Speaker Spotlight Series Recordings – Catch up on 2023 Webinars!

NNLM Region 6 Speaker Spotlight Series is an irregularly scheduled webinar series from NNLM Region 6, featuring expert guest speakers presenting on topics of interest to all our users, from librarians to public health practitioners, educators, clinicians, and others who work with health information. Catch up on all of the 2023 webinars with links to each session recording below! The Smart Tablet Education for Healthy Living (STEHL) Program Join Dr. Anitha Saravanan as she shares practical aspects of conducting community projects that can also be a research project. In a current project named “Smart Education for Healthy Living,” older adults living in retirement home benefitted from workshops on how to use smart tablets for accessing reliable health information. Holding Space to Discuss a Complicated Past: Exploring Medical Libraries’ Role in Perpetuating Racial Science This presentation explores the historical ties between medical libraries and racial science, focusing on empire-building. Attendees, particularly those involved in library instruction, will gain valuable insights into how medical sciences and collections have been influenced by racial science discourse, which continues to impact today’s medical practices for patients who identify as Black, Indigenous, or persons of color. Fatness and Libraries: Amplifying the Voices of Fat Librarians in DEIA Work Join Meg Galasso as she delves into the important topics of weight discrimination, fat representatio...
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