(via Dr. Troy Swanson, Moraine Valley Community College) I am excited to send along the link to an interview I did with psychologist Laura Lauzen-Collins. We discuss the short cuts used by your brain to process information and how those short cuts contribute to the spread of fake news. Importantly we discuss how identity and self-perception…
Category: Webinars
“Back to School: Statistical Methods, Training, and Resource Needs for the Public Health Workforce” Webinar at 1:30 PM CST on Sept. 6
(via Derek Johnson, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) “Back to School: Statistical Methods, Training, and Resource Needs for the Public Health Workforce” Wednesday, September 6 (1:30 PM CST) This introductory seminar developed with support from the National Library of Medicine provides a review of trends in statistical methods used in…
ALA Offering Free Webinar Series Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change for Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) and the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) invite academic library professionals to attend a free learning series that teaches several dialogue facilitation approaches and helps librarians position themselves to foster conversation…
UIUC’s Mortenson Center Hosting Sept. 14 Lecture and Book Signing by Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI, on behalf of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs) The 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture presents “Enduring Wars in Transpacific Memories” by Viet Thanh Nguyen, scholar and author of Pulitzer Prizewinner, The Sympathizer. Nguyen’s work engages dialogue on what it means to be national, ethnic, multicultural, foreign, international, diaspora, and…
NNLM Offering “5 Clinical Questions You Can Answer with NCBI Databases” Webinar on Sept. 20
(via Molly Knapp, University of Utah) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, in conjunction with the National Center for Biotechnology Information, will offer the webinar “5 Clinical Questions You Can Answer with NCBI Databases (GTR, ClinVar, MedGen)”. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 20, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CST. In this webinar, you…
Registration Open for “Libraries Transform: Health Literacy Toolkit” Webinar on Thursday, Sept. 14
(via Helen Spielbauer, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) October is Health Literacy Month. The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine have created a Health Literacy Month toolkit for the “Libraries Transform” campaign. Join Amanda J. Wilson (NNLM) and Jeff Julian (ALA) as they discuss…
NN/LM – GMR Offering “Visualizing the Impact of a New Clinical Informationist Service” Webinar on Sept. 26
(via Helen Spielbauer, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region is offering the online class “Visualizing the Impact of a New Clinical Informationist Service”, as part of its Kernel of Knowledge series. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 26, from 10:00 to 11:00…
Next NN/LM – Greater Midwest Region Update on Monday, Aug. 21 (2:00-3:00 PM CST)
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) I’d like to invite you to join our quarterly broadcast from the GMR office, intended to update you on office activities, programs, and new opportunities coming your way. The next GMR Update will take place on Monday, August…
Free NNLM – Pacific Northwest Region Webinar “Calling BS in the Age of Big Data” on August 16
(via Carolyn Martin, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Pacific Northwest Region) We have a great webinar session coming up that you will find lively and informative. Earlier in the year the new University of Washington course webpage, “Calling Bullshit”<http://callingbullshit.org/index.html>, went viral. Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, wanted a course that would teach…
NNLM – South Central Region Offering Aug. 16 “Beyond an Apple a Day” Webinar on Consumer Health Information
(via Sarah Miles, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – South Central Region) Good afternoon! Please excuse cross-posting. The SCR office is excited to share about an upcoming webinar, Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library, which will take place next Wednesday, August 16, from 12pm – 2pm CT. The class…