A Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health
(Formerly Beyond an Apple a Day)
Content focused on serving the needs of public libraries/library staff, and information about the NNLM public libraries initiative.
Building Successful Collaborations with Communities
This course integrates the theory of community engagement with its application to libraries. The course is designed using the Preparation, Action, Reflection model. We will share step-by-step methods and best practices for engaging with communities to co-design and co-develop library offerings.
Community Engagement Resource Guide
Consumer Health Collection Management On-demand
This 4 credit-hour, on-demand class reviews collection management principles and resources for health-related collections in public libraries.
Drug and Chemical Information On-Demand
Learn how to use NLM resources to find drug and chemical information through a suite of on-demand classes. Complete all 3 classes for an in-depth introduction to NLM drug and chemical information resources, or complete the class that meets your needs for a specific population or commonly received questions.
Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection
How are health communication and health literacy connected? How can you be more effective in providing health information to consumers, patients, clients, library patrons and your community? This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication, outlines components of clear health communication, and identifies online resources from NLM, government agencies and other recognized resources for health literacy and health communication.
Environmental Health and Justice
Foundations of Citizen Science + Libraries as Community Hubs for Citizen Science
What is citizen science? How can I get involved? This 2 hour, on-demand, online class from NNLM and SciStarter.org introduces citizen science for librarians, staff, and community-based organization leaders and includes clear, specific instructions and case studies on how a small, midsize, or large library or organization can bring citizen science activities and programs to their community. This tutorial is available in English and Spanish through scistarter.org.
Health Misinformation Resources
Health Misinformation Webinar Series
Health misinformation is a widespread problem, with false or misleading information about both long standing health concerns like cancer and emergent situations like the COVID-19 pandemic spreading at a rapid pace. Sometimes questionable health information is obvious, but it can also be difficult to recognize and can potentially reach millions of people.