NNLM Discovery: Recent Episodes
Network of the National Library of Medicine
This podcast series explores how the Network of the National Library of Medicine - part of the National Institutes of Health - is engaging with communities to provide access to trusted information for the purpose of improving the public’s health.
Accompanying videos can be found on the NLM YouTube Channel
You can learn more about the NLM health information resources mentioned in this series by visiting the National Library of Medicine at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/
The mission of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The Program is coordinated by the National Library of Medicine and carried out through a nationwide network of health science libraries and information centers. For more information visit https://www.nnlm.gov/
In this episode of NNLM Discovery, we follow the educational journey of someone who aspires to become a medical librarian, Kristi Torp, who has worked for multiple NNLM Regions and is currently part of the NLM Associate Fellowship program.
The NLM and NNLM offer many opportunities for aspiring librarians. If you or someone you know is thinking about librarianship, share this episode with them! And please remember to reach out to your NLM office to learn more about the resources they may have to help you.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region.
To learn more about Region 5 visit: https://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region5
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool! The text prompt for the episode's artwork was “silhouetted diverse medical librarians working on computers helping doctors.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
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Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Black Maternal Health Week is a reminder that so many families experience pain, neglect, and loss during what should be one of the most joyous times of their lives. It's an urgent call for action. Black women in America are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, regardless of their income or education.
Last year, President Biden made an urgent call to action, proclaiming April 11th through the 17th, a time to embrace and focus on black maternal health.
In today’s episode we have Veronica Milliner from the NNLM All of Us Program Center and April Wright from Region 1 to tell us more about the effort that NNLM has made in bringing together a task force specifically aimed at celebrating Black Maternal Health Week.
NNLM is hosting two online classes this week, which are mentioned in this episode:
April 11th: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/unveiling-power-community-partnerships-transforming-black-maternal-health-outreach
April 17th: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/life-after-2-losses-support-advocacy-and-health-literacy-healthy-pregnancy
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI image-to-image tool! The prompt for this episode was “an abstract painting celebrating Black Maternal Health.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
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Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
NLM has nearly two centuries of experience delivering information to those who need it, when they need it. Of course, our offerings have evolved and expanded since our inception, long before the term “open science” was coined. Last year, NIH was one of several federal agencies to join the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in their celebration of 2023 as the Year of Open Science. Observing the Year of Open Science allowed us an opportunity to reflect and strengthen this foundation.
In this special episode of NNLM Discovery, we chat with Lisa Federer, Acting Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives at NLM and Maryam Zaringhalam, Data Science and Open Science Officer in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at NLM.
We discuss how NLM’s long-standing commitment to provide access to research products and processes aligns with the U.S. Government’s definition of open science and the NNLM's role in fostering communication between the NLM and users of its products and services.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 7 consisting of: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI image-to-image tool! The prompt for this episode was “Open and free science available to all communities as an abstract painting.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
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Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Today’s episode features one of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award winners. It’s a unique project that features both artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and visual prostheses – retinal and brain implants referred to as “bionic eyes” – in hopes of one day providing better assistive technology for incurable blindness that affects about 40 million people worldwide.
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, we talk to Dr. Michael Beyeler, assistant professor of computer science and psychology and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara about how his Bionic Eye Lab is combining A.I. smarts with a visual prosthesis to improve the quality of life for people who are blind.
You can view a short video about the story here on the NLM YouTube Channel. Click here for an Audio Described version of the video (for the visually-impaired).
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 7 consisting of: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI image-to-image tool! The prompt for this episode was “Silhouette of an abstract painting of a blind person who can now see because of a smart bionic eye powered with artificial intelligence.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Since the onset of Covid we have all grown accustomed to virtual meetings and remote services. But what if you don’t have a cell phone or a computer at home? What if you are experiencing homelessness but need to attend a job interview? This episode is about bridging the economic and digital divide.
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 1 Outreach and Education Librarian, Faith Steele, tells us about an exciting project in Delaware where they are installing teleservices kiosks in libraries across the state. These kiosks provide a private space for anyone who needs access to a secure and reliable internet connection.
You can view a short video about the story here on the NLM YouTube Channel.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region One consisting of: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
To learn more about Region 1 visit: https://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region1
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI image-to-image tool! The prompt for this episode was “paint me an abstract picture of a white box kiosk that’s exploding with information with a silhouetted person using a laptop computer inside a library.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
What do Zombies and a Victorian-era museum featuring restraints as mental health tools have to do with public health education?
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 7’s associate director, Jessica Kilham, shares how NNLM is supporting “Outbreak,” a summer program at the Public Health Museum in Tewksbury, MA that teaches high school students about public health. The final project for the week is an outbreak simulation for a zombie apocalypse!
