NNLM Reading Club Focuses on Inherited Diseases

We inherit many things from the people who went before us – our physical characteristics, aspects of our personality and, sometimes, our health. December’s NNLM Reading Club selections discuss inherited diseases, focusing specifically on cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell disease, and cancer caused by the BRCA mutation.

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Pacific Northwest Region

The University of Washington Health Sciences Library serves as the regional Network Office for network member organizations throughout the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NNLM PNR) including the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington

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Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research

This three-week online class, beginning Jan. 11, 2021, is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals. This class will provide an introduction to the professions of nursing and allied health, and NLM databases used by health professionals.

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Become a member and join the network of libraries, community organizations, educational and research institutions who work to provide and contribute quality health information and research. Membership is free to your organization and benefits include access to a network of colleagues, specialized training, and funding opportunities, and so much more!

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Pacific Northwest Region

NIH News in Health

December 2020

Check out the latest issue of NIH News in Health which addresses abuse in relationships, blephartis, bone, joint, muscle, & skin health for kids, and other topics.

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Source: NIH News in Health, a monthly newsletter from the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

To the PNR Community

In light of ongoing protests that reflect decades of frustration and a pent-up anger against the multiple, structural injustices against Black people, including in the criminal justice system, housing, educational system, and health disparities, the staff at NNLM PNR stand with the Black community.

We commit ourselves to advancing health equity through outreach as well as through our own continuous practice of cultural humility.

Join us for PNR Rendezvous!

February 17 at 1:00 p.m. PT

PNR Rendezvous is a webinar series presented by the Network of the National Library of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region.

The next PNR Rendezvous session is:
Serving Library Users with Mental Illness: A Crash Course on Controlling Clashes
February 17 at 1:00 p.m. PT
Registration is encouraged

Presenter: Mandy Easter, Law Librarian and Consultant, Iowa State Library

RECORDINGS
The recording of the December session, "Better on the Outside After Being Inside" has been added to the playlist of past sessions.

The National Library of Medicine is Expanding Access to Coronavirus Literature through PubMed Central®

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health is working on multiple fronts to aid in the COVID-19 response through new initiatives with the global publishing community and artificial intelligence researchers. NLM is expanding access to scientific papers on coronavirus for researchers, care providers, and the public, and for text-mining research. This work makes use of NLM’s PubMed Central® (PMC), a digital archive of peer-reviewed biomedical and life sciences literature. PMC currently provides access to nearly 6 million full-text journal articles.