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22
0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, edit-a-thon, open science, science, Wikipedia
May 6th is fast approaching for MLA and the Spring NLM edit-a-thon. We hope you’ve been keeping an eye on our WikiProject page <nnlm.gov/wiki>, as we’ve been adding more training materials and event details! Our topic this spring is Health Disparities. If you can’t make it in person, consider hosting an edit-a-thon at your… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Apr
11
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, nursing education, nursing research
NNLM NER is focusing on work done by New England hospital librarians in support of nursing education and research. Our first interview was with Mary Shah, MLS, AHIP. She is a Medical Librarian and Archivist at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. The second interview was with Maureen Dunn, MLIS, AHIP, Library Director at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. Last… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Apr
08
0 comments Tags: art therapy, micrographia, Parkinson's Disease, symptoms of Parkinson's disease, The Art Cart
The blog post that follows was written by Saba Shahid, Chief Smiling Officer of The Art Cart. In May of 2018 The Art Cart received a Community Engagement Grant Award from the NNLM NER to create an online training program to about how use art as… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, Patient Engagement
Apr
01
0 comments Tags: Cooking Matters, Focused Outreach, healthy eating, healthy recipes, limited budget, MyPlate, Northeastern Connecticut, nutrition, nutrition education, quiet corner, resource sharing, smart grocery shopping
In each year of our five-year cooperative agreement with the National Library of Medicine, the New England region provides a special kind of outreach, called “Focused Outreach” to specified, medically-underserved areas in New England. Bangor, Maine was identified as this year’s urban, focused outreach area and Quiet Corner, Connecticut was identified as the rural,… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Mar
26
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Save the date! We are gearing up for our spring Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon – #citeNLM – on May 6 and are looking to get the word out! For this Edit-a-Thon we will be hosting an immersion session at MLA that will provide hands-on instruction in selecting Wikipedia articles and sources to use to improve content, and… Read More »