NNLM SEA Digest News – October 5, 2018

For National Medical Librarians Month and National Health Literacy Month, NNLM SEA will feature our network members. Here are the stories shared this week: NMLM Feature: IRB Service Helps Researchers and Patients (Everly Brown) NMLM Feature: A Day in the Life of Two Community Engagement & Health Literacy Librarians: Meet Terri Ottosen and Jane

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MLA Webinar, October 11: Create amazing in-person library events in a digital era!

From Idea to Reality: How to Successfully Plan and Promote Library Events http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1817/from-idea-to-reality-how-to-successfully-plan-and-promote-library-events-webinar Thursday, October 11, 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m., central time How do you get patrons to attend library events when your library is mostly digital and your users ignore emails, flyers, and social media? The webinar presenters built their library’s public

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Information Scientist, Pfizer, Pearl River, NY

Provides information management services specializing in biomedical published information supporting R&D including support of regulatory and safety compliance within Worldwide R&D (WRD) (e.g., pharmacovigilance). Role will include using search skills and tools to gather information from the published literature and other relevant sources to provide value-added answers to customers. Provides standardized information service

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Apply Now for MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant

The Medical Library Association (MLA) is now accepting applications for the MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant. The purpose of this grant is to provide support for research, development, or demonstration projects that will help to promote excellence in the field of health sciences librarianship and information sciences. Grants range from

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MLA Section Project of the Year Award – submit nominations before Nov. 1, 2018

Has your MLA Section done something new or unique this past year? Please tell us about it! Nominate your MLA Section for MLA’s Section Project of the Year. Here’s how:  Complete this nomination form https://www.mlanet.org/e/sx/tk/eid=25 by November 1, 2018. (A letter of support from the Section Chair approving the nomination is required.)

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New York Academy of Medicine Job Listing: Digitization Consultant, Part-Time, Temporary

Job Title:  Digitization Consultant Position Summary/Overview: The New York Academy of Medicine Library is currently looking for a consultant to work on our mass digitization project, Public Health in America, 1911-1968. Collections in the project include the Committee on Public Health of the New York Academy of Medicine: Correspondence, Reports, and Documents,

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Nominations extended: Up and Comers

Do you know a rising star in the library and information world? Would you like to see them recognized for their promising achievements? Look no further! ATG Media is thrilled to announce the second annual round of nominations for Up and Comers. Who exactly is an “Up and Comer”, you ask? They

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Lindberg Research Fellowship Applications due November 15, 2018

The Medical Library Association (MLA) is now accepting applications for The Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship https://www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/lindberg.html. The purpose of this fellowship is to fund research aimed at expanding the research knowledgebase, linking the information services provided by librarians to improved health care and advances in biomedical research. The endowment will provide

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