Available Classes
Browse available offerings and register for a class today!
For descriptions of all NNLM classes see the Class Catalog. For class recordings, May 2021 - present, visit Class Recordings.
| Event Title | Start Date | End Date | Summary | Type | ROC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NNLM Book Discussion, May 1 - July 31 2025, The Well-Gardened Mind | May 1, 2025 | July 31, 2025 | You are invited to join us for the NNLM Book Discussion. From May 1 through July 31, we will read The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 6 |
| Interview Strategies, Insights & Winning Answers - Roundtable Discussion | May 20, 2025 | May 20, 2025 | This roundtable will offer early to mid-career librarians the opportunity to discuss strategies and insights for preparing for interview questions. Come discuss what has helped you ace as an interviewee or what the search committee is looking for in a winning answer.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Cancelled. Inspiring Engagement: Public Programming with NLM Traveling Exhibitions | May 22, 2025 | May 22, 2025 | The NLM Traveling Exhibitions connect audiences with National Library of Medicine (NLM) health information resources and bring fascinating stories about medicine, history, and society to institutions across the country. In this webinar, you’ll get an inside look at how traveling exhibition host venues have approached public programming around these exhibitions to foster community engagement.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Health Programming at your Library | May 28, 2025 | May 28, 2025 | Join us for ideas on how to create health programs for libraries and community/faith-based organizations in this 90-minute webinar.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Region 7 Presents: MLA Debrief for Hospital Librarians | June 6, 2025 | June 6, 2025 | Region 7 invites hospital librarians to debrief the Medical Library Annual Meeting.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 7 |
| Cancelled. Empowering Communities Through Digital Health Literacy: The Role of Medical and Community Librarians | June 10, 2025 | June 10, 2025 | This session highlights how medical and community librarians can play a transformative role in empowering individuals and communities to navigate digital health tools effectively.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| 3D Printing Basics | June 11, 2025 | June 11, 2025 | This presentation introduces 3D printing basics, including why to buy a printer, what to look for, how to get started, and its potential uses in medical settings.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 3 |
| ROI: Region One Insights Webinar Series | June 11, 2025 | June 11, 2025 | Title: Building Bright Smiles: Supporting Children's Oral Health in Your Community This webinar will empower medical librarians, public librarians, and community health practitioners with the knowledge and tools to support children’s oral health in their communities. Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 1 |
| How PubMed Works: Introduction | June 11, 2025 | June 11, 2025 | This 90-minute introduction session provides overviews about: What PubMed is and what's in it. Finding the original research that is the basis for a news article. Finding articles by a specific author. Searching for articles on a specific subject. Narrowing search results to a more specific subset Exploring the Advanced Search Builder and Search History. Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Discovering Library Science & Health Literacy: A High School Push-in Program | June 18, 2025 | June 18, 2025 | This webinar will present a curriculum designed for high school students aimed at educating them about the library science profession while also equipping them with foundational skills in health literacy.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 7 |
| How PubMed Works: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) | June 18, 2025 | June 18, 2025 | The How PubMed Works: MeSH session addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information about the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| From Data to Knowledge to Equitable Health Transformation in the Age of AI | June 23, 2025 | June 23, 2025 | As we consider “Whose data is it, anyway?”, it is also critical to discuss what becomes of the knowledge generated from related data analyses and how that might promote health equity in today’s healthcare landscape. Recent revolutions in AI render such a discussion even more timely and imperative.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | NCDS |
| Greatest Crimes in Statistics | June 24, 2025 | June 24, 2025 | Participants will learn about common pitfalls in statistics to look out for when reading scientific articles. Using a mix of lecture, discussion, and practice activities, participants will learn to identify misleading aspects of data visualizations, evidence of p-hacking, problems with pseudoreplication, and omissions in reporting of results.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | NCDS |
| How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) | June 25, 2025 | June 25, 2025 | The How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping session addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information about the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators | August 25, 2021 | November 1, 2025 | An interactive guided tour of the MedlinePlus website that takes about 1 hour to complete.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information | August 30, 2021 | April 30, 2026 | This 1 credit hour on-demand course provides an introduction to three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website, DailyMed and LactMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection | September 1, 2021 | May 12, 2026 | This online, self-paced course describes how librarians and other information professionals can facilitate data standardization and research data sharing using common data elements (CDEs).
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Health Literacy On Demand | October 11, 2021 | April 30, 2026 | Learn about health literacy definitions, best practices, tools for communicating health information clearly, and resources for improving health literacy. This on-demand narrated tutorial takes about an hour to complete. It offers CHES, CNE, and MLA credit.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Preprints: Accelerating Research (On-Demand) | October 14, 2021 | October 16, 2025 | What are preprints, and how are they changing how biomedical research results are shared? This 1-hour, online, self-paced course introduces preprints and how they can be used in literature searching and in sharing your research results with others.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand | May 11, 2022 | April 17, 2026 | How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE. This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | NTO |
| Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand | July 11, 2022 | April 30, 2026 | Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 8 independent learning modules. Earn up to 8 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| PubChem (On-Demand) | July 22, 2022 | July 20, 2026 | PubChem is the National Library of Medicine’s open chemistry database and the largest freely accessible reference tool for chemical information.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching On-Demand | February 21, 2023 | February 28, 2026 | Learn how to accommodate for vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches of PubMed. This 1.5 CE credit on-demand course, offered through the NNLM Moodle platform, provides answers and allows participants to engage with exercises to practice what you learn. Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect | April 4, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | This 1 hour on-demand class introduces MedlinePlus Connect, and points to resources for implementing MedlinePlus Connect at your institution. MedlinePlus Connect is a tool that enables the integration of MedlinePlus resources into external systems like electronic health record systems, patient portals, and other applications. Working knowledge of MedlinePlus is suggested pre-requisite.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Topic Searching in PubMed®: Using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) | April 6, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | Learn how to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for expert PubMed searching in this hands-on, self-paced course.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |