Join us March 5-April 2, 2024 for the NNLM’s Social Determinants of Environmental Health webinar series! This series will feature experts who will present on environmental health disparities and populations disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards, share informative resources, and discuss interventions to reduce environmental health disparities. The first two sessions will be held next week... Read More »

Join us for another National Library of Medicine (NLM) Office Hour on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time. This session will focus on the beta version of a new online tool, the Dataset Catalog. The Dataset Catalog is envisioned to be a freely available catalog of biomedical datasets from selected publicly available... Read More »

Our Building Successful Collaborations with Communities course integrates the theory of community engagement with its application to libraries. The course is designed using the Preparation, Action, Reflection model. We will share step-by-step methods and best practices for engaging with communities to co-design and co-develop library offerings. Participants will learn about the community in which their... Read More »

The Office of Autoimmune Disease Research within the Office of Research on Women’s Health (OADR-ORWH) recently released the Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Input on an NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Autoimmune Disease Research. OADR-ORWH needs your help imagining the future of autoimmune disease research – What is needed? What is missing? What is possible? The... Read More »

iCite was launched in 2015 and is hosted by the National Institute of Health Office of Portfolio Analysis.  The site analyzes bibliometric information at the article, author, and institutional level. iCite uses data collected from the NIH Open Citation collection which includes data from PubMed Central, Medline, Entrez, CrossRef, as well as other sources of... Read More »

What is DOCLINE? DOCLINE is the National Library of Medicine’s interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing system. The purpose of the system is to improve access to biomedical literature for libraries in the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) and beyond. DOCLINE provides efficient lending and borrowing by finding potential lenders for ILL requests... Read More »

The NNLM National Center for Data Services (NCDS) seeks health sciences library partners to serve as additional internship sites* for the 2024 summer internship for graduate students of color interested in data librarianship. Our library partners provide a project for interns, and the interns work with NCDS guidance on the project where they will gain... Read More »

The Dataset Catalog is a new online tool to help users connect with multiple repositories through a single, user-friendly, “all-in-one” resource to search, find, and retrieve datasets. The beta version of the Dataset Catalog indexes datasets from a limited collection of repositories and features minimal functionality initially. NLM seeks user feedback during this phase, which is expected... Read More »

We’re excited to announce our next R4 Connections webinar happening in March. Registration is required. Unable to attend live? Register anyways and you’ll receive the recording after the event. Introduction to Generative AI Tools In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital technology, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, offering groundbreaking tools... Read More »

When you think about impact, what word comes to mind? That was the question posed by National Evaluation Center (NEC) Director Kristi Holmes, PhD, at the start of January’s Network of the National Library of Medicine all-staff virtual summit. Change. Results. Influence. Transformation. Using a digital response tool to actively engage meeting attendees, NEC Executive... Read More »

Region 4 is offering three awards up to $2,500 each for NNLM members located in Region 4 to support activities related to citizen science and its connection to health information access. Applicants are strongly encourage to read over our Getting Started guide prior to applying.   Period of Performance: June 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024 Amount: Up to $2,500... Read More »

In support of National Children’s Dental Health Month, the NNLM Reading Club offers three titles to support the February 2024 theme, Teeth and Oral Health. February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. It’s a great time to promote the benefits of good oral hygiene that will last a lifetime. The American Dental Association’s 2024 campaign... Read More »

Join us as we celebrate Love Data Week with offerings from the Network of the National Library of Medicine, which provide opportunities to learn about data sharing, AI, and data reuse. Monday, February 12 – Fundamentals of Health Sciences Research Data Management NCDS course opens to accepted applicants only Tuesday, February 13 at 12:00 p.m.... Read More »

Join us for the next National Library of Medicine (NLM) Office Hours on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time. This session is focused on PubMed, and will include a brief presentation by Alex Sticco from NLM’s Controlled Vocabulary Services Program, discussing recent developments and improvements to the automated MEDLINE indexing process for... Read More »

Have you watched our Region 4 YouTube playlist recently? We have a variety of R4 Connections webinar recordings, including: Racial Microaggressions and Their Effects on Mental and Physical Health Environmental Justice: EPA Perspective and Priorities Finding Rural Health Information with RHIhub We encourage viewers to incorporate these video into their learning environments, assignments, and more!... Read More »

You are invited to join us for the NNLM Book Discussion. From February 1, 2024 – April 30, 2024, we will discuss A History of Medical Libraries and Medical Librarianship in the United States: From John Shaw Billings to the Digital Era by Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld. After acquiring the book in your preferred format,... Read More »

The NNLM Data Visualization Challenge, hosted by the National Evaluation Center, will encourage participants to push the boundaries of their skills by testing out new tools, techniques, or approaches, and publicly demonstrating their best visualizations. Submissions will be accepted February 1 – March 31, 2024. The challenge allows you to: Showcase an open dataset. You... Read More »

Are you or your colleagues looking for free professional development opportunities to sharpen your skills? NNLM has a wide variety of webinars and online classes coming up, including: Library Telehealth Partnerships: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead – January 31 at 1:00 p.m. MT In Idaho, the Department of Health and Welfare is supporting libraries as they... Read More »

Looking for funding to gain or advance your skills through professional development, including classes, workshops, and conferences? Apply for Region 4’s Professional Development award! The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to strengthen the professional knowledge and experience of individual network members in health data related services or health information access/delivery, build professional capacity in... Read More »

Please note: This article was originally posted on the U.S. National Science Foundation’s site. Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) systems have great potential to support the U.S. National Science Foundation’s mission to promote the progress of science. They could facilitate creativity and aid in the development of new scientific insights and streamline agency processes by enhancing... Read More »