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: Nicole Montgomery, MISLT, AHIP, Librarian, Assistant Professor, CoxHealth System...
Source: The Cornflower - April 16, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Big Data Source Type: news
Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community PLA Pre-Conference Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, March 20, 2018
Written for Midwest Matters by Sherri McConnell
What happens when a roomful of librarians get together to talk, eat and breathe health and wellness for a day? You get enthusiastic conversation, lots of ideas and determination to create programming at their home libraries. On March 20 over 80 librarians from all over the country got together at a Public Library Association pre-conference workshop to learn about health information from knowledgeable NNLM staff and to learn from each other. Participating in the workshop and doing a little homework earned you the Consumer Health Information Specialist certification from the M...
Source: The Cornflower - April 10, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries libs4health PLA2018 public libraries and health stand up for health Success Stories Source Type: news
Celebrate DNA Day on April 25th!
Each year, April 25th marks National DNA Day, a date that celebrates the first published papers on the structure of DNA back in 1953. The National Genome Research Institute (NGRI) celebrates DNA Day every year, providing students, teachers and the public with opportunities to learn about genomic research. DNA Day activities are celebrated across the nation, take a look and see if there’s an event near you! If you’re interested in organizing your own event, check out the National DNA Day Starter Kit and consider applying for support through our funding opportunities. GeneEd also provides resources targeting DNA D...
Source: The Cornflower - April 9, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Elizabeth Kiscaden Tags: News from NIH/NLM Source Type: news
Successful Funding – Community Conversations at Westchester Public Library!
For months our local ‘Community Conversations’ group was grappling with how to get funding to bring Alzheimer’s Speaks Founder, Lori LaBey to our area. We had been seeing an increase in the number of patrons that were attending our Alzheimer’s Association programs here at Westchester Public Library and wanted to bring them more information on the subject. Lo and behold, I attended my first ALA conference in Chicago and got to meet our NNLM, Greater Midwest Region Rep, Bobbi Newman. She listened to the problems we were experiencing with getting Lori to our area and spoke to me about the opportunities tha...
Source: The Cornflower - March 27, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Alzheimer's Speaks Community conversations Success Stories Source Type: news
Can I Find Information about Research in Progress?
What if I told you there’s a way to search for information about research that’s in progress before results are available in published format? I know. I know. You must be thinking…there’s no way!
But, there is!
Enter the National Library of Medicine’s Health Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj) database.
HSRProj houses more than 32,000 ongoing and recently completed health services, system, and policy research projects and has added 1,000 new projects since the start of 2018.
Interested in learning more? You can visit the HSRProj website or consider taking NNLM’s 2-hour self-paced cours...
Source: The Cornflower - March 20, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Blog NLM Resources Training Source Type: news
Focus Group Invitation for Public Library Workers
This focus group is part of our ongoing partnership with the Public Library Association.
We are looking for public library workers to participate in virtual focus groups this spring. We’re looking for both paraprofessional and professional library workers. Would you or anyone on your staff be interested in participating?
The purpose of the research is to understand better the challenges and rewards of providing health information in public libraries. We are interested in library workers’ questions, experiences, concerns and success stories – it’s all useful to us!
The focus groups will happen by telepho...
Source: The Cornflower - March 2, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Source Type: news
Save the Date: Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) 2018
SAVE THE DATE! The Iowa State University Library in Ames, IA will be hosting the 2018 Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) on October 8-9, 2018.
MDLS 2018 is intended to provide Midwestern librarians who support research data management the chance to network and expand their research data-related knowledge base and skill sets. It is open to all who wish to attend, including those from the Midwest and beyond as well as librarians in training.
Attendance to this event is capped and decided on a first-come, first-served basis. Stay tuned for more announcements, follow @MW_DataLibSym on Twitter, or check the MDLS webpage fo...
Source: The Cornflower - February 28, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Conferences and Meetings Data Science Training Data Management Source Type: news
Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community
As part of our ongoing partnership with the Public Library Association(PLA) and supplemental funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), our office has developed a new course on health information for public library staff. In developing this course, we partnered with OCLC WebJunction and the College of Education at the University of Iowa to incorporate feedback from participants and best practices for online learning. Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community is a 12 credit continuing education (CE) credit course, delivered both online and in-person.
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Source: The Cornflower - February 8, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Source Type: news
So you want to be an outreach librarian? Spotlight on Judith Wiener
This month’s spotlight brings us to the far eastern reach of the GMR, the state of Ohio. Say hello to Judy Wiener, who has been a GMR outreach librarian since…well, let’s find out more about her in her own words. Thanks, Judy, for all you do in support of the NNLM mission.
