Class Recordings

Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection - August 7, 2024

How are health communication and health literacy connected? How can you be more effective in providing health information to consumers, patients, clients, library patrons and your community? This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication, outlines components of clear health communication, and identifies online resources from NLM, government agencies and other recognized resources for health literacy and health communication. This presentation addresses improving health literacy, by including information about the NLM/NIH resource MedlinePlus.gov…
Date: August 7, 2024

The NIH Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI): Supporting Data Sharing in Generalist Repositories

 Generalist repositories are a flexible, trusted resource for sharing research data for which there is no appropriate discipline specific repository as well as many other research outputs valuable for reproducibility and open science. This webinar is presented by participants of the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) (Dataverse, Dryad, Figshare, Mendeley Data, Open Science Framework, Vivli, and Zenodo), an NIH program supporting the enhancement of generalist repository functionality to better support NIH data sharing use cases. The GREI repositories will share…
Date: August 7, 2024

Understanding Data Discovery and Sharing Infrastructure and Leveraging It for Your Benefit

This webinar will focus on the data discovery and sharing infrastructure available for librarians and researchers. Demonstrating how technologies like repositories, data catalogs, and standards work together, this webinar will provide needed background on that infrastructure while also discussing how this infrastructure can be leveraged to increase the discoverability of your and your researcher’s data.

By registering for this class, you are agreeing to the NNLM Code of Conduct.

Presenter: Nicole Contaxis, NYU Health…
Date: August 6, 2024

Open Tools for Data De-identification

The class will provide a brief introduction to data science topics and terminologies.

Topics will include AI in healthcare, explaining what natural language processing (NLP) is, and discussing HIPAA privacy requirements and defining PII. This first part will be brief and focus on providing a foundational understanding. The second and bulk of the class will focus on the NLM Scrubber and other examples of NLP models that can be used for clinical deidentification. The class will cover how to promote these tools at the librarians' institution.

By registering for this…
Date: August 6, 2024

Course Approval 101: Consumer Health for Library Students (August 1, 2024)

Did you know that your LIS/iSchool graduate students can now earn a Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certification by taking your class? You now have the opportunity to have your consumer health-related course CHIS certified through a unique partnership with the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM).  

This 1-hour webinar will give an overview of the NNLM Consumer Health Information Specialization for Library…
Date: August 1, 2024

Uncovering the costs of academic data sharing: From real data to tips for future planning with ARL and DCN

Join the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Data Curation Network (DCN) for a discussion on how the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Data Management and Sharing Activities can help researchers identify expenses often overlooked or considered part of "normal" scientific practice. Speakers will share insights into actual data management and sharing costs reported by NIH researchers,…
Date: July 31, 2024

Piecing Together Systematic Reviews. Phase 2: Protocol

This session will cover the second phase of the PIECCESS review cycle, the Protocol phase, during which the methods are determined. 

The five-part series will introduce the review cycle framework, PIECCESS, as described in the book by Foster and Jewell (2022) Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses. Throughout the phases, the potential roles for librarians, health care professionals and others interested in the process of systematic review will be discussed as well as categories of client, such as those who read reviews as compared to those who…
Date: July 24, 2024

Know Your Worth: Mastering the Art of Salary Negotiation

This ECLI webinar will explore strategies for negotiating salary and other employee benefits during the hiring process. Offering the perspectives of a library director as well as a library science professor, Melissa De Santis and Emily Vardell will discuss the value of negotiating salary, as well as explore salary benchmark resources which can support effective negotiating. They will also discuss how identifying and quantifying personal skills can provide evidence for proving your worth. Finally, they will conclude with how to evaluate and negotiate benefits beyond salary including…
Date: July 17, 2024

5 Steps to an Accessible Document

NNLM offers funding for projects that improve access to health information, increase engagement with research and data, expand professional knowledge, and promote awareness and the use of NLM resources. Part of the commitment to access includes making materials accessible to those who use screen reader assistive technology. 

According to the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) from the U.S. Census Bureau approximately 82 million people in the United States identify as having a disability. Of…
Date: June 27, 2024

Piecing Together Systematic Reviews. Phase 1: Proposal

This session will cover the first phase of the PIECCESS review cycle, the Proposal phase of conducting a systematic review.  The five-part series will introduce the review cycle framework, PIECCESS, as described in the book by Foster and Jewell (2022) Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses. Throughout the phases, the potential roles for librarians, health care professionals and others interested in the process of systematic review will be discussed as well as categories of client, such as those who read…
Date: June 26, 2024