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Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials For Librarians: Databases, Tools and Clinical Applications (January - April 2024) January 16, 2024 - April 22, 2024 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, Feb 1, 2024 - Apr 30, 2024: The History of Medical Libraries and Medical Librarianship by Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld February 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024 Join us February 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024 to discuss The History of Medical Libraries and Medical Librarianship by Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.

Platform/Location: Zoom, Moodle

Fundamentals of Health Sciences Research Data Management February 12, 2024 - April 12, 2024 This 9-week course offered in Moodle is designed to provide information professionals working in health sciences with an introduction to research data management. The primary goal of this course is to improve your knowledge and skills in research data management and enable you to add or enhance research data management training and services at your institution.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship March 1, 2024 - March 15, 2024 This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Exploring Complementary and Integrative Health: Information, Resources, and Evaluation March 5, 2024 - March 24, 2024 This class will explore the definitions of Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH), encompassing both Eastern and Western medicine perspectives. We will delve into various approaches to CIH, discussing their associated risks and benefits. We will also equip you with strategies to help your users discern trustworthy CIH information and avoid fraudulent claims.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Course 2: Building Successful Collaborations with the Communities: Asset-Based Community Development March 15, 2024 - March 29, 2024 This 2-week course describes the principles of Asset-Based Community Development as a tool for building community coalition and for community storytelling.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Climate Change and Health in Alaska: Addressing Inequities and Building Resilience March 19, 2024 Join us for a talk with Sarah Yoder, Center for Climate and Health at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), about climate change and health in Alaska, particularly how some communities are disproportionately affected. This presentation addresses increasing health equity through information and the NNLM initiative of environmental determinants of health by providing information for a greater understanding of the interconnectedness between climate change and health and how it affects some communities disproportionately in Alaska.

Platform/Location: Zoom

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On-Demand Classes

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A Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards - On Demand On-demand through January 1, 2025 Understand the big picture of health data standards and how they are used, including relevant National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services, in this 1 hour, on-demand, online class. Expect to spend 1 hour learning through videos and exercises.

Platform/Location: Moodle

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

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 Collection Management - On Demand On-demand through October 31, 2024 This 4 credit-hour, on-demand class reviews collection management principles and resources for health-related collections in public libraries.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Consumer Health Information Specialization On Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 5 independent learning modules. Earn up to 5 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization. This presentation addresses the NNLM goals to support a highly trained workforce for biomedical and health information resources and data, improve health literacy, increase health equity through information, and increase health information access and use by including information about the NLM/NIH resources MedlinePlus, PubMed ClnicalTrials, DailyMed and PubChem, and foundational concepts about health literacy and providing consumer health information to communities.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Disaster Planning Recorded Webinars On-demand through September 7, 2024 This Moodle class supports the provision of information to institutions and communities during disaster situations.

We've gathered several of our past webinars in one place. Each webinar features one or more guest speakers.

Each recording is worth 1 MLA CE credit.

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

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