Jan
28
0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience, public libraries
On Friday January 17th,2020 NEASIS&T held it’s annual winter conference aptly titled, The Privacy Puzzle: Piecing Together Patron Privacy, Data Efficiency, and the Modern Web. The theme was privacy and protecting personal information. The first keynote – Callan Bignoli, the Library Director at Olin College, was very thought provoking. Her talk was titled “Troublesome Tech… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Jan
17
0 comments Tags: funding, professional development, resources
Funding is open for the 2020-2021 year and part of the application process asks you to outline how you will evaluate your project. Evaluation can be daunting and it’s often not as fun as the rest of the project, but it’s an important step to demonstrate project impact and value to your community, your organization… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project
Jan
08
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, National Library of Medicine, nursing
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, NNLM NER hosted two Yale University librarians in a webinar addressing the health information needs of nursing and allied health care professionals. The webinar was part of our NER Hospital Librarians series. This educational series provides professional development opportunities for hospital librarians in the New England Region. Topics are determined… Read More »
Posted in: Webinars
Jan
03
0 comments Tags: HEAL, Health Education And Literacy, Health Literacy, MedlinePlus, Merrimac College
This week’s blog post was written by Dr. Traci Alberti, the Co-PI of an NER Year 4 Grant Funded Project – “Health Literacy and Health Information Resource Education in the Lawrence, Massachusetts Community.” Limitations in health literacy are associated with ineffective care, poor compliance, increased use of health services, worse health status and even death…. Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project, NLM Resources, Patient Engagement, Public Health
Dec
26
0 comments Tags: Citizen Science, Data, data_science, eScience, open science, science
Another year is coming upon us and so is another year of New Year’s resolutions. What will it be this year? A popular resolution is to exercise. So this begs the question how much exercise? The answer can be found in MedlinePlus. Most adults should work out between 2 to 5 hours a week. At… Read More »
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