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Dec
08
0 comments Tags: Focused Outreach, mental health, public libraries
Last June, I took a drive up to Bangor, Maine to set the groundwork for this year’s Focused Outreach work. NNLM NER is putting the spotlight on the work of Bangor-area librarians for 2018-2019. We interviewed nine librarians at various Maine locations, including two hospital libraries, two urban libraries, two rural libraries, a community college library… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
Nov
07
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, nursing education, nursing research
Kerry Dhakal’s recent article in the Journal of the Medical Library Association identifies librarians and nurses as natural partners in establishing evidence-based practice. Nurses participate in lifelong learning activities, and highly value the assistance that they receive from librarians. To explore this topic, I asked New England hospital librarians about their work in supporting nursing… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Oct
10
0 comments Tags: Genetics Home Reference, Health Literacy, public libraries
Earlier this month, Catherine Martin and I drove up to Newry, MA to present at the Maine Library Association Annual Meeting. Our session, From Genealogy to Genetics: Library Programming to Explore Your Roots, was scheduled for Monday, Oct 1st. The Annual Meeting opened with a panel discussion on journalism, fake news and libraries. Afterwards, Catherine attended… Read More »
Posted in: NLM Resources
Aug
17
0 comments Tags: Data, hospital librarians, integrative health
Here at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), we are responsible for raising awareness of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). With that in mind, I sent a survey to New England hospital librarians in May 2018. I offered a list of NLM databases and services. I asked librarians to identify the topics… Read More »
Posted in: NLM Resources, Webinars
Jul
03
0 comments Tags: librarians, nursing education, nursing research
On June 19, 2018, NER hosted an informational meeting for an upcoming educational series on Librarians Supporting Nursing Education and Research. Our goal is to develop webinars that meet the needs of our region. We designed this meeting to spark ideas and collect feedback. This webinar series is part of our Communities of Interest (COI)… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest, Webinars