(via Lauren Wittek, Network of the National Library of Medicine’s Region 4)
Region 4 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine invites you to join us for our free webinar next month.
- Topic: “SolarSPELL Health: Information Access for Healthcare Workers and Communities Around the World”
- Date & Time: Tuesday, January 20, 2:00-3:00 PM CDT
- Guest Speakers: Dr. Laura Hosman and Dr. Heather Ross, Arizona State University
- Description: The SolarSPELL digital library was designed to meet information needs and build information literacy skills in communities globally that may be considered “information deserts.” The Solar Powered Educational Learning Library (SolarSPELL) is an ultra-portable, rugged, open-access digital library that is localized with and for those who use it around the world. It emits an offline WiFi hotspot that any WiFi capable device can connect to, and freely surf the tens-of-thousands of resources, no internet, data, login, or subscription required. Alongside SolarSPELL’s education and agriculture collections, the SolarSPELL Health library resources are designed to build digital and information literacy using a project-based approach that includes train-the-trainer training and impact evaluation. Since a library is never finished, SolarSPELL is always working to update and improve the resources on all of its collections, including regular evaluation of every resource in the health library to ensure that content is up to date with the most recent and locally-relevant evidence for healthcare workers and communities.
This class is worth 1.00 hour of MLA CE credit.
Registration is required. Please note: You must be a NNLM member to register (it’s free!). Can’t join us live? Register anyway to receive the recording after the event. Please reach out to region4@nnlm.gov with any questions you may have.