(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce applications are open to its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/get-involved/debakey-fellowship.html), supporting research in the historical collections of the NLM. The collections include the Michael E. DeBakey papers (https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/FJ/), representing the…
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Registration Open for Two-Week Asynchronous Online Course “Wellness in the Library Workplace” (Class Begins April 15)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The GMR is delighted to lead a partnership between the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA). We have developed a new course, “Wellness in the Library Workplace”, as part of ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo’s presidential…
National Library of Medicine Recruiting for 2019-2020 Associate Fellows (Application Deadline 1/25/19)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Northwestern University, on behalf of Dr. Kathel Dunn, National Library of Medicine) Position(s): National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows You will: Select projects ranging from operations to research and development; project opportunities are in data science, data management, open science, public access, vocabularies and ontologies, consumer health, common data elements, genetics, natural…
Call for Project Proposals: 2019 National Institutes of Health Hackathon (Deadline January 7)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The NCBI will host a collaborative biodata science hackathon on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland February 20-22. We are now collecting project proposals focusing on building tools and pipelines for advanced analysis of biomedical datasets including text, images, next generation sequencing data,…
Call for Applicants: Online CE Class “Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians” (Deadline 9/20)
(via Rebecca Brown, University of Utah) Applications for the next round of Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians are now open! Health sciences librarians are invited to apply for the online course, “Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians”, offered by the NNLM Training Office (NTO). Click here to find…
Registration Open for August 3 NNLM Webinar “Resistance to Change in RDM”
(via Sarah Miles, University of North Texas Health Science Center) We are thrilled to announce our upcoming webinar, Approaching Resistance to Change in Research Data Management! This session is part of the new Research Data Management Webinar Series being sponsored by NNLM, and our guest speaker Amanda Rinehart has a great presentation in store. Mark…
Call for Applicants: 2018/2019 NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program (Deadline June 15)
(via Pat Thibodeau-Program Director, NLM/AASHL Leadership Fellows Program) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and AAHSL are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2018-2019 Leadership Fellows Program. The Program is focused on preparing emerging leaders for the position of library director in academic health sciences libraries. The application deadline is Friday, June 15….
National Library of Medicine Seeking Feedback on Strategic Plan for 2017-2027
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region, on behalf of Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan, Director of the National Library of Medicine) I am pleased to present you with A Platform for Biomedical Discovery and Data-Powered Health, the NLM Strategic Plan for 2017-2027: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/lrp17/NLM_StrategicReport2017_2027.html As it approaches…
NLM Director Dr. Patricia Brennan Hosting “A Conversation About Graphic Medicine” Webinar at 1:00 PM CST on March 1
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden-Associate Director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Join National Library of Medicine Director Patricia Brennan, RN, PhD today at 1:00 PM CT (2:00 PM ET) via live stream as she hosts “A Conversation About Graphic Medicine” with pioneers from this emerging genre of literature that combines the art of comics…
NNLM – South Central Region Hosting “Sustaining Your Organization’s Future: Mentoring and Succession Planning in Libraries” Webinar on March 14 (No Registration Required)
(via Sarah Miles, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – South Central Region) We are pleased to announce our next SCR CONNECTions webinar, Sustaining your Organization’s Future: Mentoring and Succession Planning in Libraries presented by guest speakers Julie Leuzinger and Jennifer Rowe of the University of North Texas Libraries. The session will be held Wednesday,…