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21
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November 6-9, Boston welcomed 12,000 public health professionals and students from around the US and across the world for the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual conference. Celebrating their 150th year, APHA Annual Conference 2022 hosted sessions on health topics such as COVID, maternal and child health, SUD, HIV/AIDS, on public health practice such as… Read More »
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Nov
09
0 comments Tags: Berkshire County, Focused Outreach, public libraries
This September, I took a drive out to Western Massachusetts to meet with library workers. Region 7 is conducting Focused Outreach to Berkshire County for 2022-2023. Several weeks earlier, I attended a meeting of library directors at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield. I conducted a virtual visit with Annie Pecor, Director of the Northern Berkshire… Read More »
Posted in: Public Health
Nov
07
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NNLM Region 7 (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) is excited to share that the Request for Proposals (RFPs) for funding in the upcoming year (2023-2024) have been released. RFPs have been posted on the website. Award categories include: Health Outreach: up to $20,000, Technology Improvement: up to $10,000 Funding Period:… Read More »
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Oct
24
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You may remember from last year, we shared about some important work the University of New Hampshire was doing to enhance their library services through the Empathy Project. We also highlighted their funded project with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The IMLS Empathy Project is designed to support social and institutional empathy, looking… Read More »
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Oct
16
0 comments Tags: National Library of Medicine, NLM, open science, PubChem
Most partners who know us are familiar with NLM resources like PubMed and MedlinePlus. Some are familiar with other resources like ClinicalTrails. But do you know about PubChem? What is PubChem? From the website: “PubChem is the world’s largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers…. Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources