Academic Libraries

Content focused on serving the needs of academic libraries/library staff; this may include community colleges, universities, and other post-secondary educational institutions.

12 Resources available
Title Summary
Community Engagement Resource Guide This guide is intended to assist everyone interested in conducting health information outreach through community engagement. Included are tools to better engage and meet the needs of specific communities, as well as examples and templates for easy reference while planning, implementing, and evaluating engagement. 
Data Competencies This section of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative provides resources to explore recommended competencies, knowledge, skills, and dispositions for data librarians. Professional organizations and networks, as well as resources and strategies to stay current are provided.
Data Glossary

The NNLM Data Glossary includes definitions, relevant literature, and web resources related to data terminology.

Data Services A selection of articles and teaching resources for librarians who are interested in offering data services at their institution. There are many other resources widely available online, and even those not pertaining to medical librarianship are adaptable to many data service contexts.
Genetics 101 Resource Guide This resource guide provides an introductory understanding of key terms, concepts, and NCBI databases related to genetics and molecular biology. The audience is users of NLM NCBI Resources, researchers, students, information professionals.
Health Misinformation Resources A collection of resources to address health misinformation.
NNLM Proposal Writing Toolkit Welcome to the NNLM Proposal Writing Toolkit which provides tips, tricks and resources you can use while developing and submitting your application. Don't forget - we are also here to help along the way via the 'schedule a consultation' link below or contacting your Regional Medical Library. 
NNLM Toolkit for the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy A selection of guides, toolkits, and other resources for librarians working on addressing the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy.
Obtain a Specialization

NNLM offers free classes that support continuing education programs and specializations for public health and library audiences. Learn how NNLM can support you!  

RD3 Scope Statement and Selection Criteria

The Resources for Data Driven Discovery (RD3) Portal fosters learning and collaboration in data science and data management. The portal will primarily serve librarians and library administrators working in institutions that are generating, sharing, storing, and/or using data for basic scientific, clinical, or translational research and teaching in the health, biological, and physical sciences. As such, the portal will bring together resources on education, outreach and collaboration, best-practices, and current events for data-driven research. The portal will provide librarians with the tools, knowledge, and skills to effectively participate in networked science and teach data topics to Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) stakeholders.

Scholarly Communications Resources Central to academic work, scholarly communications resources can support teaching, learning, research, and scholarly endeavors. Each tab in this guide contains a list of resources, the focus of the resource, and audiences that might benefit from the information.
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Wikipedia’s health topics pages are visited a staggering 7 billion times a year, making it possibly the world’s most popular health information resource. The objective of #CiteNLM is to improve the credibility and content of medical and health-related articles on Wikipedia by adding citations and information from National Library of Medicine (NLM) sources.