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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
06
0 comments Tags: archive, Data, data_science, eScience, hospital librarians, science librarians
Does this sound familiar? Your institution’s records are relegated to boxes in a back room, basement or or simply tossed without review. Join us on Thursday, March 14th 2019, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM as we host Nadia Dixson, the Somerville City Archivist, as she presents, “How Did We Get Here: Maintaining Records for… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Feb
28
0 comments Tags: autism, inclusive work culture, LD, learning disability, neurodiverse employees, neurodiversity
“Alexa, what is neurodiversity?” She answers me, “Neurodiversity is the range of differences in individual brain function and behavioral traits, regarded as part of normal variation in the human population (used especially in the context of autistic spectrum disorders).” When I read last week’s press release from Worcester Polytecnic Institute, “WPI Researchers Urge High-Tech Firms… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Feb
28
0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience, open science, professional development, RDM, science, science librarians
The NNLM NER e-Science Forum will be held Friday, March 29th, 2019, from 9:30AM to 3:30PM at the Holiday Inn® and Suites Marlborough, 265 Lakeside Avenue, Marlborough, MA 01752 (www.holidayinn.com/marlborough). This forum is taking place in lieu of the e-Science Symposium. The purpose of this event is to initiate and maintain a regional dialogue on… Read More »
Posted in: Blog