Scheduled Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials For Librarians: Databases, Tools and Clinical Applications (January 13 - April 18, 2025) | January 13, 2025 - April 18, 2025 | This 14-week, 30 credit-hour, self-paced online class reviews basic biology concepts and takes a deep dive into NCBI Molecular Biology Databases.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| NNLM Book Discussion What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (February 1 - April 30, 2025) | February 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025 | Join us February 1 - April 30, 2025 to discuss the book What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.
Platform/Location: Zoom, Moodle |
| Cancelled - Course 2: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Asset-Based Community Development (March 24 - April 4, 2025) | March 24, 2025 - April 4, 2025 | This 2-week course describes the principles of Asset-Based Community Development as a tool for building community coalition and for community storytelling.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research (March 24 - April 11, 2025) | March 24, 2025 - April 11, 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 |
| A Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health | April 1, 2025 - April 29, 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 |
| Making Sense of Numbers (April 2, 2025) | April 2, 2025 | This 1.5 hour webinar explains how to interpret statistics and numbers.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
| Trauma-Informed and Relational Care for Libraries - Part 2 | April 3, 2025 | This is a two-workshop series to introduce trauma-informed care tools. The first workshop will focus on what is and isn’t trauma-informed through a set of reframes. We will then focus on how to better navigate shifting power dynamics from a lens of liberatory power by examining the trauma-informed reframe: Power Over to Power With. In the second workshop, Nisha will focus on the impact of feelings and needs in your everyday work life, and she will introduce trauma-informed communication strategies based on her Trauma-Informed Communication Framework. Platform/Location: Zoom |
Regional Events
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding & Using Generative AI: A Course for Health Science Librarians | February 28, 2025 - April 11, 2025 | This six-week asynchronous course provides hands-on experience with generative AI models for education, with specific applications to health sciences Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Cancelled. Mental Health First Aid Training Opportunity for Region 2 Network - Session 2 | April 3, 2025 | NNLM Region 2 will be hosting a virtual Mental Health First Aid Training class on April 3rd from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. There are two parts to the virtual training: 2.5 hours of self-led online pre-work required 48 hours prior to the start of the live Zoom session and 5.5 hours of live virtual training on April 3rd via Zoom 8:30 a.m.-2:30p EST (this includes a 30-minute lunch break) Platform/Location: Zoom |
On-Demand Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials | On-demand through April 25, 2025 | 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 |
| An Introduction to ClinicalTrials.gov On Demand | On-demand through November 1, 2025 | This online, self-paced course introduces and demonstrates searching and understanding search results in ClinicalTrials.gov.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection | On-demand through June 17, 2025 | 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 |
| Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand | On-demand through 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 |
| Data Ethics | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Learn about ethical problems health science librarians may encounter in data visualization, data sharing, and data collection.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Data Management Sharing Policy (DMSP) Webinar Recordings On-Demand | On-demand through April 15, 2026 | This on-demand Moodle class contains 5 recorded webinars introducing the basics of data management and the new NIH requirements for data management and sharing that began in 2023.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | 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 |