Funding Awarded for Digital Health Literacy Workshops
The GMR office is excited to announce that Wisconsin Health Literacy (WHL) has been granted a Health Information Outreach Award for its project, Health Online: Finding Information You Can Trust.
Background:
A recent WHL survey of literacy tutors found that a significant number of their adult students wish they could do better in finding online information on health symptoms, resources to help them stay healthy, and resources in other languages. Nearly half also wanted help scanning health websites to find what’s relevant to them. These needs may result in part from the fact that those with low literacy use websites diff...
Source: The Cornflower - May 16, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Funding Success Stories Source Type: news
Funding Awarded to Charlevoix Public Library for “ Improving Health Awareness Through Access to Quality Health Information ”
I am excited to announce funding for this project led by Susan Kroll!
Project Description:
This project will load 20 iPads with NLM consumer health information for adults and children. This project is a partnership between the Charlevoix Public Library and the Munson Charlevoix Hospital Education Department. The iPads will be placed in the Library, the Hospital Wellness Workshop facility, in selected physicians’ and school nurse offices and used in health clinics for American Indians and community senior events. The Health Librarian will train the health professionals to use the iPads and review specific NLM databas...
Source: The Cornflower - May 9, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Funding Public Libraries Source Type: news
Congratulations to Rachael Lebo, Professional Development Awardee!
Congratulations are in order! Rachael Lebo has been funded through the GMR office to attend the 2018 Medical Library Association meeting later this month in Atlanta. As a first time attendee she is looking forward to taking advantage of some evidence based medicine instruction. This knowledge will support the library’s participation in the objective structured clinical examination at her home institution, the University of South Dakota. We are looking forward to seeing Rachael and hopefully you at MLA 2018 this year.
So, how about you? Are you thinking of attending a conference in the next year? While interes...
Source: The Cornflower - May 8, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Sam Watson Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Congratulations to Margaret Hoogland, Professional Development Awardee!
Let’s hear it for Margaret Hoogland! As another recipient of the GMR’s professional development award, she plans on attending the Medical Library Association Research Training Institute in Chicago this summer. She hopes to utilize the mentoring and instruction offered there to complete her research project on the use and access of point of care tools by health professional students. This research will assist her tenure-track work at the University of Toledo. We wish her luck!
Do you have ambitions for getting the most out of your career? The NNLM-GMR would love to help get you there. While interest has s...
Source: The Cornflower - May 3, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Sam Watson Tags: Funding Source Type: news
Reflections on Big Data in Healthcare: Exploring Emerging Roles
In the NNLM Big Data in Healthcare: Exploring Emerging Roles course, we asked participants, as they progressed through the course to consider the following questions: Do you think health sciences librarians should get involved with big data in healthcare? Where should librarians get involved, if you think they should? If you think they should not, explain why. You may also combine a “should/should not” approach if you would like to argue both sides. NNLM will feature responses from different participants over the coming weeks.
Written by: Patricia L. Smith, Impact and Dissemination Librarian at Galter Health Sciences ...
Source: The Cornflower - April 30, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Big Data Data Management Source Type: news
Funding Awarded to UMN for Research Data Management Education
The GMR is excited to announce that the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota have been awarded a Research Data Management (RDM) Award to support research data management services! The project will expand RDM education not only within their institution but across the GMR as well!
Project Description
This project has two goals:
Enable health science librarians at institutions throughout the GMR to build research data management knowledge and skills and develop actionable next steps to provide data services at their libraries
Enable health science faculty and graduate/professional students at the Universi...
Source: The Cornflower - April 26, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Funding News from the Region Success Stories Data Management Source Type: news
Public Library Spotlight: David J. Kelsey, Outreach Services Librarian, St. Charles Public Library, IL
We present “Attic” programs at six facilities each month which engage ninety seniors.
David and Lynda will be presenting about their outreach services in a webinar on Friday, April 27th, Grab and Go: Expanding and Strengthening Senior Programming
(Source: The Cornflower)
Source: The Cornflower - April 25, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Public Libraries Spotlight alzheimer's library programs libs4health Senior Health Outreach St. Charles Public Library Source Type: news
Should Health Sciences Librarians be Involved with Big Data in Healthcare?
In the NNLM Big Data in Healthcare: Exploring Emerging Roles course, we asked participants, as they progressed through the course to consider the following questions: Do you think health sciences librarians should get involved with big data in healthcare? Where should librarians get involved, if you think they should? If you think they should not, explain why. You may also combine a “should/should not” approach if you would like to argue both sides. NNLM will feature responses from different participants over the coming weeks.
Written by: Mary Wittenbreer, Head Medical Librarian, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
I woul...
Source: The Cornflower - April 23, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Big Data Source Type: news
So you want to be an outreach librarian? Spotlight on Katherine Chew
Who knew there was such a thing as “outreach on a stick”? If you’re in Minnesota, like this month’s GMR Partner Outreach Librarian, Katherine Chew, you might know. From ice cream, taffy apples, and every deep fried food you can think of (olives!), the Minnesota State Fair takes the on-a-stick notion to new heights.
Name: Katherine Chew
Title: Research/Outreach Services, University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library, Minneapolis, MN
How long have you been in the role of an outreach librarian?
Officially November of 2014, practically (i.e. first outreach activity/event) April 2015.
How did you g...
Source: The Cornflower - April 16, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: Blog Outreach Partner Outreach Libraries Source Type: news
