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Oct
06
0 comments Tags: contest, Health Literacy, hospital librarians
Hey Region 7! In honor of National Medical Librarians Month and National Health Literacy Month, NNLM is hosting a book spine poetry contest. All participants will be entered into a lottery to receive a free copy of books selected from the NNLM Reading Club – a total of 10 books to add to your collection… Read More »
Posted in: Announcements
Sep
08
0 comments Tags: DOCLINE, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
This summer, Region 7 completed our audit of hospital libraries that were marked as offering document delivery for Rush and Urgent Patient Care requests. Our audit was limited to hospital libraries in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. We emailed our inquiry to the contacts listed in the DOCLINE account…. Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Aug
02
0 comments Tags: community health workers, National Library of Medicine, resources
This blog post is an excerpt from Community Health Workers: The State of the Evidence, 2021, written by Elijah Olivas and Hannah Marcus, and edited by Jaime Holbrook. Community health workers play a critical role in maintaining and improving individual and collective health outcomes. Yet their contributions and potential remain under-recognized and CHW programs underfunded. By… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
Jul
07
0 comments Tags: Connecticut, hospital librarians, Member Spotlight, mental health
If you had 25 hours in a day, what would you do with the extra hour? I am passionate about promoting mental health, and I would enjoy an extra hour to do Read-Alongs with children in schools and public libraries using the book Gizmo’s Pawesome Guide to Mental Health. I would also want the cute… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Jun
13
0 comments Tags: DOCLINE, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
On Thu, June 9, 2022, we hosted our Hospital Libraries Advisory Group Annual Meeting. The virtual meeting was limited to folks working in Region 7 to discuss the needs of hospital librarians in CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, and VT. Fifty-five people registered for the meeting, and fifty attended the live session. Thirty-six of… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest