Available Classes
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For class recordings, May 2021 - present, visit Class Recordings.
| Event Title | Start Date | End Date | Summary | Type | Sponsor ROC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal Weather Education Outreach | September 3, 2026 | September 3, 2026 | 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.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| Heat, Health, and Disasters: The Role of Libraries | September 22, 2026 | September 22, 2026 | This training will examine the health impacts of extreme heat and other disasters and consider how libraries may be affected by and respond to these events.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| What the Thermometer Misses: Heat Risk Perception and Trusted Intermediaries | September 24, 2026 | September 24, 2026 | This session examines why official heat-risk measurements and community perceptions do not always align. Using research from South Carolina residents, participants will explore how trusted intermediaries, including libraries and community organizations, can help reach populations missed by formal communication channels and assess local risk perception more effectively.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 2 |
| Advancing Accessible Health Information for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (DDBHH) Communities | October 6, 2026 | October 6, 2026 | Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing (DDBHH) Americans who use sign language as their primary language encounter health information systems built almost entirely around spoken English and print. In a national sample of over 1,500 DDBHH American adults, researchers at the Center of Deaf Health Excellence found that repeated exclusion from incidental health information while growing up was associated with increased risk for multiple chronic health conditions in adulthood. This presentation reframes health literacy as an organizational and structural responsibility — a matter of how health systems are designed, rather than a skill DDBHH people do or do not have.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 6 |
| The Importance of Stories for Health Communicators | October 29, 2026 | October 29, 2026 | This talk summarizes the relationship between science and storytelling, focusing on health and medical information.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 5 |
| Rural Health, Libraries, and Alaska: Perspectives from the Far North | November 4, 2026 | November 4, 2026 | This presentation will detail the lessons learned from managing a statewide outreach program with a small staff. Attendees will gain insights into effective strategies for relationship-building with tribal health organizations, navigating the logistics of rural travel, and utilizing asynchronous tools to reach high-pressure clinical environments. By sharing these "Last Frontier" experiences, we aim to provide a roadmap for libraries serving geographically isolated and information-underserved populations.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 5 |
| Rural Health Resources | November 19, 2026 | November 19, 2026 | This webinar will describe hallmarks of rural America, identify access challenges of living in rural communities, and equip participants with tools to service the health information needs of those living in rural communities.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Connecting Older Adults to Health Information | December 9, 2026 | December 9, 2026 | This 90-minute webinar covers websites and data sources to help you respond to requests for health information from and about older adults at your library, as well as covering programming ideas.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Effective Health Communication And Health Literacy: Understanding The Connection | January 7, 2027 | January 7, 2027 | 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.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators | August 25, 2021 | April 30, 2027 | 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 (On-Demand) | August 30, 2021 | April 15, 2027 | 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 |
| Assessing Health Education Materials | September 5, 2023 | April 15, 2027 | Get an overview on assessing health education materials, and learn how the National Library of Medicine uses a health education materials assessment tool to figure out if health education materials are easy-to-read in this 2 hour on-demand, online class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Finding and Using Health Statistics | September 19, 2023 | April 28, 2027 | This online, self-paced course for librarians and students in health sciences describes different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| An Introduction to ClinicalTrials.gov (On-Demand) | November 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | This online, self-paced course introduces and demonstrates searching and understanding search results in ClinicalTrials.gov.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
last updated: 08/26/26 03:07