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Oct
16
0 comments Tags: graphic medicine, professional development, Wikipedia
This fall, NER and MAR are jointly hosting two virtual MLIS student interns from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT, Bennie Finch and Jacqueline Fonseca-Ramos. We are thrilled to have them working with us on several exciting projects and learning about NNLM, NLM, and health sciences librarianship! They have each written a brief… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Nov
26
0 comments Tags: Citizen Science, community engagement, credibility, data_science, open science, technology, Wikipedia
Thank you to all who participated in the Fall 2019 #citeNLM virtual edit-a-thon. In the November crowdsourcing campaign, over 548 articles were edited, over 47 thousand words added, all by 108 editors. To see the amazing work everyone did, check out the #citeNLM Program Dashboard to see statistics on the event. In addition, if you… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Apr
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
Mar
28
0 comments Tags: event, Training, Wikipedia
Are you interested in improving the consumer health information available on Wikipedia? Do you want to utilize your librarian research skills towards making Wikipedia a better, evidence-based resource? Have you always wanted to participate in an edit-a-thon? Join the National Network of Libraries of Medicine on April 17th as we add citations to existing Wikipedia… Read More »
Posted in: Announcements, NLM, NLM Resources, Trainings