funding, News from the Region, Outreach, Public Health, Success Stories
Aug
03
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I applied and was thrilled to receive funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) office for the Greater Midwest Region’s Professional Development Award. This award enabled me to attend the 2.5-day workshop, Systematic Review Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians at the University of Pittsburgh’s Falk Library of the Health Sciences… Read More »
Aug
01
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On July 12, Chris Childs the Education & Outreach Librarian for the University of Iowa’s Hardin Library for the Health Sciences gave a Clinical Research & Patient Wellness Training Session to seventeen staff members of the Siouxland Medical Education Foundation. The purpose of this training session is to introduce the audience to free high quality… Read More »
Posted in: Outreach
Jul
12
0 comments Tags: Success Stories
Katherine Chew, the NNLM/GMR Outreach Librarian for Minnesota from the University of Minnesota spent her May providing two health information workshops for public librarians from the Ramsey County public library system. Katherine was able to connect with the person responsible for professional development at Ramsey County and given a choice of potential workshops, the Ramsey… Read More »
Posted in: Outreach, Public Libraries
Jul
11
0 comments Tags: Success Stories
For the past several summers, Ebling Library librarians have given orientations and taught high school and undergraduate students visiting campus for three different programs. In addition to tell them about resources at Ebling Library we give them a healthy dose of information regarding NLM resources. First, the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy hosts high school students… Read More »
Posted in: Outreach