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Apr
25
0 comments Tags: Citizen Science, citizen science resources, free, programs, public libraries
Do you run programs at your library? Interested in receiving a FREE Citizen Science Program Kit? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region (NNLM NER) has partnered with SciStarter (https://scistarter.org/nlm) to support Citizen Science programming in libraries The NNLM NER is offering all types of libraries in New England a FREE Citizen… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, NLM Resources, Trainings
Apr
24
0 comments Tags: Health IT, hospital librarians, patient empowerment
With work travel prohibited while our country copes with COVID-19, I am looking for alternative professional development opportunities to help me understand my role in empowering health information outreach in New England. To catch up on Health IT, I dedicated one day to watching this recorded webcast of the 2020 ONC Annual Meeting on Connecting… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Apr
17
0 comments Tags: graphic medicine, resources
When you put together an event, you don’t want attendees to know what goes on behind the scenes. But it’s important to draw back the curtain and note that the 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference (NEGM20) was supposed to be an in-person conference held on MCPHS’s Boston campus March 26-28. NEGM20 became an online… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest, Graphic Medicine
Apr
08
Libraries Closed! Painful Decisions in Response to COVID-19
Posted by Margot M on April 8th, 2020 0 comments Tags: COVID-19, hospital librarians, public libraries
I subscribe to multiple listservs for library staff, with a focus on issues affecting hospital libraries and public libraries. My inbox exploded in March. Librarians were frantically seeking support and guidance during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At first, the emails were related to spring conferences. Many institutions started restricting travel, and this cascaded… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary