Online Class Offering with MLA and CHIS CE
Looking for Medical Library Association CE, or interested in getting Level I or II Consumer Health Information Specialization CE in the comfort of your own home, workplace, or favorite coffeehouse? We’ve got you covered with an 8 credit hour CE online course on complementary and alternative medicine. Read on for the details:
COURSE:
Will Duct Tape Cure My Warts? Examining Complementary and Alternative Medicine
This 8 credit hour CE course will introduce basic concepts in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), issues about research into CAM therapies, evaluating CAM information, recommended websites, and researchin...
Source: MCR News - June 4, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Sciences List #Public/K-12 List Source Type: news
NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today released its first ever Strategic Plan for Data Science (PDF). The plan describes NIH’s overarching goals, strategic objectives, and implementation tactics for promoting the modernization of the NIH-funded biomedical data science ecosystem.
Wondering how libraries fit into the plan? NIH will partner with institutions to engage librarians and information specialists in finding new paths in areas such as library science that have the potential to enrich the data-science ecosystem for biomedical research. /da (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - June 4, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Sciences List Data Science Source Type: news
June Issue of NIH News in Health Now Available
The June 2018 issue of NIH News in Health is now available online. In this issue read about research to help people recover from trauma, learn about herpes, and discover some healthy habits that can extend your life! /da
NIH News in Health is a monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - June 4, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Interest List #Health Sciences List #Public/K-12 List Source Type: news
Health Information for Public Librarians Symposium
Thirteen public librarians from the MidContinental Region joined counterparts across the country at the Health Information for Public Librarians Symposium on May 22 and 23.
Held on the final two days of the 2018 Medical Library Association annual meeting in Atlanta, the gathering allowed public librarians interested in providing consumer health information to connect with and learn from one another.
Participants heard about the need for public librarians to provide consumer health information and were encouraged to develop plans to increase institutional impact on health literacy.
Dara Richardson-Heron, the chief engagemen...
Source: MCR News - June 1, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Interest List #Health Sciences List #Public/K-12 List Source Type: news
GDPR and Libraries
You may have noticed many emails lately from vendors and companies updating their privacy policies. The reason for this is that the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) goes into effect today, May 25, 2018. This regulation greatly increases data privacy practices for any company that does business in the EU, which, in turn, means that most major companies are now adopting those practices. You can read about how this will impact libraries in this ACRL Tech Connect blog post or this article from American Libraries Magazine. /al (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 25, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Sciences List #Public/K-12 List Source Type: news
Stay Current in Patient Safety
AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) highlights journal articles, books and tools related to patient safety. You can stay current with email updates or RSS feeds. /da (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 24, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Sciences List Source Type: news
Nutritional and food literacy, food labels, and portion size estimation
A growing body of research shows that individuals who accurately estimate portion sizes and interpret and use food labels have higher nutritional literacy and numeracy skills and realize better health outcomes.
Find out more from the CDC where you can read a summary of recent nutritional and food literacy research. /da (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 24, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Sciences List #Public/K-12 List Source Type: news
Resource: Talking with Your Older Patient
The National Institute on Aging has a resource to help facilitate communication with older patients. “Talking with Your Older Patient” highlights key areas to address conducting a successful health interview. /da (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 24, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Sciences List Source Type: news
Applying Health Literacy Strategies to the Health Needs of Older Adults
Older adults often experience challenges related to managing multiple chronic conditions, changes in vision and hearing, and some older adults may experience cognitive impairments as they age.
The CDC has a collection of selected research from the last few years presents articles that examined the problem of low health literacy and its influence on an older adult’s ability to manage a health condition or medication regimen./da (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 24, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: #CC/Academic List #Health Sciences List #Public/K-12 List Source Type: news
All of Us Research Priorities Workshop
The NIH All of Us Research Program held a priorities workshop in March.
The workshop aim was to identify key research priorities and requirements (i.e., types of data, methods, and how those methods are used) for the All of Us Research Program. Videocasts of the general assembly portions of the workshop are available to view.
View the Agenda (PDF)
Day 1: View the Videocast
Day 2: View the Videocast
Day 3: View the Videocast (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 22, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: ssawyer Tags: All of Us Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM Update Podcast
NLM presents a weekly audio update that highlights consumer health news and accompanying information from MedlinePlus.
The latest episode is “U.S. health costs and care” Listen here.
More information and past episodes are also available. (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 22, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: ssawyer Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Source Type: news
NLM History of Medicine and Graphic Medicine Websites Receive 2018 Awards from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts
Two National Library of Medicine websites have been honored with 2018 Communicator Awards from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), an assembly of professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.
In the award category for government websites, the website for the National Library of Medicine exhibition Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn! earned an award of excellence, and the website for the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine earned an award of distinction.
See more (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 22, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: ssawyer Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Source Type: news
NLM Medical Services and Warfare Digitization Project Completed in Partnership with Adam Matthew Digital
The National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division recently worked with Adam Matthew Digital, a digital publisher of unique primary source collections from archives around the world, to digitize more than 12,000 pages of manuscripts from 15 collections held by the NLM, the world’s largest biomedical library.
The NLM collections join a host of others from the British Library, the Library and Archives of Canada, and the UK National Archives, among other libraries and archives, in Medical Services and Warfare, a new online resource from Adam Matthew which explores multiple perspectives on the history of injur...
Source: MCR News - May 22, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: ssawyer Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Source Type: news
2018 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship 2018
Eric Dishman, Director, All of Us Research Program, delivered the 2018 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship 2018 on Wednesday May 9, 2018. His lecture was titled: Precision Communications for Precision Health: Challenges and Strategies for Reaching All of Us. Recording (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 15, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: ssawyer Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Source Type: news
Contribute to PubMed 2.0 development!
PubMed Labs, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pubmed/, is the platform NLM is using to test and identify functionality and features for PubMed 2.0 (to be released in December 2018). Through PubMed Labs, NCBI is taking into account user feedback, user requests, and usage data to inform development. Quick Facts about PubMed Labs:
Has the same data as PubMed
Not all functionality in PubMed is available in PubMed Labs (e.g., advanced search)
4,000 unique users per day use PubMed Labs
Cloud-based
Solr for search and indexing
Kathi Canese, NCBI, will be at MLA and giving presentations and answering questions at the NLM boot...
Source: MCR News - May 15, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: ssawyer Tags: Health Sciences Source Type: news
