Northwestern University’s Galter Health Sciences Library will be hosting the “Places & Spaces: Mapping Science” exhibit from May 14 to September 23, 2015. The exhibit focuses on the role that visual maps can play in increasing one’s understanding of not just physical locations, but also complex topics that are related to modern scientific thought. To…
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Regional Head Librarian, UIC Library of the Health Sciences (Peoria)
From the RAILS website: The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) seeks a dynamic librarian to lead the Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, which supports UIC programs in medicine and nursing, 18 residencies and fellowships, research centers, and the JUMP Simulation & Education Center at the Peoria Health Sciences Campus. The Library of the Health…
American Public Health Association Webinars
The American Public Health Association is sponsoring a number of upcoming webinars that are related to raising public awareness of health-related issues, among them changing trends in environmental health and the ongoing impact of the Affordable Care Act. The list of webinars and dates is below. (Note that all times are Eastern.) All of the…
Resources for Promoting Health Literacy
For anyone who is not familiar with it, the health.gov website has a useful page on health literacy. The page discusses the Health Literate Care Model, a strategy for making health literacy an organization-wide priority that is part of all elements of operations and planning. Following the guidelines in the Care Model, the page recommends…
Advocacy Advice from Conference Intern
Nicole Helregel, one of the library-school student interns at last year’s HSLI conference, was featured in an article from the latest edition of AL Direct. (The March 31 issue is available here.) Nicole, who contributes regularly to “Hack Library School”, a blog for MLS students, recently wrote a piece on strategies for reaching out to lawmakers regarding…
“Hospital Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities” Webinar
The recording for this webinar is now available. During the question-and-answer session, the issue of increasing a medical or hospital library’s visibility among physicians, beyond having library staff serve on institutional committees, was raised. Attendees suggested the following approaches. -Ask physicians what their specific research needs are; particularly if an evidence-based approach is necessary, an “evidence-based toolkit”…
NN/LM (MAR) Symposium on the Affordable Care Act
For anyone who might be interested, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region, will be holding a symposium on the role that libraries of all types (medical and hospital, public, and academic) can play in promoting awareness of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The full-day event, titled “The Affordable Care…
Impact of Proposed Cuts to Illinois Medicaid
The Governor’s proposed budget, which is intended to overcome a projected $6 billion budget deficit for FY 2016 (on top of a $1.6 billion deficit for the current fiscal year), includes $1.5 billion in cuts to Medicaid, making the program one of the main targets of the Governor’s cost-cutting efforts. The program currently covers more…
Update to Legislative Alert for Illinois HB2689 (Mandatory Filters)
Two weeks ago, House Bill 2689–the Internet Screening in Public Libraries Act–was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly. The Act would require that all public libraries in the state put into place a “technology protection measure”, such as a filter, that would prevent library users from viewing material that could be construed as obscene or…
Legislative Alert–Illinois House Bill 2689 (Mandatory Filters)
House Bill 2689, the Internet Screening in Public Libraries Act, was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly on February 19. (So far, no action has been taken on the legislation since it was referred to the Rules Committee that same day.) The sponsor is Representative Peter Breen (Republican–48th District, Lombard), who just started his first…