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25
0 comments Tags: Focused Outreach, public libraries
Last year we developed some new partnerships and re-engaged with some long-standing members of the NNLM in northern Vermont. In this article I will share about some of the libraries and partners we met through out focused outreach work and some of the projects and work in health information outreach and technology developed as a… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, Weekly Newsletter
Aug
21
0 comments Tags: Emergency Preparedness (EPP), graphic medicine, Training
September is National Preparedness Month. And this year, NNLM is excited to present a slate of programming to support information and resource sharing around emergency preparedness in your communities. And you can promote preparedness all year long with information and resources from ready.gov. NNLM Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum Save the Date for NNLM’s Free Virtual… Read More »
Posted in: Trainings
Aug
14
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, Member Spotlight, National Library of Medicine, Rhode Island
If you had 25 hours in a day, what would you do with the extra hour? If I had 25 hours in a day, I would use it to figure out any of Chopin’s nocturnes on the piano, comb the beach for sea glass with my daughter, go bird watching, or (too obvious?) catch up… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Aug
08
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Each August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), hosted by the CDC. The purpose of NIAM is to highlight the importance of routine vaccination, particularly as it coincides with the start of Fall, one of the peaks for flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses. Flu is a significant public health concern, and vaccination to prevent flu… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Jul
24
0 comments Tags: community partnerships, history of medicine, Hospital library, Member Spotlight, National Library of Medicine, NLM Traveling Exhibit
The Horblit Health Sciences Library at Danbury Hospital, part of Nuvance Health is currently hosting, Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Surgeons, one of the NLM traveling exhibits. I had the opportunity to visit the exhibit, the library, and their amazing librarians. There are two health science librarians at the Horblit Health Sciences Library, Amanda Pomeroy… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Communities of Interest, NLM Resources