New Classes
New Classes
Check out the new classes from the Network of the National Library of Medicine. Register or learn more by clicking on the event title.
Event Title: NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview
Date(s): October 30, 2024
Summary: This session is intended for information professionals who are unfamiliar with the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. We will review policy components and how you can address the policy at your institution.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: NLM Office Hours: PubMed
Date(s): November 7, 2024
Summary: Amanda Sawyer from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) PubMed Team will give a presentation on upcoming improvements to PubMed's filters sidebar.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): November 12, 2024
Summary: This 75-minute session is a preview for the upcoming six-week online course on generative AI for health science librarians.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): November 13, 2024
Summary: This webinar is designed to give new professionals a look at how to approach publishing and research as new librarians, faculty, and/or professionals. Starting with idea formation and running through finding collaborators, submitting to the IRB, submitting the first manuscript, rewrites and more.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: When Your Community Is Your Hospital
Date(s): November 13, 2024
Summary: This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series. This presentation will provide an overview of a partnership that connected organizations in the rural northern region of California with a bilingual health educator and delivered local trainings, both in English and Spanish, that allowed community health workers to learn among their peers about the health information resources from the National Library of Medicine and other resources in their communities.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Town Hall with NNLM Region 5
Date(s): November 13, 2024
Summary: Connect with Region 5 staff at our virtual Town Hall - hear updates, ask questions, and share ideas.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): November 15, 2024
Summary: Existing organizational systems including Dewey Decimal System and Library of Congress Classification are inherently damaging to Indigenous people and are insufficient for accurately describing and providing access to Native topics. From 2019 to 2024, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries worked with community members to create a new classification system, Maawn Doobiigeng (Gather Together). A member of the workgroup and the Tribal Librarian will share about the process of creating this new system, how it is being implemented, and how it is being used in the libraries, particularly in terms of health-related resources.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): December 4, 2024
Summary: In this webinar, you will learn about this project, find information about hosting social work practicum students or developing a similar project in your own area, and gain tools needed to help you prepare for, orient, supervise, and support social work students hosted by your library.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): December 5, 2024
Summary: This session will highlight an IMLS funded program that addresses the lack of diversity in the LIS profession.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Mental Health in the Workplace
Date(s): January 15, 2025
Summary: This one-hour webinar will examine aspects of mental health at work covered in the U.S. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. We'll also look at SAHMSA’s Creating a Healthier Life a Step-By-Step Guide to Wellness.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Health Programming at Your Library
Date(s): January 23, 2025
Summary: Join us for ideas on how to create health programs for libraries and community/faith-based organizations in this 90-minute webinar.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians
Date(s): January 30, 2025
Summary: ClinicalTrials.gov is the openly available federal registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov is a vital resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and health sciences librarians who wish to consult the entire body of evidence on any particular topic.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: How to Apply for NNLM Funding
Date(s): February 13, 2025
Summary: Designed for beginning grant proposal writers interested in NNLM funding, this class presents a general overview of grant and funding processes, as well as the level of detail required for a successful proposal.
Platform/Location: Zoom