A Librarian’s Guide to NCBI – announcement for upcoming course

Attention health science librarians in the United States who wish to initiate and/or extend bioinformatics services at your institution! The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the NLM Training Center (NTC) will be offering “A Librarian’s Guide to NCBI” course. Participants who complete the class will be eligible for Medical Library Association (MLA) Continuing Education credits. The course is free, but travel costs are at the expense of the participant. There are two parts to the course, and applicants must take both parts: Part 1: “Fundamentals in Bioinformatics and Searching” is a six-week, online (asynchronous) pre-course. Part 2: A five-day in-person course offered on-site at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Monday, September 29, 2014 – Announcement will be released here about the course and the application process. /ch
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