Available Classes
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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, August 1 - October 31, 2025. Transcendent Kingdom | August 7, 2025 | October 31, 2025 | You are invited to join us for the NNLM Book Discussion. From August 1 through October 31, we will read Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Upcoming | Region 7 |
| Telehealth 101: What libraries need to know | September 2, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | This class introduces telehealth, why it’s important, and how it enables people to have greater access to quality healthcare. Explore how libraries around the country provide patrons in their communities with access to telehealth services.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Upcoming | National |
| OpenRefine for Health Sciences: Part 1 | September 9, 2025 | September 9, 2025 | This course will introduce librarians and information professionals to practical data skills and provide examples and ways to incorporate OpenRefine into library work.
Platform/Location: Webex |
Upcoming | NCDS |
| Disaster Planning. Realities of Response and Recovery (Panel Discussion) | September 10, 2025 | September 10, 2025 | This 90-minute panel discussion brings together librarians from a variety of settings—public and academic to share candid stories from the front lines of disaster response and recovery.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| Scalability of Community-Based Participatory Research: Older Adults and Technology | September 10, 2025 | September 10, 2025 | Building on the success and learnings of the STEHL Smart Tablet Education for Healthy Living (STEHL) Program was awarded funding by the Region 6 Illinois State Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG), one of seven Action Plans created by Region 6 SAGs. This webinar explores how community-based participatory research (CBPR) can be scaled to reach broader populations of older adults through technology. As digital literacy becomes increasingly vital for health and well-being, especially among seniors in retirement communities, this session will examine strategies for expanding digital education initiatives while maintaining the integrity and impact of community engagement.
Platform/Location: Webex |
Upcoming | Region 6 |
| R4 Connections: Why Access & Functional Needs Should Be Everyone's Priority in Community Preparedness | September 10, 2025 | September 10, 2025 | This one-hour session will provide an overview of the access and functional needs framework.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Strengthening Our Foundation: Disaster Preparedness, Community Resilience, and the Future of Libraries | September 11, 2025 | September 11, 2025 | This one-hour session distills nearly a decade of research on disaster preparedness and community resilience, sharing lessons from disaster-affected public libraries to help you strengthen your own emergency readiness.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| Informal Weather Education Outreach | September 12, 2025 | September 12, 2025 | This one-hour webinar explores best practices in informal weather education outreach and shares successful examples from the Extreme Events Institute (EEI) and International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida (http://eei.fiu.edu/).
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research | September 15, 2025 | October 3, 2025 | This 3-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with NLM resources.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Upcoming | National |
| OpenRefine for Health Sciences: Part 2 | September 16, 2025 | September 16, 2025 | This course will introduce librarians and information professionals to practical data skills and provide examples and ways to incorporate OpenRefine into library work.
Platform/Location: Webex |
Upcoming | NCDS |
| Mental Health First Aid | September 17, 2025 | September 17, 2025 | This day-long workshop presents strategies for recognizing signs and symptoms of mental health or substance use challenges and offer support without having to be a mental health professional.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 1 |
| A Fireside Chat with Margaret Foster and the team at Texas A&M: Systematic Reviews | September 17, 2025 | September 17, 2025 | Curious about the future of evidence synthesis? Join Margaret Foster and the experts from The Center for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses at the Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University, for an insightful and informal session on systematic reviews!
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 3 |
| Getting Started with the PHDL | September 18, 2025 | September 18, 2025 | Need access to trusted journals, e-books, and databases to support your work? Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice. Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | NPHCO |
| Preparing Your Library for Weather Emergencies | September 19, 2025 | September 19, 2025 | This one-hour session will equip participants with practical strategies to prepare their library or worksite for environmental disasters.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| Providing a S.H.I.E.L.D. When Disaster Strikes: Librarians and Healthcare Providers Collaborate | September 23, 2025 | September 23, 2025 | Presenters from the library team at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in North Carolina will describe how, post-Hurricane Helene, they collaborated with healthcare providers and stakeholders to create portable disaster kits.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 1 |
| Communicating Across the Gap: Strategies for Disaster Preparedness and Public Trust | September 25, 2025 | September 25, 2025 | This session introduces practical communication strategies for public-facing professionals involved in disaster preparedness and response.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| Region 1 Office Hour | September 25, 2025 | September 25, 2025 | Region 1 Office Hour
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 1 |
| Health Programming at your Library | October 1, 2025 | October 1, 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: Building Recovery through Community | October 7, 2025 | October 7, 2025 | In this one-hour panel presentation, participants will learn about the work of two organizations and their NNLM funded projects in support of Recovery.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 7 |
| Graphic Medicine in Public Libraries: Unique Challenges, Unique Opportunities | October 7, 2025 | October 7, 2025 | Join members of the Region 7 Graphic Medicine Community of Interest as they discuss how they use graphic medicine in their public libraries and with the communities they serve.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 7 |
| Providing Mental Health Resources at Your Library | October 9, 2025 | October 9, 2025 | Responding to questions involving topics on mental health is challenging even for the most experienced librarian. In this 1-hour webinar, participants will learn how to effectively respond to requests for mental health information at their libraries.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview | October 16, 2025 | October 16, 2025 | This session is intended for information professionals who are unfamiliar with the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. We will review policy components and how you can address the policy at your institution.
Platform/Location: Webex |
Upcoming | NCDS |
| Data for Everyone: An Introduction to Spreadsheets | October 22, 2025 | October 22, 2025 | This class will be an introduction to learning about data. If you have any interest in learning about data but do not know where to start, this class is a great entry point to and foundation for classes currently offered in data management, data science, data services, and statistics.
Platform/Location: Webex |
Upcoming | NCDS |
| Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health | October 27, 2025 | November 21, 2025 | This 4-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class covers the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Upcoming | National |
| How PubMed Works: Introduction | November 5, 2025 | November 5, 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 |
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