Visit us on Facebook Visit us on Twitter View our RSS Feed Jun
16
0 comments Tags: funding, Projects, technology, Virtual Reality
How do you teach students empathy? That is the main question behind a project spearheaded by librarians at the University of New England (UNE) in Maine, funded during 2016-2017 by NNLM NER. The project entitled, “Empathy Learned Through an Extended Medical Education Virtual Reality Project”, uses a virtual reality (VR) experience to immerse 1st year… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project, Technology
Jun
06
0 comments
Do you find that after your doctor appointment is over and you are going over the conversation in your mind, you feel confused? There is a well-known quote by George Bernard Shaw about communication. “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it occurred.” If you are interested in learning some… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Jun
05
0 comments
Hello everyone! Last week was the exciting Medical Library Association (MLA) 2017 conference in Seattle, Washington. One of the great strengths of MLA is the networking and professional connections. I would have never moved to the New England Region to… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
May
23
0 comments
Hospital Libraries Advisory Group (HLAG) seeking advanced skills, survival techniques in evolving healthcare environment On Mon, May 8, 2017, NNLM NER convened an online meeting of the Hospital Libraries Advisory Group (HLAG). Our goal was to gauge the interests of regional hospital librarians before developing NNLM training opportunities for our 2017-2018 fiscal year. In preparation… Read More »
Posted in: Announcements, Trainings
May
17
From Silos to Strength – librarians at the intersections
Posted by Martha Meacham on May 17th, 2017 0 comments
If you listen to the worries and anxieties of other professions, one, you start to realize that they often have the same concerns as librarians; and two, you start to repeatedly hear about breaking down silos. We talk about silos in librarianship as well – which may be a topic for another day – but… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary