The recording of the webinar “Libraries and Autism: Why It Matters” and the accompanying slides are available here, for anyone who wasn’t able to watch it live, or who did see it but would like to review the webinar’s content or share it with a colleague. The webinar discusses what autism is, how libraries sometimes come…
Category: Webinars
GMR to Sponsor Additional MLA Webinars
(via Rhona Kelley, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine) How to Become a GMR Sponsored Webinar Site http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/mla-webinar The GMR will sponsor the registration costs for up to *two (2) individual webinar events per state* in the region for the 2015 MLA Webinar Series. As only a limited number of webinars can be sponsored; please work…
Webinar on Data Visualization for Librarians
The Medical Library Association is offering a webinar on the concept of data visualization and the ways in which libraries can provide data-visualization services to their users. Keeping abreast of changes related to data visualization is crucial for librarians, as it is currently one of the most effective ways to display large amounts of information…
Webinar on Library Promotion of Public-Health Literacy
WebJunction will be hosting the free webinar “Public Health and Public Libraries: Librarians as Health Literacy First Responders”. It will take place on Wednesday, October 21, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST. Although the webinar is aimed at public libraries, much of the information covered will likely prove useful to librarians working in academic…
Webinar on Implementing WorldShare Management Services
OCLC is sponsoring a webinar on one medical library’s experience with implementing WorldShare Management Services. The webinar, titled “Improving Visibility While Simplifying Processes in a Medical Center Library”, will take place on Thursday, August 20, from 1:00 to 1:30 PM CST. The presentation will focus on H.M. Fishbon Memorial Library, at the University of California,…
Webinars on NIH Strategic Plan
The National Institutes of Health is seeking input on its five-year strategic plan, which will affect the entire NIH network. To that end, the organization is hosting two webinars this week (there was also one last week) that will give an overview of the plan and allow for feedback during a “question-and-answer” session. The first…
“Libraries and Autism: Why It Matters!” Webinar
(via Stacey Knight-Davis) The Illinois State Library will be sponsoring the “Libraries and Autism: Why It Matters!” webinar, which will take place on Thursday, September 24, from 1:30 to 3:00 PM. The webinar will discuss the ways in which libraries can provide services and resources to individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their loved ones. The focus…
“Consumers and Evidence Based Practice” Webinar on August 12
(via Holly Ann Burt) The University of Illinois at Chicago will be hosting the MLA webinar “Consumers and Evidence-Based Practice: Understanding the Evidence Behind the Headlines” on Wednesday, August 12. (UIC was one of the locations chosen to host one of two MLA webinars this month.) The session will last from 1:00 to 2:30 PM and will…
Upcoming NN/LM – GMR Webinars
This is a reminder that the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region has several webinars coming up in its “Lake Effects” series, which is held on the third Thursday of each month, at 1:00 PM CDT. Sessions cover current topics of interest, such as consumer health, in addition to databases and…
MLA 2015 Webinar Series
The Medical Library Association is sponsoring a series of webinars that will take place over the second half of 2015. Two of them will be held in August, while the remaining four will take place between October and December. (The dates and times for the last four webinars have not yet been determined.) The National…