Here's a fun video created by the Texas A&M University Libraries ahead of their open house.* Thanks to WHSLA member Karen Hanus for finding this!
*You're probably a librarian and will notice the date on the video indicates it was filmed in the Before Times (2014). Don't be alarmed that no one is wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart.
I was reminded recently of two resources that have come in handy when doing literature searches on geriatric topics. These resources, freely available online, are especially useful tools for clinicians who might not specialize in geriatrics or trainees.
If you do searches on older adults, or even serve older adults in your health setting, I recommend bookmarking these sites and keeping them in your lit search/reference toolbox.
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Fast Facts and Concepts (Palliative Care)
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October is almost here, and that means it's time for National Medical Librarians Month!
Check out the promotional materials from the Medical Library Association and be sure to spread the word about how awesome you are!
The weekend of September 24-26, the Wellcome Trust presented the Healthy Scepticism Film Festival. This free virtual event featured a competition of ten short films, films produced by the Healthy Scepticism Project, and several historical films (many of which are held by the National Library of Medicine and can still be viewed in their archives).
Thanks to WHSLA member Mini Prasad for telling us about this Circulating Now blog post!
Want a simple explanation of what vaccines do inside your body to protect you from serious illness? Then check out this adorable short animation by Ask Ken Tay.
Recently I ran across a post from McGoogan Health Science Library on a Coronavirus comics exhibit at their library. Happily I discovered access to these comics isn't limited as all are online, including a comic on C'rona from an indigenous perspective.
More on the online exhibit from the McGoogan News blog...
"In collaboration with virologists and artists, three comic stories about COVID-19 were developed during the pandemic and posted online during the last half of 2020. The fictional narratives address fundamental issues in biology, virology and network science in order to help readers understand the complexities of living through a viral pandemic.
The stories focus on three themes: the biology and social context of the COVID-19 virus; the relationship of wild animals, particularly bats, to the pandemic; and the impact of the pandemic on Tribal communities. The stories are posted online and are published by the University of Nebraska Press as the book “C’RONA Pandemic Comics,” which includes essays for youth about the virus and the pandemic.
- C’rona Comix, by Bob Hall, Judy Diamond and Liz VanWormer (meet Graffiti Mouse, Cat, and Professor Gray)
- Tribal C’rona Comix, by Henry Payer, Hall, Judi gaiashkibos and Diamond
- C’rona Comix II, by Hall, Bob Camp, VanWormer and Diamond
“Tribal” features the story of Susan LaFlesche Picotte, MD, who also is featured in an exhibit in the Wigton Heritage Center."
It was recorded as a continuous Zoom Meeting (minus breaks), so you can skip ahead to the sections you want to watch. I've included the respective time signatures below.
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Cultivating and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is all about intentionality. This presentation will explore what inclusion looks like in library environments and the actions it takes to make the process successful. As library workers, it is our collective responsibility to cultivate and sustain environments where individuals feel welcomed, safe, valued, seen, heard, and included regardless of the identities they hold. It's time for us to get real about being inclusive. |
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Academic Liaison Librarian and a Trainer who has run workshops in four continents. He is a specialist in PowerPoint and his own presentations have been seen over 2.5 million times online. His book, The Library Marketing Toolkit was published in 2012, and he can be found online at ned-potter.com |
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The MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators explains how to locate information on
The tutorial is worth one hour of continuing education credit from the Medical Library Association (MLA) and qualifies for MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Level 1. Register and access this free online tutorial here.
Reprinted from The Region 6 Weekly Digest of the National Network of Medical Libraries.
This short blog post is based on an article from the Washington Post.
Here we list 8 US museums showcasing the history of medicine. Have you visited any of them?
How history plays a role in NLM's strategic plan: Jeffrey S. Reznick and Kenneth M. Koyle are Supervisory historians on the federal staff of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where they serve, respectively, as Chief and Deputy Chief of the NLM History of Medicine Division. They completed this article as part of their official duties, with support from NLM.
