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Mar

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World TB Day (March 24)

Posted by on March 20th, 2023 0 comments Tags: ,

This Friday, March 24 is World TB Day. Each year, we recognize World TB Day on March 24 commemorating the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), despite being a preventable and curable disease, 1.5 million… Read More »

Posted in: Blog

Mar

08

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Hospital Libraries Feedback 2023

Posted by on March 8th, 2023 0 comments Tags: , ,

Region 7 wants to hear from hospital librarians! We serve on design teams to create NNLM trainings. These trainings are designed address the needs of health sciences librarians. We want to know if these trainings are pertinent to hospital librarians in our region. We are curious to know if hospital librarians have a “library buddy.”… Read More »

Posted in: Communities of Interest

Mar

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NNLM Region 7: Collection Equity Award

Posted by on March 8th, 2023 0 comments

NNLM Region 7 is excited to announce the Collection Equity Award. The Award is designed to help build collections that are reflective of voices of the communities served which may be revealed through different genres such as graphic medicine, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, Young Adult, manuscripts (published and unpublished), oral histories and film. Expanding diverse voices… Read More »

Posted in: Blog

Feb

28

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Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Detection – Upcoming Webinar to highlight the great work of three funded partners in Region 7

Posted by on February 28th, 2023 0 comments Tags:

On Thursday, March 16th at 1:00pm ET, learn how three community-based organizations in Massachusetts are reaching their communities to build awareness about cancer: from prevention to the importance of screening and early detection, to connecting with health care providers and support services. Each organization is using different methods to bring information about cancer screenings, prevention,… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, Webinars

Feb

27

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#CiteNLM Spring 2023 Edit-a-thon

Posted by on February 27th, 2023 0 comments Tags:

The Network of the National Library of Medicine is excited to announce its #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon campaign for Spring 2023! Join us in our campaign to improve health information on Wikipedia using NLM and other quality health information resources. Each year, NNLM hosts two editing campaigns to support information access. This spring we are focusing… Read More »

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