NNLM SEA Digest News – August 16, 2018

Posted by Tony Nguyen on August 16th, 2018 Posted in: All Posts

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Welcome to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), Southeastern/Atlantic (SEA) Region’s Weekly Digest. This digest includes upcoming events, online training opportunities, news, and past events.  

Top Items of Interest

• SEASide Webinar: Preparedness and Response for Public Health Emergencies, the Mission of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (Sep 6, 2 PM ET)
• SEA Insights: A NNLM SEA Webinar Series – Quarterly Update (Sep 25, 2-3 PM ET)

NNLM News

• SEA: Introducing Grants and Proposal Writing On Demand!
• BHIC: Plan Ahead for Disasters
• DOCLINE: Are You Ready for the All New DOCLINE 6.0?

Upcoming Online Training Opportunities*

Moodle: Asynchronous LMS Course Offerings

• NTO: Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials for Librarians: Databases, Tools, and Clinical Applications (August 20 – December 7)

Webinars August 20-24

• MAR: Connections4Health: A Person Center Approach for Addressing SDOH in the Community (Aug 21, 12 PM ET)
• SCR: Achieving Transformation: Leveraging Culture and Visible Improvement to Enhance Care and Experience for Patients and Personnel (August 21, 2 PM ET/1 PM CT)
• GMR: Health Information in Public Libraries: Study Results (August 21, 3 PM ET/2 PM CT)
• SEA: NNLM Journal Club: Genetic Medicine (August 23, 2 PM ET)

Classes On-Demand (Self-Paced Classes through Moodle LMS)

• Chemicals, Drugs, Genetics: Searching PubMed and Beyond
• Grants and Proposal Writing
• PubMed Essentials

Visit the NNLM Training Schedule for all upcoming webinars and classes. For past webinars and classes, please visit the NNLM on YouTube**

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) News

NIH News

• NIH: Statement on Modernizing Human Gene Therapy Oversight
• NEJM: Collins FS. The Next Phase of Human Gene-Therapy Oversight
• NIH Director’s Blog: From Juggling to Biomechanics
• New NIH Reference Book is One-stop Resource for Diabetes Medical Information

NLM News

• Prepared Statement of Patricia Flatley Brennan Director, National Library of Medicine
• AAHSL and NLM Announce 2019 Leadership Fellows and Mentors
• NLM Welcomes Applications to Its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine for 2019 (Apply by September 28)
• NLM Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (Earliest Submission Date September 5, 2018)

NLM Technical Bulletin

• Incorporating Values for Indexing Method in MEDLINE/PubMed XML

NCBI Insights

• Release Plan for E-utility API Keys
• Join NCBI-style hackathons at NIH, Cold Spring Harbor Labs, and UT Southwestern Medical Center

Miscellaneous News

• Circulating Now: Revealing Data: Why We Need Humans to Curate Web Collections
• NLM in Focus: What Do You Get When the World’s Largest Medical Library and the World’s Largest Encyclopedia Meet Up?
• Musings on the Mezzanine: Happy Anniversary to Me!
• NLM Job Posting: Tenure-Eligible Senior Investigator Recruitment in Data Science, Biomedical Informatics, and Computational Biology
• NLM Job Posting: Tenure-Track Investigator Recruitment in Data Science, Biomedical Informatics, and Computational Biology

Highlights: All of Us/Precision Medicine

• AAMC News: Your Data Could Cure You One Day
• Scientific American: Effort to Diversify Medical Research Raises Thorny Questions of Race
• Health IT Analytics: How to Bring Precision Medicine in Routine Clinical Care
• NNLM All of Us Resources and Communications Materials

NNLM SEA Communications

• Online Newsletter: SEA Currents
• Facebook
• Facebook SEA Consumer Health Group
• Twitter

* Notes on NNLM Training Opportunities

• All sessions listed are sponsored by a specific regional or national office, but open to all.
• Webinars are scheduled for 1 hour unless otherwise noted.
• The NNLM class registration system requires a free NNLM account prior to registration.
• Visit the NNLM Training Opportunities to register and view a full calendar of training opportunities.
• Please visit the NNLM Acronym Guide to understand the acronyms.
• Refer to this guide to claim MLA CE credit.
• Not all Training Opportunities listed provide MLA CE credit. Please refer to the class page to see if a specific session offers credit.

** Please note that NNLM recordings on YouTube may not have MLA CE Credit available. Please contact the regional office that sponsored the webinar for details.