Mar
11
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, Maine, Member Spotlight
If you had 25 hours in a day, what would you do with the extra hour? Probably tell myself I am going to exercise, but then gradually rationalize my way out of it over the course of the hour. Assuming I scrap the exercise idea, I would probably use it to practice guitar or try… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Mar
04
0 comments Tags: Wikipedia
Looking for a way to celebrate Citizen Science Month, support healthier environments, and fight health inequity in one event? We’ve got you covered! Each year, NNLM hosts two public Wikipedia edit-a-thons, one in the Spring and one the Fall. Editors gather to add citations from trusted sources to existing health and medical articles in Wikipedia…. Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Feb
28
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Do you provide consumer health information in your library? Do you get health questions at the reference desk and wish you knew more about finding resources? Would you like to incorporate health programming at your library? If you answered “yes” or even “maybe” to the questions above, you might be interested in learning more about… Read More »
Feb
18
0 comments Tags: community engagement, professional development, social media
On January 12, NNLM R7 and our colleagues from the NNLM Public Health Collaborative we’re honored to welcome Porcha Johnson, “Reaching Black Audiences in a Digital World” for the first NNLM Public Health Webinar Series session. Unfortunately, due to user error and technical difficulties we couldn’t record this session, but below is an… Read More »
Feb
11
0 comments Tags: feedback, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
Region 7 is distributing our annual survey for hospital libraries. We wonder if webinars hosted by Region 7, and designed to address the needs of hospital librarians, are pertinent to those in our region. We are curious to know if hospital librarians are interested in pursuing Medical Library Association specializations in Consumer Health Information (CHIS),… Read More »
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