NNLM SEA Digest News – September 14, 2018

Posted by Tony Nguyen on September 14th, 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.  

NEW NLM Resource!

• Data Discovery – Access Datasets from NLM Resources

NNLM News

• Applications Open: Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians – Applications Due Sep 20, 2018
• SEA Insights: NNLM SEA Quarterly Update (Sep 25, 2 PM ET)
• SEAside Webinar: Why Library Partners are Critical to the All of Us Research Program (Sep 27, 1 PM ET)
• Join the NNLM SEA Public Libraries Program Advisory Committee (PAC)
• But Wait, There’s More – Calling All Medical Librarians and Health Literacy Advocates Again!
• Get Ready: Hurricane Florence Targets East Coast and DOCLINE Update
• Plan Ahead! Reserve your 2019 NNLM SEA Class or Webinar

Upcoming Online Training Opportunities*

Webinars September 17 – 21

• SCR: Assessing a Community – By the Numbers with Census Data (Sep 19, 10 AM CT/11 AM ET)
• MAR: Accessible Library Customer Service (Sep 19, 1 PM ET)
• NTO: Research Data Management Update (Sep 19, 2 PM  MT/4 PM ET)
• NTO: PubMed for Librarians: Building and Refining Your Search (Sep 19, 2-3:30 PM ET)
• NLM: Clinical Information Librarians and the NLM: From Health Data Standards to Better Health (Sep 20, 12:00 – 12:40 PM ET)

Visit the NNLM Training Schedule for all upcoming webinars, scheduled, and on-demand 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 News in Health – September Edition Available
• The NIH Director: 3D Action Film Stars Cancer Cell as the Villain
• The NIH Director: Gene Editing in Dogs Boosts Hope for Kids with Muscular Dystrophy
• Our Redesigned Site: Perspectives and Tools for Communicating Research Results
• HHS Awards $21 Million to Support Health Center Participation in NIH’s All of Us Research Program

NLM News

• Funding Announcement: NLM Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (Earliest Submission Date Sep 5)
• Funding Announcement: NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (Earliest Submission Date: Sep 22)
• Fellowship Announcement: NLM Welcomes Applications to Its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine for 2019 (Apply by Sep 28)
• Annual MEDLINE/PubMed Year-End Processing (YEP): Impact on Searching During Fall 2018

NLM Technical Bulletin

• Improved Search Now Available Across NCBI Databases
• 2019 MeSH Headings Available in the MeSH Browser
• MEDLINE/PubMed Year-End Processing Activities for 2019
• PubMed Labs Responsive Web Site

Miscellaneous News

• Circulating Now: Letters Shed Light on Huey Long’s Murder Mystery
• Circulating Now: Making the Case for History in Medical Education
• NLM in Focus: Talking Hardware and Software with OCCS Director Ivor D’Souza
• Musings on the Mezzanine: An Oath Grounded in the Constitution
• The Atlantic: How Misinfodemics Spread Disease
• Conversation: Technology Hasn’t Killed Public Libraries – It’s Inspired Them to Transform and Stay Relevant

Focus on 

• Council of State Governments: State Strategies to Address Opioid Abuse
• CNN: FDA Warns of Pet Owners Using Animals to Get Opioids
• FDA: Statement by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the FDA’s New Resource Guide to Support Responsible Opioid Prescribing for Pain Management in Animals
• NIH: Notification of Patient Overdose Deaths Reduces Clinician Opioid Prescriptions
• State Health Access Data Assistance Center: The Changing Opioid Epidemic: State Trends, 2000-2016

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.