Class Recordings

Providing Multilingual Health Information

This 1-hour webinar is designed to assist librarians, and others who work with diverse populations, to locate health information in languages other than English. The resources presented are selected for their emphasis on providing information in the preferred language of the population. 

The presentation addresses increasing health information access and use, along with increasing health equity through information by highlighting information from National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus health information resource for patients and their families and friends, resources from…
Date: November 7, 2024

Building Healthy, Resilient Communities in Florida’s Rural Panhandle

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An exploration of the collaborative partnerships between public libraries and harm reduction organizations across the United States

This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series in November 2024.

Dr. Margaret Sullivan was recently awarded an IMLS grant to explore the relationship between the opioid use population and how they utilize their local library. This presentation will provide an overview of preliminary data from opioid…
Date: November 6, 2024

Making Sense of Numbers (November 6, 2024)

Numeracy  is the ability to access, use, interpret, and communicate mathematical information and ideas, to engage in and manage mathematical demands of a range of situations in adult life. (CDC, 2021).  Numeracy literacy can be a challenge not only for individuals receiving health information, but also for those providing information. This 90 minute/1.5 credit hour webinar is an introduction to communicating numerical health information.…
Date: November 6, 2024

Launching Bioinformatics Programs with Limited Resources (November 1, 2024)

Learn how librarians from University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Berkeley built bioinformatics programs on limited resources.

Friday, November 1, 2-3pm ET | 1-2pm CT | 12-1pm MT | 11am-12pm PT

Amy Yarnell, University of Maryland

Amy Yarnell is the Head of Data and Bioinformation Services in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

In this talk, Amy will describe the development of my library’s Center for Data and Bioinformation Services, initially anchored…
Date: November 1, 2024

From Problem to Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health (October 31, 2024)

Curious about evidence-based public health (EBPH) but not sure where to start? This class will explain the basics of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and highlight essentials of the EBPH process such as identifying the problem, forming a question, searching the literature, and evaluating the intervention.  The purpose of this class is to provide an introduction to the world of evidence based public health and to give those already familiar with EBPH useful information that can be applied in their practices.

This presentation meets the NLM/NIH strategic plan goal of…
Date: October 31, 2024

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview

The NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy requires funded researchers to submit a plan outlining how scientific data from their research will be managed and shared. This session is intended for information professionals who are unfamiliar with this policy and it will review the policy components and how you can prepare to address the policy at your institution. Topics to be covered include the context for the policy, the scope, the various components of the policy, institutional considerations for working with the policy in place, and tools and resources already available to help.

Expanding Bioinformatics Librarianship Beyond Academia (October 25, 2024)

Discover how bioinformatics librarianship is expanding through the experiences of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia's Arcus Initiative and NIH Library services in bibliometrics, bioinformatics, biostatistics, and data visualization.

Friday, October 25, 2-3pm ET | 1-2pm CT | 12-1pm MT | 11am-12pm PT

Julianna Pakstis, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Julianna Pakstis works as part of the Arcus initiative to describe archived research data from across the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She designs and produces metadata records and…
Date: October 25, 2024

The Evidence Pyramid Problem

In 2022, the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing launched a series focused on revolutionizing processes for evidence-based practice (EBP). This series aims to identify longstanding EBP-related traditions that may be outdated or unsupported by evidence, or may simply add confusion, poor scholarship, and workload burden. 

In this webinar, the authors of the…
Date: October 24, 2024

Piecing Together Systematic Reviews. Phases 5-8: Preservation, Promotion, Impact and Update

This session will cover phases 5-8 of the PIECCESS review cycle, Preservation, Promotion, Impact. and Update. 

Margaret Foster, MS, MPH, is the Evidence Synthesis and Scholarly Communication Librarian and the Head of the Center for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses at the Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University. She is the co-author of the first book written on systematic reviews for librarians- Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review: A Guide for Librarians (2017) and recently Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses…
Date: October 23, 2024

Enhancing Bioinformatics Services in Minority Institutions (October 18, 2024)

Librarians from Morehouse School of Medicine, Pacific University Oregon, and Adelphi University share their experiences growing and fostering bioinformatics programs at their institutions.

Friday, October 18, 2-3pm ET | 1-2pm CT | 12-1pm MT | 11am-12pm PT

Melisa Balos, Morehouse School of Medicine

Melisa’s degrees are in International Relations and Political Science with a specialty in Energy and Environmental Security, but she is also halfway through completing her MLIS with a focus on Academic Librarianship. She is the Interlibrary Loan Librarian…
Date: October 18, 2024