Disaster Information: More From DIMRC
From the DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB email discussion list:
As hurricane season continues, Hurricane Harvey recovery is overlapping with Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia. Meanwhile, wildfires are raging in the northwest US, and an earthquake struck Mexico this morning.
Now is a good time to focus on the Preparedness Month theme: Disasters don’t plan ahead. You can.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) can help. The NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) has resources to help you prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Our information guides on disaster topics and the Disaster Lit® database...
Source: MCR News - September 8, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Beyond Books: Public libraries address the social determinants of health – September Breezing webinar
Beyond Books: Public libraries address the social determinants of health
Breezing Along with the RML Series
September 20, 2017 10am MT/11am CT
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Join Anna Morgan from the Healthy Library Initiative as she discusses public libraries, their influence on social determinants of health, and their importance for community well-being. The Healthy Library Initiative has worked with Philadelphia area public libraries in identifying how the libraries address social determinants of health and how they can build on those programs. To read more about Healthy Library Initiative and what they do, visit http://www.healthyl...
Source: MCR News - September 7, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Public Libraries Webinars and Training Source Type: news
Disaster Information: New Resource About Hurricane Irma
Discussion List:
The USGS has created a new web page for the incoming hurricane, Irma .
Emily C. Wild
Librarian (Physical Scientist)
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library
Denver Federal Center
ph: (303) 236-1003
ecwild@usgs.gov
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Source: MCR News - September 6, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Webinar from GMR on Providing Health Information to Public Library Customers
I’m a Librarian, Not a Doctor! Providing Health Information to Public Library Customers
September 18, 2017 12:30-2pm MT/1:30-3pm CT
Hosted by NNLM GMR as part of their Kernel of Knowledge Series
Registration
1.5 hours MLA CE
Medical questions are among the most dreaded at any public library service desk: How do I ask for more information without prying (and, how do I avoid getting way too much information)? What’s my best place to start? What databases and books do I need in my library, and how do I use them? How do I know a website contains reliable information? What if I just can’t find the answer? Discover...
Source: MCR News - September 1, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Public Libraries Webinars and Training Source Type: news
Libraries Transform: Health Literacy Toolkit webinar
Libraries Transform: Health Literacy Toolkit
September 14, 2017 at 12pm MT/1pm CT
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October is Health Literacy Month. The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) have created a Health Literacy Month toolkit for the Libraries Transform campaign. Join Amanda J. Wilson (NNLM) and Jeff Julian (ALA) as they discuss NNLM’s mission to support health literacy efforts in libraries and explain how to use the key messages, data, and marketing materials to promote health literacy at your library.
1 MLA CE is offered for this session
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Source: MCR News - September 1, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Webinars and Training Source Type: news
Disaster Information: ASPR TRACIE Volunteer Management Topic Collection
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ASPR TRACIE released its Volunteer Management Topic Collection today!
During large-scale disasters or extended health emergencies, healthcare facilities may need to augment their teams (often with volunteers) to continue to provide patient care. Protocols defining when and how volunteers will be used; how they will be identified; how they will be credentialed and assigned; and how their work will be managed and evaluated must be developed as part of an organization’s emergency response plan. The resources in this Topic Collection include guidance and strategies, targeted legal information, and planning t...
Source: MCR News - August 31, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Hurricane Harvey Resources from HHS
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has resources to help affected communities respond and recover. The kinds of information you will find include safe use of drugs after a natural disaster, food and water safety, staying safe after the storm, reentering and cleaning your home, medical facilities and shelters, and resources for helping children and adults cope with anxiety, worry, and anger.
ASPR was created under the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act in the wake of Katrina to lead the nation in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of public ...
Source: MCR News - August 30, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Hurricane Harvey Pharmacy Resources
The National Community Pharmacists Association has pulled together pharmacy resources to help patients, caregivers, and providers in areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey. /da (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - August 30, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
AHRQ Provides Resources To Aid Hurricane Recovery Efforts
In support of federal efforts to assist victims of Hurricane Harvey, AHRQ has reissued a pair of resources to help public health officials and clinicians ensure that patients receive medical services under challenging circumstances. The Surge Toolkit and Facility Checklist provides practical tools for opening shuttered hospitals when an emergency is underway and additional facilities are needed for treating patients. In addition, AHRQ has reissued Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide, a resource to help officials confirm when it’s necessary to evacuate a medical facility regardless of its usefulness in providing patient ca...
Source: MCR News - August 30, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Health Sciences Source Type: news
MedPrint: NLM ’ s Initiative to Preserve Print
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) are continuing their partnership in the quest to preserve print copies of biomedical journal titles through the medical serials print retention program (MedPrint.) Realizing that we may not always have access to digitized articles, the NLM and many medical libraries have partnered to preserve print copies of a group of core biomedical journal titles.
The program is cooperative and voluntary and those libraries choosing to participate do not receive funding from the NLM for storage or maintenance. The NLM has seven guide...
Source: MCR News - August 28, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Health Information for Hurricanes and Floods
From the DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB discussion group list:
Hurricane Harvey is expected to be Category 3 when it hits land off the Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain and flooding to the Texas and Louisiana coast. To help you prepare and respond with authoritative health information, below are links to our information guides for Hurricanes and Floods. You can embed the content from both of these pages on your own website, by accessing the Health and Human Services (HHS) Content Syndication Storefront. When we update any of these pages, your pages will be automatically updated as well.
Hurricanes
Information Guide
Embed Synd...
Source: MCR News - August 24, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences Public Libraries Source Type: news
Free overdose support tool
OpiRescue is a free overdose support tool provided by OpiSafe. The recommended steps for responding to an overdose provided in this application have been developed by SAMHSA and are publicly available in the SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Toolkit.
Available for desktop use and for iPhone and Adriod. .da
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Source: MCR News - August 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Source Type: news
Limited time: Free access to public health education journals
The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) has opened up access to the following peer-reviewed journals through August 31, 2017:
Health Education & Behavior
Health Promotion Practice
Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning /ch (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - August 8, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
NNLM Membership Certificates: Will Be Mailed to Renewing Members
The NNLM membership certificates for renewing members have arrived in the RML office in Salt Lake City. Those will be mailed to renewing members in the near future. We will alert members when they have been mailed. The certificates will be mailed only to those who renewed their NNLM memberships.
If your institution did not yet renew, there is still time. You will just need to take less than 10 minutes to fill out a form online. Please click HERE to start that process. After you do that, we will send a membership certificate in the mail along with current information about our services.
Not sure if you renewed ...
Source: MCR News - August 7, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Blog Health Sciences K-12 Public Libraries Source Type: news
Congratulations to Recipients of Technology Funding
Congratulations to Network members, Mabee Learning Commons of the MidAmerica Nazarene University and Eccles Health Sciences Library of the University of Utah! Each of these libraries is a recipient of one of the NNLM MCR Technology Improvement Awards.
Bruce Flanders, Coordinator of the Mabee Learning Commons and Director of the Mabee Library, is leading an collaboration to “empower students to make more informed and healthy lifestyle choices and have a stronger sense of identity within the university community.” They are using students as well as instructors to develop content for a flat screen display.
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Source: MCR News - August 4, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Funding Source Type: news
