Are you interested in health literacy? Are you a health professional or from a community group and interested in collaborating with libraries to improve health literacy? Then, this webinar is for you.

The NN/LM NER will facilitate a Healthy Literacy “Community of Interest” for our next contract (May 2011-2016). We hope you might join. The COI is a community of practice of people who share a common interest and want to share their expertise and advance their knowledge by learning from others. Caroline Marshall, Health Sciences Librarian at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, is the leader for the Health Literacy Community of Interest. Michelle Eberle is the convener.

We hope you can join us for a webinar on Thursday, April 7, 2011 from 10:30 -11:30 AM to learn more about health literacy, the COI, and some recent projects in the New England Region.

Guest speakers will share highlights of health literacy work at their institution. The guest speakers include:

• Caroline Marshall, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
• Cara Marcus, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA
• Penny Glassman, UMass Med School Library, Worcester, MA

Please join us! To register and get information how to access the webinar, go to:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/healthliteracyCOI

Are you a librarian who collaborates with community groups to improve the health of your local community? Are you interested in health information outreach? Are you from a community based organization and interested in collaborating with libraries? Then, this webinar is for you.

The NN/LM NER will facilitate a Healthy Communities “Community of Interest” for our next contract (May 2011-2016). We hope you might join. The COI will include active participants and a learning community. Deborah Clark, Librarian and Director from the MaineHealth Learning Resource Center at Stephens Memorial Hospital, is the leader for the community of interest and Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Coordinator with the NN/LM NER, is the convener.

We hope you can join us for a webinar on Thursday, March 24th from 2:30 – 3:30 PM to learn more about healthy communities, the COI, and some recent projects in the New England Region.

Guest speakers will share highlights of their projects working with community groups. The guest speakers include:

• Peter Droese, MassHealth Quality Office
• Gayle Kadlik, Heywood Hospital, Outreach to Faith Based Organizations
• Margot Malachowski, BayState Medical Center, Brightwood Centro de Salud Project and Springfield Public Library Project
• Terry Greene, JSI, Environmental Health Outreach

  Please join us! To register and get information how to access the webinar, go to:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/healthycommunitiesCOI

IHA Annual Health Literacy Conference Offers Discount to Medical Librarians!
The Institute for Healthcare Advancement is hosting its 10th Annual Health Literacy Conference: “Health Literacy = Effective Communication: Translating Ideas Into Practice” May 4-6, 2011 in Irvine, California. Registration is open now. Use the code “NNLM11″ when you register, and you will receive a $50.00 discount on your registration! For more information on the conference, go online to http://www.iha4health.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/226.htm

Save the Date for Virtual Participation!
IHA will be holding an interactive virtual preconference session on May 4th to discuss the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy. The first part of this session will be available to anyone in the country. Join in the social media discussion and hear how other organizations around the country are using the National Action Plan, and join the discussion with information about what you’re doing or suggestions for others. Then, conference attendees can stay for an instructional session to help you draft an Action Plan for your organization. The virtual portion of the conference takes place from 12noon – 1:30pm PT. More details on how to participate virtually will be posted online in the next month.

TOXNET: Your Source for Toxicology and Environmental Health Information

Improve your search skills on TOXNET, the National Library of Medicine’s databases on toxicology, environmental health, hazardous chemicals and toxic releases.  The NER is pleased to bring you guest speaker, Shannon Jordan, MPH and Chemist, from the National Library of Medicine.  This one hour webinar will increase your confidence, skill and knowledge to search TOXNET.  The program will cover TOXNET technical databases including:  ChemIDPlus, HSDB, TOXLINE, CCRIS, DART, GENETOX, IRIS, ITER.

Date:  Feb 10, 2011 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Register at:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TOXNETWebinar

Hosted by Michelle Eberle