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Jul
16
0 comments Tags: Focused Outreach, Health Literacy, public libraries
This June, I took a drive up to Vermont to set the groundwork for this year’s Focused Outreach work. NNLM NER is looking for ways to support health information dissemination in Rutland County. My first appointment was to speak with Jason Broughton, Vermont State Librarian. I was curious to hear his impressions of the health… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
Jun
10
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group, National Library of Medicine
Please join us! We are hosting an in-person summer session for hospital librarians in the New England Region. MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2019 9:30 am until 2:30 pm UMass Medical School Worcester MA 01655 AGENDA 1. Discuss National Library of Medicine changes to DOCLINE, LinkOut, PubMed and the elimination of LoansomeDoc, and how this will… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
May
13
0 comments Tags: academic librarians, hospital librarians, implicit bias
Cynthia Young, MLIS, Associate Academic Dean of Library Services at Eastern Maine Community College Library, received funding to attend the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) 2019 Conference in Cleveland, OH. She contributed this blog post on the session “Improving Ourselves and Improving Care: Mitigating bias in literature searching in health sciences” presented by… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
Apr
11
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, nursing education, nursing research
NNLM NER is focusing on work done by New England hospital librarians in support of nursing education and research. Our first interview was with Mary Shah, MLS, AHIP. She is a Medical Librarian and Archivist at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. The second interview was with Maureen Dunn, MLIS, AHIP, Library Director at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. Last… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Mar
11
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, nursing education, nursing research
Last fall, I asked several New England hospital librarians to share their stories about supporting nursing education and research. My first interview was with Mary Shah, MLS, AHIP. She is a Medical Librarian and Archivist at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. The second interview was with Maureen Dunn, MLIS, AHIP, Library Director at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. This third… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest