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Nov
09
0 comments Tags: Berkshire County, Focused Outreach, public libraries
This September, I took a drive out to Western Massachusetts to meet with library workers. Region 7 is conducting Focused Outreach to Berkshire County for 2022-2023. Several weeks earlier, I attended a meeting of library directors at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield. I conducted a virtual visit with Annie Pecor, Director of the Northern Berkshire… Read More »
Posted in: Public Health
Sep
26
0 comments Tags: Member Spotlight, public libraries
The following article was contributed by the C.H. Booth Library in Newtown, Connecticut. The C.H. Booth Library’s dedication to health literacy was advanced significantly thanks to funding from a 2021 NNLM Region 7 Technology Improvement Award. In 2021, the library began an initiative to bring greater awareness and understanding of medical resources to the… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, NLM Resources, Technology
Jul
15
0 comments Tags: Funded Projects, Member Spotlight, public libraries
Julie Holden is the Assistant Library Director at Cranston (RI) Public Library. Over the years, Cranston Library has been a great partner that participated in several NNLM R7 opportunities including funding, training, and borrowing a Graphic Medicine Book Club Kit. Would you rather travel back in time to meet your ancestors, or to the future… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Apr
25
0 comments Tags: Citizen Science, citizen science resources, free, programs, public libraries
Do you run programs at your library? Interested in receiving a FREE Citizen Science Program Kit? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region (NNLM NER) has partnered with SciStarter (https://scistarter.org/nlm) to support Citizen Science programming in libraries The NNLM NER is offering all types of libraries in New England a FREE Citizen… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, NLM Resources, Trainings
Apr
08
Libraries Closed! Painful Decisions in Response to COVID-19
Posted by Margot M on April 8th, 2020 0 comments Tags: COVID-19, hospital librarians, public libraries
I subscribe to multiple listservs for library staff, with a focus on issues affecting hospital libraries and public libraries. My inbox exploded in March. Librarians were frantically seeking support and guidance during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At first, the emails were related to spring conferences. Many institutions started restricting travel, and this cascaded… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary