Scheduled Classes
Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
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Fundamentals of Health Data Science | January 6, 2025 - March 21, 2025 | Each module will contain readings (e.g., articles, book chapters, videos, website content), a discussion board for learners to answer questions about the materials, and an assignment. Learners will also meet a handful of times with community experts, experienced data science librarians, to discuss the field and class assignments.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials For Librarians: Databases, Tools and Clinical Applications (January 13 - April 18, 2025) | January 13, 2025 - April 18, 2025 | This 14-week, 30 credit-hour, self-paced online class reviews basic biology concepts and takes a deep dive into NCBI Molecular Biology Databases.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
NNLM Book Discussion What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (February 1 - April 30, 2025) | February 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025 | Join us February 1 - April 30, 2025 to discuss the book What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.
Platform/Location: Zoom, Moodle |
Cancelled. Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching 2025 | February 19, 2025 | During this interactive class, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from NLM staff about annual MeSH changes and how they affect your PubMed searches, ask questions, and practice searching with MeSH in PubMed.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Cancelled. Delivering Health Information Resources Across Languages and Cultures | February 24, 2025 - March 21, 2025 | 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 relevant information in the preferred language of the population.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Cancelled. Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship (February 24 – March 7, 2025) | February 24, 2025 - March 7, 2025 | This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Cancelled. Trauma-Informed and Relational Care for Libraries - Part 2 | February 27, 2025 | This is a two-workshop series to introduce trauma-informed care tools. The first workshop will focus on what is and isn’t trauma-informed through a set of reframes. We will then focus on how to better navigate shifting power dynamics from a lens of liberatory power by examining the trauma-informed reframe: Power Over to Power With. In the second workshop, Nisha will focus on the impact of feelings and needs in your everyday work life, and she will introduce trauma-informed communication strategies based on her Trauma-Informed Communication Framework. Platform/Location: Zoom |
Regional Events
Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
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Cancelled. Understanding & Using Generative AI: A Course for Health Science Librarians | February 7, 2025 - March 21, 2025 | This six-week asynchronous course provides hands-on experience with generative AI models for education, with specific applications to health sciences Platform/Location: Moodle |
Mental Health First Aid Training Opportunity for Region 2 Network - Session 1 | March 20, 2025 | NNLM Region 2 will be hosting a virtual Mental Health First Aid Training class on March 20th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. There are two parts to the virtual training: 2.5 hours of self-led online pre-work required 48 hours prior to the start of the live Zoom session and 5.5 hours of live virtual training on March 20th via Zoom 8:30 a.m.-2:30p EST (this includes a 30-minute lunch break) Platform/Location: Zoom |
Mental Health First Aid Training Opportunity for Region 2 Network - Session 2 | April 3, 2025 | NNLM Region 2 will be hosting a virtual Mental Health First Aid Training class on April 3rd from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. There are two parts to the virtual training: 2.5 hours of self-led online pre-work required 48 hours prior to the start of the live Zoom session and 5.5 hours of live virtual training on April 3rd via Zoom 8:30 a.m.-2:30p EST (this includes a 30-minute lunch break) Platform/Location: Zoom |
On-Demand Classes
Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
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AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials | On-demand through April 25, 2025 | Get an overview on assessing health education materials, and learn how the National Library of Medicine uses a health education materials assessment tool to figure out if health education materials are easy-to-read in this 2 hour on-demand, online class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
An Introduction to ClinicalTrials.gov On Demand | On-demand through November 1, 2025 | This online, self-paced course introduces and demonstrates searching and understanding search results in ClinicalTrials.gov.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection | On-demand through June 17, 2025 | This online, self-paced course describes how librarians and other information professionals can facilitate data standardization and research data sharing using common data elements (CDEs).
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 8 independent learning modules. Earn up to 8 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Data Ethics | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Learn about ethical problems health science librarians may encounter in data visualization, data sharing, and data collection.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Data Management Sharing Policy (DMSP) Webinar Recordings On-Demand | On-demand through April 15, 2026 | This on-demand Moodle class contains 5 recorded webinars introducing the basics of data management and the new NIH requirements for data management and sharing that began in 2023.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | Learn how to find drug and chemical safety information, side effects, and interactions in MedlinePlus and locate prescription and over-the-counter FDA drug labeling in DailyMed in this 2 hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |