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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
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
Mapping it out: Examining Grief Policies in AAHSL Libraries July 9, 2025 July 9, 2025 This presentation will discuss the content analysis of bereavement-related policies from 160 AAHSL academic libraries and their affiliated institutions.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Upcoming Region 3
Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health July 14, 2025 August 8, 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
Health Statistics on the Web (July 29, 2025) July 29, 2025 July 29, 2025 Learn the difference between data and statistics, key features and use of health statistics, steps to finding health statistics, and sources of health statistics at the local, state and national level in this 90-minute webinar.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Upcoming National
ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians July 30, 2025 July 30, 2025 ClinicalTrials.gov is the openly available federal registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov is a vital resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and health sciences librarians who wish to consult the entire body of evidence on any particular topic.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Upcoming National
Region 7: Hospital Libraries Advisory Group Annual Meeting August 8, 2025 August 8, 2025 This meeting is designed for hospital librarians that work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. We will recap our activities over the last year and we will announce our training ideas for the upcoming months.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Upcoming Region 7
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
NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Workshop On-Demand June 30, 2023 April 17, 2026 This on-demand workshop offered in Moodle is intended for those without much experience working in research data management and will provide an overview of the NIH policy, research data management basics, and related resources.
Platform/Location: Moodle
Always Available National
Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications July 15, 2023 May 11, 2026 Learn how to find drug and chemical safety information, side effects, and interactions in MedlinePlus and locate prescription and over-the-counter FDA drug labeling in DailyMed in this 2 hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle
Always Available National
Drug and Chemical Information 2. Finding Properties, Effects, and Interactions July 15, 2023 May 11, 2026 Learn how to find drug and chemical information, adverse effects, molecular properties and more in this 2 hour on-demand class. Resources covered include PubChem, LactMed, LiverTox, NLM Bookshelf and PubMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle
Always Available National