Funding Award for Akron-Summit Public Library Fitness Tracker Cohorts
I’m pleased to announce that the Akron-Summit County Public Library (Ohio) Science & Technology Division lead by Monique Mason has been awarded funding for a great community physical fitness project!
Background: Twenty-nine percent of Summit County residents are obese, slightly lower than the state-wide average of 30% 1. The obesity rate in the City of Akron averages 34.2%, with some census tracts as high as 44%. 2 All of these rates are higher than the national rate of 28.7%.
Summit County residents are poorer than the US average with a poverty rate of 14.8% compared to 12.7% national average. The City of Akro...
Source: The Cornflower - January 3, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Funding Public Libraries Akron-Summit County Public Library Success Stories Source Type: news
Teaching a Nursing Workshop with the Help of a Professional Development Grant from NNLM GMR
This Fall Semester 2017, for the first time, I connected with nursing faculty at a brown bag tailored for the University of Akron’s School of Nursing faculty. The brown bag series are usually well attended, and after getting in touch with the coordinator of the sessions, I offered my first one-hour workshop for the School on September 18th. I had been preparing for the workshop and wanted to share the information I learned in the systematic review (SR) workshop I had attended in July at the University of Pittsburgh. With a Professional Development Award from GMR/NNLM, I was able to participate in the SR workshop and ho...
Source: The Cornflower - December 28, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: hspielbauer Tags: Funding Training Source Type: news
So you want to be an outreach librarian? Spotlight on Heidi Marleau
Next up in our spotlight on Partner Outreach Librarians is Heidi Marleau. Heidi is one of the GMR’s Partner Outreach librarians from Wisconsin 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: Heidi Marleau
Title: Associate Director, Ebling Library, UWisc-Madison
Our five questions:
How long have you been in the role of an outreach librarian? 5 years
How did you get involved in outreach? Due to a change in staff duties, we needed a new outreach coordinator and it was good fi...
Source: The Cornflower - December 19, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: Outreach Partner Outreach Libraries Source Type: news
GMR Sponsors Two Sites for Upcoming MLA Webinar on REDCap!
Congratulations to the Wisconsin Health Science Library Association and the University of Detroit Mercy! Both organizations applied for and are being sponsored by the GMR office to access next week’s MLA webinar Go Red! REDCap for Library Data Services and Data Collection. Members affiliated with these organizations can view the webinar live or view a recording for up to 6 months. In addition, each organization will receive 25 CE codes that can be distributed at their discretion to individuals who attend the live, or view the recorded, session.
Just a reminder that the GMR accepts applications on a rolling basis for MLA ...
Source: The Cornflower - December 14, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Pleased to Make Your Acquaintance
Hello everyone! This is Sam Watson writing as a new Outreach Specialist for the National Library of Medicine-Greater Midwest Region. I am excited, humbled, and honored to be part of the GMR team and to have the opportunity to work closely with the members of the NNLM.
As a late comer to the library field, I’m still grooming my information professional pedigree. I bring with me an academic librarian instruction and science liaison experience from my time at Knox College and an MLIS degree from my fledgling librarian years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My health information focus is the result of my inspi...
Source: The Cornflower - December 13, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Sam Watson Tags: General Source Type: news
Professional Develop Award Funds Two Courses on Data Management
The Joint 2017 Midwest Medical Library Association and Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association Conference received the Professional Development Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region to offer two continuing education courses focused on data management. We selected this topic based on the vision of the new Director of the National Library of Medicine, Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, who said “I believe the future of health and health care rests on data—genomic data, environmental sensor-generated data, electronic health records data, patient-generated data, research col...
Source: The Cornflower - December 12, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: hspielbauer Tags: Funding News from the Region Success Stories Training Source Type: news
So you want to be an outreach librarian? Spotlight on Kathryn Mlsna
Today we kick off a new feature on Midwest Matters: So you want to be an outreach librarian? The GMR has established a partnership with heath sciences libraries that share NNLM’s mission of outreach. These libraries and librarians conduct outreach on behalf of the GMR office, presenting educational sessions on and promoting National Library of Medicine resources. See our website to learn more about our Partner Outreach Libraries.
Today’s post highlights our Wisconsin colleague, Kathryn Mlsa. Let’s get started!
Name: Kathryn Mlsna
Title: Manager, Public Services and Education, Medical College of Wisconsi...