Name: Judith A. Wiener, MA, MLIS
Title: Associate Director and Assistant Director, Collections and Outreach, The Ohio State University Health Sciences Library
Our five questions:
How long have you been in the role of an outreach librarian? I have served as an outreach librarian to the GMR at the OSU Health Sciences Library since 2009...
Source: The Cornflower - February 7, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: Outreach Partner Outreach Libraries Source Type: news
Public Library Spotlight: Glenna Godinsky, Life Enrichment Liaison, Gail Borden Public Library District, Elgin, IL
Name: Glenna Godinsky
Title: Life Enrichment Liaison, Gail Borden Public Library District, Elgin, IL
Education: B.A., University of Iowa, Certified Dementia Practitioner, National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners
How did you become interested in focusing on Health and Wellness?
Like many, I was a caregiver as each of my parents faced different health struggles. My mom had Lewy Body Dementia and lived with my husband, our 2 teenage boys, our pre-teen daughter, and me during the last 4 years of her life. We became versed on bed alarms, door alarms, the concept of sundowning (when nights turn to days), the drive to...
Source: The Cornflower - January 30, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Public Libraries Spotlight Gail Borden Public Library District Tales & Travel Memories Source Type: news
Upcoming Funding Opportunities – Get Ready for Spring!
The GMR funded a number of health information projects this year, awarding over $450,000 to public libraries, academic institutions, public health agencies, health sciences library organizations, and community health organizations across the ten-state region. While our funding is exhausted for this year, it’s time to start thinking about applying for our next funding cycle! Using feedback from our advisory groups, our office is making changes to our awards coming out in the spring. These changes include:
A new funding level of $20,001 – $50,000 for large health information outreach projects, with a deadline fo...
Source: The Cornflower - January 29, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Elizabeth Kiscaden Tags: Blog Source Type: news
UC Libraries and IT@UC Host THIRD ANNUAL UC DATA Day
January 22, 2018 – The University of Cincinnati Libraries and IT@UC announce the 3rd annual UC DATA Day. Scheduled for Tuesday, March 6 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. in Nippert Stadium West Pavilion on UC’s Main Campus (see directions), UC DATA Day 2018 offers a full schedule of engaging events that will reveal solutions to data challenges and foster a community of best practices around improved data management. All events are free and include lunch. The public is welcome.
Registration is now open at http://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/blogs/dataday/registration/. Seats are limited, so register early.
The UC DATA Day 201...
Source: The Cornflower - January 23, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Big Data Data Management Source Type: news
Public Library Spotlight: Sue Simenz Title: Reference Librarian, Brown County Library, Green Bay, WI
Name: Sue Simenz
Title: Reference Librarian, Brown County Library, Green Bay, WI
Education: BA in Communication Arts (Radio-TV-Film), University of Wisconsin-Madison, MLS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
How did you become interested in focusing on Health and Wellness?
I’ve been in this job (reference and collection development) for a long time, so I’ve always been cognizant of the need for a quality physical collection and keeping it up to date. Our health sections get evaluated/weeded more frequently than other areas and I’m doing that for our branches too. Around 20 years ago I helped one of the local ho...
Source: The Cornflower - January 12, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Public Libraries Spotlight Brown County Library Source Type: news
So you want to be an outreach librarian? Spotlight on Marcia Francis
Marcia Francis exhibits on behalf of the GMR.
In the far northwest corner of the GMR is the state of North Dakota, so large and rural that the University of North Dakota (UND) Partner Outreach Librarians have divided the state into four quadrants to maximize their outreach potential. Today we spotlight Marcia Francis, who conducts outreach on behalf of the GMR, presenting educational sessions on National Library of Medicine resources. See our website to learn more about our Partner Outreach Libraries.
Name: Marcia Francis
Title: Southwest Clinical Campus Librarian, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Hea...
Source: The Cornflower - January 10, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: Outreach Partner Outreach Libraries Source Type: news
Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan to Headline UC Data Day Event!
Researchers producing big data and small data face unique challenges in data management, data sharing, reproducible research and preservation. Data Day is a daylong event that will highlight these challenges and showcase opportunities for all researchers. This event promises to engage audience members, reveal solutions to these data challenges and foster a community of best practices around improved data management. This year, the keynote address will be given by Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of the National Library of Medicine. Panel topics include: Game Changing Data: How Data is being used to affect chang...
Source: The Cornflower - January 4, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Big Data Data Management Source Type: news
