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NCompass Live: Health Education Resources with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Join us for the next FREE NCompass Live webinar, ‘Health Education Resources with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine’, on Wednesday, March 27, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine‘s mission is to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health through access to health information. NNLM Outreach and Technology Coordinator, Alicia Lillich, will present resources on general health, drug information, and environmental health to increase awareness and support outreach in your library.

Presenter: Alicia Lillich, Kansas Outreach and Technology Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), MidContinental Region (MCR), A.R. Dykes Library, University of Kansas Medical Center.

Upcoming NCompass Live events:

  • April 3 – Nonprofit Basics for Libraries
  • April 10 – What is OER? Outstanding, Extraordinary Raw materials?
  • April 17 – An Inside Look at the National Rural Transit Assistance Program Resource Library
  • April 24 – Connect to Meetings, and more…Experts, Virtual Field Trips with Zoom
  • May 8 – Small Libraries Can Run Code Clubs for Kids
  • May 15 – A Conversation with Nebraska’s New State Poet, Matt Mason
  • May 22 – Picture Book City: Reorganizing Our Storybooks by Subject
  • May 29 – Let’s Get Real About Virtual Reality

For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the NCompass Live webpage.

NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.

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Looking for free refugee health information in multiple languages?

Healthy Roads Media logoHealthy Roads Media has reformatted a DVD, (Safe , Smart, and Healthy) from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services into short videos, now viewable on their website.   There are 28 segments, produced in 33 languages, with two new personal hygiene topics in 16 languages.  All are available as streaming web videos.
Check them out at the Healthy Roads Media Refugee Health Orientation page.

Marty Magee
mmagee@unmc.edu

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