Visit us on Facebook Visit us on Twitter View our RSS Feed 
May
08
0 comments Tags: community engagement, disabilities
In 2019-2020, NER provided funding to Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor to increase knowledge about importance of physical activity for individuals with disabilities; increase access to recreational opportunities for individuals with disabilities, moving toward universal access to recreation; and build relationships between disability communities and recreation communities. This blog post is an excerpt from… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
May
04
0 comments Tags: Addiction, continuing education credits, NNLM eduction, NNLM webinars, recovery, substance use disorder, substance use disorder education
Has being able to work from home or being quarantined given you time to take advantage of some additional educational opportunities? The NNLM has many webinars and Moodle classes scheduled in the coming months. If you are a librarian or nurse you may eligible earn CE credits from the Medical Library… Read More »
Posted in: NLM Resources, Public Health, Trainings
Apr
25
0 comments Tags: Citizen Science, citizen science resources, free, programs, public libraries
Do you run programs at your library? Interested in receiving a FREE Citizen Science Program Kit? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region (NNLM NER) has partnered with SciStarter (https://scistarter.org/nlm) to support Citizen Science programming in libraries The NNLM NER is offering all types of libraries in New England a FREE Citizen… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, NLM Resources, Trainings
Apr
24
0 comments Tags: Health IT, hospital librarians, patient empowerment
With work travel prohibited while our country copes with COVID-19, I am looking for alternative professional development opportunities to help me understand my role in empowering health information outreach in New England. To catch up on Health IT, I dedicated one day to watching this recorded webcast of the 2020 ONC Annual Meeting on Connecting… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Apr
17
0 comments Tags: graphic medicine, resources
When you put together an event, you don’t want attendees to know what goes on behind the scenes. But it’s important to draw back the curtain and note that the 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference (NEGM20) was supposed to be an in-person conference held on MCPHS’s Boston campus March 26-28. NEGM20 became an online… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest, Graphic Medicine