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Dec
06
0 comments Tags: National Library of Medicine
The UMASS Chan Medical School Lamar Soutter Library (LSL) is currently hosting the NLM Traveling Exhibit Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection. This exhibit uses historic postcard images to demonstrate some of the history of the nursing profession as well as cultural values of the last century as it relates to nursing. The University… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Graphic Medicine, NLM Resources
Nov
27
0 comments Tags: Funded Projects, Member Spotlight
This guest post is shared courtesy of Bonnie Combs of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor about their NNLM Region 7 Funded Project “Opening Doors to the Outdoors”. People with disabilities constitute a substantial part of the American public. About 1 in 4 people in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have one or more disabilities. While… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, Weekly Newsletter
Nov
09
0 comments Tags: academic libraries, Focused Outreach, New Hampshire, public libraries
This summer, I drove up to southern New Hampshire to visit public and academic libraries. Region 7 is conducting Focused Outreach to Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, NH and Litchfield County, CT. My colleagues Sarah Levin-Lederer and Bennie Finch made separate trips. For my Cheshire County visits, I identified libraries by looking at the NNLM Membership… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Nov
06
0 comments Tags: community engagement, Member Spotlight
This article is based on an interview with Sunny Chung, Health Sciences Librarian at the Stony Brook University Health Sciences Library. The library is located in the health sciences academic area which is housed in the same building as the Stony Brook University Hospital. NNLM also had the opportunity to exhibit at the SBU Health Sciences… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Member Spotlight
Oct
31
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NNLM provides funding for projects across the Region through a competitive process but what happens next? How are proposals reviewed and what criteria is used? In Region 7, proposals are reviewed by NNLM staff and external reviewers. External reviewers are NNLM members who represent the Region from libraries (academic, academic medical, public, community college, and… Read More »
Posted in: Blog