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.
Date(s): March 18, 2026
Summary: This session introduces the Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN) and Resource Central, a librarian-curated, SME-reviewed database of more than 4,000 multilingual resources designed to support healthcare professionals, families, and schools.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Region 1 Office Hour
Date(s): March 19, 2026
Summary: March Region 1 Office Hour
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: R4 Connections: Designing and Implementing a Statewide Subsidized Article Delivery Service
Date(s): March 25, 2026
Summary: This one-hour session will highlight a statewide, grant-funded article delivery service that eliminates paywall barriers by providing clinicians free access to biomedical literature.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): April 8, 2026
Summary: This webinar introduces practical AI literacy using the N.U.R.S.E.S. AI Literacy Framework, a nursing-centered approach for understanding and responsibly using generative AI. Participants will learn why AI responses can sound confident even when inaccurate and how to apply professional judgment to verify information, support evidence-informed practice, and maintain patient safety.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): April 8, 2026
Summary: Using sleep hygiene as a case study, this webinar will demonstrate how to locate health information across National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Creating a Data Dashboard with Power BI
Date(s): April 9, 2026
Summary: This introductory workshop will use the web version of Power BI to explore, analyze, and visualize your data all in one place.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Introduction to APHA’s Climate & Health Youth Education Toolkit for Programming, Engagement and Education
Date(s): April 14, 2026
Summary: This webinar provides an overview of the climate and health education curriculum and resources developed by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Children’s Environmental Health Committee. It can be used by public health practitioners, librarians, teachers, and other professionals for educational programming, youth engagement, and as an interactive activity. The presenters will share best practices for implementing and adapting the toolkit.
Speaker Information
Leyla Erk McCurdy, MPhil, is the founder and chair of the American Public Health Association’s Children’s Environmental Health Committee. She has over 20 years of experience in environmental public health, and has been leading the efforts to develop and to advocate for APHA’s Climate and Health Youth Education Toolkit.
Karin Russ is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and an Apprentice Mediator at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law’s Alternate Dispute Resolution Center. She is an active member of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), the Maryland Public Health Association’s Healthy Climate Maryland committee, and the Maryland Nurses Association. She was formerly the Course Director for Community & Public Health Nursing at the Universities at Shady Grove, teaching classes in health policy and advocacy, and developing electives on health policy engagement, and climate change and health. Prof. Russ hold a Juris Doctorate degree from the Carey School of Law, and earned dual specialty certificates in Environmental Law, and in Law and Health Care.
Becky Larson, DrPH, MS, MA, RD, is Assistant Professor at the Augusta University School of Public Health. Dr. Larson has many years of experience teaching public and environmental health and food systems and nutrition, providing students community-engaged learning experiences, including project and problem-based learning.
Cordalia Peters, BSPH, is a public health graduate from Mercer University and has experience using the APHA’s Climate and Health Youth Education Toolkit. From Gwinnett County, Georgia, she is passionate about individuals attaining health literacy and equity.
Speaker Information
Leyla Erk McCurdy, MPhil, is the founder and chair of the American Public Health Association’s Children’s Environmental Health Committee. She has over 20 years of experience in environmental public health, and has been leading the efforts to develop and to advocate for APHA’s Climate and Health Youth Education Toolkit.
Karin Russ is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and an Apprentice Mediator at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law’s Alternate Dispute Resolution Center. She is an active member of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), the Maryland Public Health Association’s Healthy Climate Maryland committee, and the Maryland Nurses Association. She was formerly the Course Director for Community & Public Health Nursing at the Universities at Shady Grove, teaching classes in health policy and advocacy, and developing electives on health policy engagement, and climate change and health. Prof. Russ hold a Juris Doctorate degree from the Carey School of Law, and earned dual specialty certificates in Environmental Law, and in Law and Health Care.
Becky Larson, DrPH, MS, MA, RD, is Assistant Professor at the Augusta University School of Public Health. Dr. Larson has many years of experience teaching public and environmental health and food systems and nutrition, providing students community-engaged learning experiences, including project and problem-based learning.
Cordalia Peters, BSPH, is a public health graduate from Mercer University and has experience using the APHA’s Climate and Health Youth Education Toolkit. From Gwinnett County, Georgia, she is passionate about individuals attaining health literacy and equity.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): April 29, 2026
Summary: Hear how two public libraries introduced CO2 Monitoring Kits into their circulating collection.
Platform/Location: Zoom 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, 06514
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