Staff Bio

Bennie Finch

Education and Outreach Coordinator, Region 7

Bennie Finch (she/her) is an Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Network of the National Library of Medicine in Region 7. Her office is located at the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, MA. Bennie enjoys all libraries, but her specific focus is public libraries and consumer health information.

Classes I Teach

Event Title Summary
Cancelled. #CiteNLM Spring 2025 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (March 5, 2025) Join NNLM Staff on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 as we add citations to Wikipedia articles using trusted National Library of Medicine resources. This event addresses increasing health equity through information and the NNLM initiative of citizen science by engaging communities in editing Wikipedia health-related articles with well-sourced additions.
Delivering Health Information Resources Across Languages and Cultures This 4-hour CE class offered in Moodle is designed to assist librarians and others who work with multilingual populations in locating health information. The resources presented are selected for their emphasis on providing culturally relevant information in the preferred language of the population. Background information on refugees and immigrants in the U.S. and their unique health issues will be presented.

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