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NNLM Reading Club: Inherited Disease

Posted by on December 2nd, 2020 0 comments

We inherit many things from the people who went before us – our physical characteristics, aspects of our personality and, sometimes, our health. December’s Reading Club selections discuss inherited diseases, focusing specifically on cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell disease, and cancer caused by the BRCA mutation. In Resurrection Lily, Amy Byer Shainman discusses her experiences after learning… Read More »

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Nov

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Project Showcase: Adaptive Cycling

Posted by on November 30th, 2020 0 comments

In, its quest to continue providing adaptive recreation programs in the Blackstone River Valley, the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (BRVNHC) has acquired a state-of-the-art, electric-assist wheelchair bicycle. A grant received from the Network of the National Library of Medicine, New England Region (NNLM,) provided the funds to purchase a Van Raam OPair bicycle… Read More »

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Nov

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RDM Snippets: Working with Data

Posted by on November 30th, 2020 0 comments

Now that we’ve gone over the basics of research data management, here is a roundup of tools you can use for working with data, or tools you can teach to researchers to help them better manage their data. Some of these might be familiar to you, but we hope this will be helpful to have… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Data

Nov

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Satellites – Who is watching whom?

Posted by on November 6th, 2020 0 comments

I love staying connected to the weather this time of year.  In New England it changes all the time.  Today we had bright sunlight with snow flurried.  Well, with that pictured in your mind.  What do you think about your TV stations weather deliverer?  How are they providing us such amazing images, so we can… Read More »

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2020 National Summit on School Safety

Posted by on October 30th, 2020 0 comments Tags: , , , ,

        Rising to the occasion is nothing new for school administrators and teachers. What is new — is that many of us are finally recognizing just how important and dedicated those who teach our children are and always have been. In the extraordinary times of COVID19 our K-12 school administrators, educators and… Read More »

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