Activate, Collaborate, and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in Your Community

This webinar provides an overview of ideas to conduct health outreach and create health programs for libraries and community/faith based organizations. Participants will learn how to integrate resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and other reputable agencies to introduce community members to NLM resources in fun and engaging ways. Examples of programs for children, teens, adults and seniors using NLM and other National Institutes of Health center and office resources will be shared.

PNR Rendezvous: Serving Library Users with Mental Illness: A Crash Course on Controlling Clashes

Patrons who show signs of mental illness can be confusing and upsetting to the toughest and most seasoned among us. What do you say to someone wandering around holding a loud and animated conversation with himself? How do you accommodate the child with autism who insists on rearranging your DVD collection, or the adult with obsessive-compulsive disorder who demands that you check out her books a certain way? What rights do the mentally-ill have with regard to public services, and what legal liabilities are associated with their presence in the library? This webinar increases your…
Date: February 17, 2021

Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) for Libraries Part 2: The Library Match Game

These two sessions (1/26, 2/10 starting at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT) are intended for members of the PNR & SEA regions: AK, AL, DC, GA, FL, ID, MD, MI, MT, NC, OR, PR, SC, TN, USVI, VA, WA, and WV. Participants from other regions are welcome to attend, however we may be less likely to be able to match you with a COOP partner. This webinar is a continuation of Part 1 in the Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) for Libraries series. At the end of Part 1, attendees were provided with a template for a one-page continuity of operations plan (COOP) and were asked to begin filling out the…
Date: February 10, 2021

Moving Beyond User Satisfaction Surveys: Best Practices for Collecting User Feedback (February 4, 2021)

Self-Care During Stressful Times

Self-care is more than bubble baths and coloring books. Let’s talk about the ethic of care and how it applies to ourselves, what boundary-setting looks like, as well as some tips and tricks to keep yourself centered and avoiding burnout (and yes, we’ll talk a little about bubble baths and coloring books too).

Concrete Recommendations for Cutting Through Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic presents multifaceted challenges for the US health care system. One such challenge is in delivering vital health information to the public—a task made harder by the scourge of health misinformation across the information ecosystem. For this event, we will discuss recommendations for public health advocates and communication professionals drafting communication campaigns to maximize the chance that timely health advisories reach the public. Presenter: Joan Donovan, PhD Dr. Joan Donovan is the Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public…
Date: February 2, 2021

Evaluation Pathways: Rural Health

PubMed Tips for Expert Searchers Recording (January 27, 2021)

Look in the Description section of the video on YouTube for a hyperlinked table of contents. CE credit is not available for watching this video.

Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) for Libraries Part 1: Why We Plan

These two sessions (1/26, 2/10 starting at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT) are intended for members of the PNR & SEA regions: AK, AL, DC, GA, FL, ID, MD, MI, MT, NC, OR, PR, SC, TN, USVI, VA, WA, and WV. Participants from other regions are welcome to attend, however we may be less likely to be able to match you with a COOP partner. We all hope that by the end of the summer of 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic will mainly be behind us and the large bandwidth that the pandemic has taken up over the past year can be used for pressing needs that may have taken a back seat. One of those needs is disaster…
Date: January 26, 2021

Filling Your Cup During COVID: Self-Care Practices in Librarianship

This presentation is an overview of techniques to help you navigate change, grief, and loss during these unique and challenging times in librarianship. This discussion focuses on practices designed to care for the body, mind, and social wellbeing including mindful time for breathing, stretching, and hydrating as well as journaling, supporting positive self-narratives, creating expressions of gratitude or joy, and finding new comfort zones and communities.