Recruiting Librarians to participate in a Focus Group

**Please excuse cross-posting** The challenge continues to illustrate the value of medical and special libraries to patrons, leadership, and stakeholders. Currently testimonials and one-time surveys are the most frequent methods used to illustrate the impact of libraries and librarians. My research proposal is to incorporate measures of library impact to current reference

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Survey Invitation: A Survey on Professional Association Membership Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention

Greetings!Tulane University, University of Michigan, and University of Washington are conducting a research survey of the information professional community to find out what motivates professional association membership. The insight you provide will help us to better recommend strategies to improve association membership diversity, recruitment, and retention.Filling out the survey won’t take long:

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Research Survey: Virtual Reference in Health Sciences Libraries in the Time of COVID-19

Dear colleagues,We invite all medical and health sciences librarians to participate in a research study including a survey about virtual reference. We are investigating how virtual reference services have changed during the time of COVID-19. How health sciences librarians are utilizing virtual reference services including chat/instant messaging, email, text messaging, and video

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Save the Date: NNLM Virtual Research Symposium. March 29-30, 2022

Hello All,Please save the date for the upcoming, free NNLM Virtual Research Symposium.Registration is open: https://nnlm.vfairs.com/ The NNLM Research Symposium will bring together new and experienced researchers and librarians from across the United States to explore the current state and future directions of medical and scientific research and advance the use of

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Institute for Research Design in Librarianship 2022

The William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University is issuing a call for applications for the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL Online) 2022. IRDL is a continuing education program for academic and research librarians and archivists designed to create a growing community of confident librarian-researchers. The year-long program begins

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MLA August Webinars: Reproducible Searches and Reusable Data

MLA August Webinars What’s Needed to Make a Literature Search Reproducible? An Introduction to PRISMA-S August 10, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m., central time Melissa Rethlefsen, AHIP, Jonathan Koffel If you are a health information professional who works on systematic reviews or other evidence syntheses, this webinar is for you. Melissa Rethlefsen and Jonathan

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MLA June Instructor-Led Courses: Data Visualization and Evidence-Based Practice

MLA’s instructor-led courses offer a small class experience (25 students maximum) with two live sessions and readings, assignments, and discussions outside of sessions. ________________________________ MLA June Instructor-Led Courses Charting a New Course: Practical Data Visualization for Librarians Chris Belter, Karen Gutzman, Annette Mendoza, Candace Norton June 17 & June 22, 2021, 1:00

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Apply for the Research Training Institute ‘21! Deadline extended to January 25, 2021

Apply for the Research Training Institute ‘21! Deadline extended to January 25, 2021 Find out more about the application process. Learn more about full scholarships available to most applicants. Submit an online application. Deadline extended to January 25, 2021 Are you a library professional who wants to take your research skills to the

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