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: R4 Connections: SolarSPELL Health: Information Access for Healthcare Workers and Communities Around the World
Date(s): January 20, 2026
Summary: This one-hour session will share ways SolarSPELL is addressing health information needs in information deserts around the world.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Keiki Heroes: Health Activity Materials for Children
Date(s): January 28, 2026
Summary: Keiki Heroes is a community empowerment initiative that provides Hawaiʻi’s keiki (children) with fun and engaging ways to develop healthy habits and stay safe.This session will describe the process of creating the books and how they are disseminated widely through community partners and events.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): January 29, 2026
Summary: NNLM Region 2 proudly presents a dynamic webinar on emergency and disaster preparedness, led by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC). This webinar will introduce key concepts of disaster recovery, including risk assessment, preparedness, response procedures, and recovery actions. Participants will leave the training with an understanding of how a disaster would physically impact their collections and how they can be “first responders” for collections salvage.
Presenter Bio -
Alyssa Magnone, Associate Preservation Specialist
From her office in Aiken, South Carolina, Alyssa Magnone provides preservation consultations, training programs, assessments, and disaster advice to a variety of cultural heritage organizations nationwide, with a focus on the Southeast. Since joining NEDCC in 2023, she has completed preservation assessments for a variety of organizations and has led over 45 hours of webinars and presentations. Alyssa also served as the project manager for a series of hands-on emergency preparedness and salvage workshops, presented in Spring 2025. She currently serves on the Southeastern Registrars Association Board.
Alyssa has over a decade's worth of experience working with art, archaeological, history, and natural history collections. She is a 2018 graduate of the Smithsonian’s Heritage Emergency & Response Training (HEART), a 2022 graduate of the Georgia Archives Institute, and completed Library Juice Academy’s Digital Curation Certificate in 2024. Alyssa earned a BA in Anthropology and History from Mercyhurst College and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Florida.
Presenter Bio -
Alyssa Magnone, Associate Preservation Specialist
From her office in Aiken, South Carolina, Alyssa Magnone provides preservation consultations, training programs, assessments, and disaster advice to a variety of cultural heritage organizations nationwide, with a focus on the Southeast. Since joining NEDCC in 2023, she has completed preservation assessments for a variety of organizations and has led over 45 hours of webinars and presentations. Alyssa also served as the project manager for a series of hands-on emergency preparedness and salvage workshops, presented in Spring 2025. She currently serves on the Southeastern Registrars Association Board.
Alyssa has over a decade's worth of experience working with art, archaeological, history, and natural history collections. She is a 2018 graduate of the Smithsonian’s Heritage Emergency & Response Training (HEART), a 2022 graduate of the Georgia Archives Institute, and completed Library Juice Academy’s Digital Curation Certificate in 2024. Alyssa earned a BA in Anthropology and History from Mercyhurst College and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Florida.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Getting Started with the PHDL
Date(s): January 29, 2026
Summary: Need access to trusted journals, e-books, and databases to support your work?
Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice.
Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): February 25, 2026
Summary: The session will describe a study in the rural, agricultural Yakima Valley in Washington state aimed at understanding the barriers in order to develop programs that could best support families in future wildfire smoke events. Additionally, the presenters will discuss how both the research findings and their unique approach to collaborating with the local community could be applied to help other regions of the U.S. being impacted by wildfire smoke.
Platform/Location: Zoom
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