Source: The Cornflower - December 11, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: Outreach Partner Outreach Libraries Source Type: news
Funding Awarded for training course, “Evidence-Based Practice and the Medical Librarian”
Merete Christianson
For the full day on August 2nd, 2017, Connie Schardt presented her popular continuing training course, “Evidence-Based Practice and the Medical Librarian” at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, thanks to the Health Sciences Information Section (HSIS) of the North Dakota Library Association (NDLA) and a Professional Development Award from the GMR.
HSIS applied for this award as an opportunity for librarians of all stripes in our state to learn more about helping patrons find high quality health information. Health sciences librarians, many of whom are new profession...
Source: The Cornflower - December 6, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: hspielbauer Tags: Funding News from the Region Success Stories Training Source Type: news
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Why Librarians Can Make Valuable Contributions Working with Big Data
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: Heidi Beke-Harrigan, MLS, Health Sciences Librarian, Member Services Coordinator...
Source: The Cornflower - December 1, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Big Data Source Type: news
Midwest MLA Tech Topic – Realizing Medicine: How Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are Impacting Medical Practice and Education.
Kellie Kaneshiro, Jason Lilly and Jennifer Herron present Realizing Medicine: How Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality are Impacting Medical Practice and Education.
This fall, like many times before, the GMR planned and organized a technology session at Midwest MLA. The 2017 annual conference, held in Ypsilanti, MI, in October, was a joint meeting with the Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association. The GMR Technology Working Group, one of several Advisory Groups the GMR calls upon to assist in the implementation of projects and services, helped pull together a great program. This year’s team included Ethan D ...
Source: The Cornflower - November 29, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: hspielbauer Tags: Blog Conferences and Meetings Technology Source Type: news
Public Library Spotlight: Danielle Henson, Community Engagement Liaison, Gail Borden Public Library
We present 25-30 partner and sponsor tables in our lobby, live fruit jugglers, healthy food demos and tastings, prizes and live (and lively) family entertainment. The M.I.H. kick-off event attracts 3-600 community members and encourages families to get up and moving. The Kick-off event brings the community and 25 health resources together. It initiates the month-long free Activate Elgin March into Health programming for all ages at the library and around town at partner and sponsor locations. 20-30 events throughout March are attended by 2-3,500 people annually and are incentivized by prize entries at each event into the g...
Source: The Cornflower - November 28, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Public Libraries Spotlight Gail Borden Public Library March into Health walking book club Source Type: news
Funding Awarded for Marijuana Prevention and Information Outreach
The GMR office is excited to announce that the Lakeville School District (MN) has been granted an Outreach Award to develop a prevention and information outreach campaign on the harms of teenage use of marijuana.
Background
As more states legalize marijuana, the perception of harm of marijuana use decreases. This sends a mixed message to youth. They are taught that marijuana is harmful, but media messaging suggests otherwise (See this recent NPR Article). For the first time, the number of marijuana violations has surpassed the number of alcohol violations. According to the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey (MSS), 20% of 11th g...
Source: The Cornflower - November 21, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Seeking food safety information about that turkey? Call the hotline!
With Thanksgiving nearly upon us, I want to share the food and nutrition resources provided by our partners in the federal government, such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Within these resources, you’ll find food and nutrition resources, such as Thanksgiving infographics, recipes, food fact sheets, food labeling resources, and important food safety information. All of these resources are organized into an online guide, which was created by Kay Deeney in our Pacific Southwest Region.
One of the tools I’ve found most...
Source: The Cornflower - November 20, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Elizabeth Kiscaden Tags: Consumer Health Training 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 by Emily B. Kean, MSLS, Research and Education Librarian, Donald C. Harrison Heal...
Source: The Cornflower - November 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Data Science Big Data Source Type: news
Funding Awarded for Health and Wellbeing Workshop Series
The GMR office is excited to announce that Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES) has been granted an Outreach Award for the development and implementation of a Health and Wellbeing Workshop Series.
Background
Both nationally and in Minnesota, Latinos experience persistent equity gaps in health and wellbeing. These disparities are not based in biology, but rather are the result of the burdens of poverty falling disproportionately on people of color and immigrant communities. To achieve a state of well-being as a community and reverse persistent equity gaps, Latinos need access to high-quality health services that a...
Source: The Cornflower - November 13, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Derek Johnson Tags: Advocacy Funding News from the Region Outreach Training Source Type: news
