Class Recordings

Navigating Systematic Reviews with AI: Best Practices and Challenges

Webinar Description: As the newest disruptor, AI has everyone considering its place in our daily work. For those conducting evidence syntheses, such as systematic reviews, there are numerous tasks which AI has the potential to automate or at least enhance. This webinar will provide practical guidance and discussion of the promise and challenges in using AI while conducting reviews.

Speaker Bio: Margaret Foster, MS, MPH, is the Evidence Synthesis and Scholarly Communication Librarian and the Head of the Center for Systematic Reviews and Research…
Date: April 9, 2025

Making Sense of Numbers (April 2, 2025)

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: April 2, 2025

R4 Connections: Empowering Teens Through Media and Health Literacy: The Role of Health Sciences Librarians

Adolescents and young adults increasingly rely on social media for health information, yet misleading claims—especially regarding topics like dietary supplements and body image—can have serious consequences. This session explores the intersection of health literacy and media literacy, highlighting how health sciences and public health librarians can play a pivotal role in equipping youth with the skills to critically evaluate digital health content. 

Drawing from an NNLM Outreach Grant-funded online course designed for teens, this session will share evidence-based strategies…
Date: March 26, 2025

R4 Connections: The Power of Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an evidence-based, early intervention program that teaches individuals about mental health and substance misuse challenges. The course takes a person-first approach to supporting others and is grounded in the belief that recovery from a mental health or substance misuse issue is achievable. Through skills-based activities and discussions, participants will strengthen their knowledge to become better equipped with tools and resources to support their loved ones, friends, and community.

While the full MHFA course is 6-8 hours long, the Power of…
Date: January 9, 2025

Promotion of Digital Access & Literacy among People who Use Substances 

Digital literacy is now being recognized as a social determinant of health. Digital literacy is often defined as the varying ability of both children and adults to use digital technologies and understand their risks. Emerging research suggests that people who have lower digital literacy may experience poorer health outcomes and quality of life. Digital interventions are being used to bridge gaps in service access and availability by supplementing or delivering substance use care. Yet, if factors such as technology access and digital literacy are not addressed, health disparities, like…
Date: January 8, 2025

NNLM Region 3 Grant-funded project overview: Powering Clinics & Communities with PubMed: Building Library Awareness at a Safety-Net Hospital System

This webinar is designed to provide a general overview of the NNLM grant submission process, with a focus on assessing needs within a library, organization, or community, identifying potential funding sources, crafting a strong grant proposal, and implementing the project. Each of these steps will be examined by going through the development process for the NNLM grant-funded project Powering Clinics & Communities with PubMed: Building Library Awareness at a Safety-Net Hospital System. This session will also highlight practical tips for setting attainable project goals and…
Date: December 4, 2024

Social Connectedness and Improving the Health of Rural Communities

Social isolation and loneliness are major risk factors for poor health and mortality. Many members of rural communities are at risk for social isolation and therefore also at risk for poor health and quality of life. Global community health research has identified strategies to reduce social isolation and to promote wellbeing in rural communities. This presentation will review possible interventions for improving rural community health through social connectedness. 

Speaker bio:

Hannah Fields MD MSPH is currently practicing family medicine at Madison…
Date: November 20, 2024

Creating Maawn Doobiigeng: Developing A New Classification System for a Tribal Library

Existing organizational systems including Dewey Decimal System and Library of Congress Classification are inherently damaging to Indigenous people and are insufficient for accurately describing and providing access to Native topics. From 2019 to 2024, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries worked with community members to create a new classification system, Maawn Doobiigeng (Gather Together). A member of the workgroup and the Tribal Librarian will share about the process of creating this new system, how it is being implemented, and how it is being used in the libraries, particularly in…
Date: November 15, 2024

Promoting Walking for Health in Rural Communities

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

Rural American adults have higher rates of chronic physical activity-related illness and are less active than their urban counterparts, with less than 20% meeting U.S. physical activity guidelines of 150-300 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week. Walking is the most common form of physical activity and people who walk are more likely to meet physical activity guidelines. However, rural…
Date: November 14, 2024

When Your Community Is Your Hospital

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

In 2022, the North State Partnership to Expand Health Information Access formed in the rural northern region of California, after recognizing the lack of access to healthcare, the need for access to health information, and the importance of engagement with local, on-the-ground community health workers. The partnership included collaborators from academic institutions and community-based organizations. After assessing the regional capacity for delivering health information education,…
Date: November 13, 2024