This Wednesday – New Time: Breezing Along with the RML 2pm MT/3pm CT

Breezing Along with the RML: Updates on VR project and All of US Initiative Wednesday, June 20 – 2pm MT/3pm CT Register Please note the New Time – 2pm MT/3pm CT Join us for updates on two projects: Brandon Patterson and Donna Baluchi from Eccles Health Sciences Library will share their Virtual Reality (VR) Studio: As campus demand and interest in VR education expand, library personnel interviewed VR champions and potential users of a future library space dedicated to VR play and development. Funds for VR equipment were secured through the Technology Improvement Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region (NNLM MCR). The new VR Studio was added to the library educational technology studio space. The VR Studio was promoted through open houses, educational programs, hands-on workshops, events, and on-demand learning modules. George Strawley, All of Us Community Engagement Engagement Coordinator will present – The All of Us Research Program: Working to Understand Health Better with Help from Libraries Libraries have always seen the provision of reliable health information as an important part of their duties, but the proliferation of both good and bad health information on the web has eroded that role in many patrons’ minds. This session discusses a National Network of Libraries of Medicine program aimed at delivering health information to populations underrepresented in biomedical research such as racial and ethnic minorities, low-i...
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