You can view a short video about the story here on the NLM YouTube Channel.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 7 consisting of: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. To learn more about Region 7 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region7.
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI image-to-image tool! The prompt for this episode was to change a photo of the Tewksbury hospital “into a colorful oil painting.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Indiana is known as the crossroads of America. In recent years Indiana has also become the crossroads of multiple deadly epidemics. In 2015 Austin, Indiana was the epicenter of the worst drug fueled HIV outbreak in the history of the United States. Out of a town of 4300 people.
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 6’s Community Engagement Coordinator, Darlene Kaskie, shares how NNLM is sponsoring a series of talks at public libraries with Dr. William Cooke, a physician and author in rural Austin Indiana. Dr. Cooke wrote a book called Canary in the Coal Mine about being the only doctor in a small town that was hit by twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV. His story examines the social determinants of health that contribute to poor healthcare and offers hope that communities can come together to make sure that every child born has access and resources and choices that they need to be healthy and prosperous.
NNLM donated hundreds of copies of Dr. Cooke's book to all the libraries that hosted the event. The libraries then distributed the books to community organizations such as faith-based groups, rehab centers, counseling services, and public health departments.
You can view a short video about the story here on the NLM YouTube Channel.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 6 consisting of: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. To learn more about Region 6 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region6.
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool! The text prompt for the episode's artwork was " a canary in a coal mine as an abstract painting.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Relationship violence is a tragic circumstance that is very difficult to discuss. Please be advised that this episode contains discussions of relationship violence and the depiction of traumatic events.
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 3’s Community Engagement Coordinator, Margie Sheppard, discusses a new program funded over the last year called Claire’s Community, which is trying to inform and educate the public about relationship violence. Margie interviews Shannon VanLandingham, Claire’s mother, Executive Director of Be More Like Claire.
Although this story is born of tragedy and discusses Claire’s murder, this story leads to a discussion about building healthy, respectful and nonviolent relationships. This is a positive story of hope and resilience.
For more information about Claire’s Community visit www.claires-community.org.
To listen to Region 3’s podcast series, “Health Bytes with Region 3,” which is mentioned in this episode, visit https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/healthbyteswithregion3.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region Four consisting of: Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
To learn more about Region 3 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region3
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool – until this episode. We felt the subject matter of this episode was so moving that it was best to simply present a photo of Claire.
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
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Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Imagine living in a tropical paradise, but you can’t afford fresh produce. Imagine importing 97% of your food and being cut off for weeks due to a hurricane. These are real-life food insecurity issues faced by many Americans in the Caribbean.
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, we return to the U.S. Virgin Islands where Region 2 Regional Advisory Board member, Chef Alex Askew, tells us how his “Mindful Eating for the Beloved Community” program examines inequities in our food system and how to address them. Rooted in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's global vision in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth, this NNLM-funded initiative is rebuilding our food system in a way that works for everyone, especially the most vulnerable.
You can view a short video about the story here on the NLM YouTube Channel.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 2 consisting of: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To learn more about Region 2 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region2.
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool! The text prompt for the episode's artwork was "residents of the USVI eating a mindful meal as an abstract painting.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
On this continuation episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 5’s recently retired Outreach & Engagement Coordinator Michele Spatz shares how three more libraries in Region 5 used Collection Equity Outreach Awards to enhance collection equity and support health literacy in their libraries by acquiring more materials by diverse voices.
In a previous episode, Michele shared stories from Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada. This episode highlights California, Oregon and Washington, where recipients purchased non-traditional resources for their collections. Do you know what a Zine is? Learn how Oregon Health and Sciences University augmented their collection with zines to better reflect those patrons the library serves. In California, PlaneTree Health Library produced YouTube videos to boost their online collection. And finally, we visit Washington state where the Walla Walla County Rural Library District developed a program that assembled bilingual resource kits about various health topics.
In total, 27 NNLM Region 5 member organizations received the Collection Equity Outreach Awards, and each member organization submitted a bibliography of purchased materials. Region 5 compiled these bibliographies into the Diverse Voices Toolkit, a freely accessible toolkit of collection development resources for all to use.
All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool! The text prompt for the episode's artwork was " a diverse group of people looking for books at a library as a dramatic oil painting.”
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
NNLM Discovery will release new episodes every other week starting this October. This fall and winter our regions will share stories that feature unique research grants that help communicate health information in new ways for the purpose of improving the public’s health.
Do you have a project that needs funding? You should contact us! NNLM offers many funding opportunities for projects that improve access to health information. To search grants that are available now, visit: nnlm.gov/funding
We invite each of you to complete this survey about the podcast series, whether you are a frequent listener or are new to the podcast series. The anonymous survey is open through Friday, March 15.
Survey link: https://redcap.link/nnlm_discovery_nlmnnlm
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, for new episodes of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
There have been numerous groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancements over the last year. Generative AI, which has exploded in popularity since last November with the release of ChatGPT, introduces major opportunities to boost productivity and advance NLM's capabilities. These tools also present some limitations that all users must be aware of.
Episode 8, “The Future of AI in Medicine” was recorded last summer before Generative AI exploded onto the public consciousness. So we felt compelled to follow up with a bonus episode guest produced by Dianne Babski, Associate Director for Library Operations at the National Library of Medicine.
In this bonus episode, Dianne interviews NLM scientists Dr. Sameer Antani and Dr.Zhiyong Lu to explain how generative AI is transforming the scientific landscape. They discuss ChatGPT, large Language models (LLMs), AI hallucinations, and more.
As mentioned in this episode, all of the artwork for NNLM Discovery has been created using a generative AI text-to-image tool. We have added the text prompts for each image to the shows’ descriptions. Here is a summary of the entire season’s imagery:
NNLM Discovery show art: “A woman makes a fascinating discovery”
Episode 1 - Virtual Health: “Telemedicine at the library in Texas impressionism”
Episode 2 - Healthy Garden, Healthy You: “a Van Gogh style painting of garden boxes”
Episode 3 - Moby Bookmobile: “Landscape painting of plains with Native American books in Wyoming”
Episode 4 - Collection Equity: “oil painting of the diversity inside a library”
Episode 5 - Amateur Radio Club: “Ham radio operators on the islands in the style of starry night”
Episode 6 - Medical Librarians: “Medical librarians working hard in style of Gustav Klimt”
Episode 7 – Period Poverty: “A woman silhouette standing in front of a red ocean in the style of Van Gogh”
Episode 8 - Future of AI in Medicine: “an expressive oil painting of a robot and doctor working together looking at an x-ray”
Episode 9 - Speaking of Science - Lauren Porter: "Researchers talking about science in the style of Picasso"
Episode 10 – AI in the Scientific Landscape: “In the style of Georgia O'Keefe, paint me a landscape that shows a future with library users embracing AI technology”
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, every week through March 29th for a new episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
What do proteins and Transformers have in common? Yes we’re talking about the Optimus Prime and his fellow autonomous robotic life forms originating from the artificial planetoid Cybertron…
In this special episode of NNLM Discovery, we have partnered with the NIH Speaking of Science podcast to bring you the story of a special NLM researcher, Dr. Lauren Porter, a Stadtman investigator jointly appointed at the National Library of Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, who is helping redefine the way we understand how proteins behave.
She is looking at a new class of proteins that can change their structure and function much like the famous Transformer robots that morph into different machines. Understanding how these proteins switch their shape could help scientists understand the molecular basis of certain diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Click here to watch a video about Dr. Lauren Porter’s work on the NLM YouTube Channel.
Click here to listen to the complete episode from the NIH Speaking of Science podcast about Dr. Lauren Porter.
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, every week through March 29th for a new episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Artificial intelligence is transforming our everyday lives. It also has the potential to transform medicine.
On this special episode of the NNLM Discovery Podcast, we spotlight some of the groundbreaking research being done at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Guest producer Griff Partington interviews Dr. Sameer Antani, a Principal Investigator at the NLM doing research in medical imaging, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Antani explains the differences between Machine Learning and AI and discusses how Computer Vision can be applied to screen for diseases such as cervical cancer, sickle cell disease and tuberculosis. You can learn more about Dr. Antani’s work here: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/researchstaff/AntaniSameer.html
At NNLM discovery we’ve jumped on the AI bandwagon too. All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI tool!
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, every week through March 29th for a new episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Why do we expect to find toilet paper and paper towels in a public restroom, but feminine hygiene products are considered optional? On this episode of the NNLM Discovery Podcast, Region 6 Communications & Finance Coordinator Miles Dietz-Castel shares the story of Richland County Public Health director Dr. Julie Chaya’s initiative to combat period poverty in her community of Mansfield Ohio.
Period Poverty is the struggle many low-income women and girls face while trying to afford menstrual products, which contributes to increased economic vulnerability due to absenteeism and health concerns. With a lack of access to menstrual health supplies, 1 in 4 young women miss class and/or work monthly. Menstrual products are not covered by food stamps or WIC (The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children).
With support from the NNLM, Dr. Chaya partnered with menstrual products innovator Aunt Flow to pilot the Richland County Free Flow program, a menstrual health equity program that provides free menstrual health supplies, menstrual health education, and maintains an interactive map detailing locations in Richland County that provide menstrual health resources and information. The program aims to address period poverty, and increase awareness of menstrual health inequity of menstruators in Richland County. The program is now expanding state-wide.
You can view a short video about the story here on the NLM YouTube Channel.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 6 consisting of: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. To learn more about Region 6 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region6.
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, every week through March 29th for a new episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
Very few people know what a medical librarian is or does. You don’t find medical librarians portrayed on Chicago Hope, or House, or ER. Hollywood is missing out on some great storylines! On this episode of the NNLM Discovery Podcast, Region 7 Education and Outreach Coordinator, Margot Malachowski interviews four medical librarians from her region.
Their stories remind us that even in a world of instantly accessible information these information navigators serve an important role that allows clinicians to focus their time on caring for patients rather than refining searches of medical literature.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 7 consisting of: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, To learn more about Region 7 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region7.
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, every week through March 29th for a new episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
When hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the Caribbean one week apart in 2017, they left hundreds of thousands of people cut off from sources of aid when all modern means of communication were destroyed. Many residents resolved to never be left in the dark again.
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 2 user experience and education strategist, Debra Trogdon-Livingston, tells us how amateur radio – commonly known as “ham radio” – is used to provide a vital link to emergency aid and health information in the Caribbean. She shares the story of NNLM grantee Ronda Herbert, RN, who received a grant to provide funding to host CPR and AED training for members of the Amateur Radio Club on St. Thomas in the USVI, and to purchase repeaters to enhance the amateur radio signal throughout the island.
You can view a short video about the story here on the NLM YouTube Channel.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 2 consisting of: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To learn more about Region 2 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region2.
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, every week through March 29th for a new episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 5 Outreach & Engagement Coordinator Michele Spatz shares how three libraries in Region 5 used Collection Equity Outreach Awards to enhance collection equity and support health literacy in their libraries by acquiring more materials by diverse voices.
We start in Alaska at the Juneau Public Library who partnered with Shéiyi X̱aat Hít (Spruce Root House, a brand-new emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth) to provide both fiction and nonfiction materials that cover a broad range of health topics and highlight underrepresented groups including Alaska Natives, who are disproportionately likely to need shelter services. Afterward we’ll hear from librarians in Hawaii where the Wailuku Public Library used the award to create book discussion kits for children and families on timely subjects including racial equity, identity & belonging, joy & self-love, immigration & refugees, social justice & activism, and social emotional learning. And finally, we’ll hear from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Medicine Library which improved its Health Humanities Collection with more depth in two key areas: women physicians with a focus on diverse voices, and LGBTQ+ experiences.
In total, 27 NNLM Region 5 member organizations received the Collection Equity Outreach Awards, and each member organization submitted a bibliography of purchased materials. Region 5 compiled these bibliographies into the Diverse Voices Toolkit, a freely accessible toolkit of collection development resources for all to use.
Join Outreach Services Librarian, Yamila El-Khayat, every week through March 29th for a new episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or listen on our website www.nnlm.gov/podcast. Please be sure to like, rate, and review the show!
When you live in a community where Internet access is not a given, you sometimes approach health literacy a little differently. On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast Fort Washakie School Community Librarian Robin Levin literally takes health information on the road in the form of a bookmobile that travels the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming delivering culturally relevant books that address mental health and native identity among other topics. This is a project that started when the Covid pandemic shut down Wyoming's Fort Washakie School and its Community Library and continues to grow.
You can view a short video about this story here on the NLM YouTube channel.
The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region Four consisting of: Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
To learn more about Region 4 visit: www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region4
When is a vegetable more than just a vegetable? When the act of growing one helps combat stress and is a commitment to environmental health and justice. In this episode we learn about a project from Dr. Rachel Goldstein at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health that helps address two of the most significant public health challenges facing our nation: mental health challenges and food insecurity.
To view the Healthy Garden, Healthy You toolkit visit: https://extension.umd.edu/resource/healthy-garden-healthy-you-toolkit
To learn more about Region 1 visit: https://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region1
When COVID-19 struck, one rural library in Texas made a bold move to help their community. They reached out to NNLM about funding opportunities for a virtual health room in Pottsboro, Texas. This had NEVER been done before, having an established room in a library for just tele-health appointments.
You can view a short video about this story here on the NLM YouTube channel.
To learn more about Region 3 visit: www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region3
Launching in February 2022, this podcast series explores how the Network of the National Library of Medicine - part of the National Institutes of Health - is engaging with communities to provide access to trusted information for the purpose of improving the public's health. In our first season of NNLM Discovery, join outreach librarian librarian Yamila El-Khayat as she travels the country exploring the engagement efforts of the Network of the National Library of Medicine.