[NNLM-Region5] NNLM Region 5 Weekly Digest - April 19, 2022

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Region 5 Weekly Digest - April 19, 2022
Your weekly roundup of news and announcements from the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 5.
Region 5 includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States in the Pacific

Professional Development

NNLM Classes
Visit the NNLM website for a complete listing of scheduled NNLM educational opportunities<https://nnlm.gov/training/schedule>.
Missed a class? Many are recorded<https://nnlm.gov/training/recordings>.
Registration requires creating a free individual user account, learn how<https://news.nnlm.gov/region_5/consumer-health-minute-creating-an-nnlm-user-account/>.
Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library<https://nnlm.gov/training/class/beyond-apple-day-providing-consumer-health-information-your-library-2>, register for this asynchronous Moodle class scheduled for May 8 - June 6
Wellness in the Library Workplace<https://nnlm.gov/training/class/wellness-library-workplace-2>, register for this asynchronous Moodle class scheduled for May 8 - May 22
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Navajo Nation and a story of Diné resilience<https://nnlm.gov/training/class/impacts-covid-19-pandemic-navajo-nation-and-story-dine-resilience>, register for this webinar scheduled for May 11 at 4:00 a.m. SST, 5:00 a.m. HST, 7:00 a.m. AKDT, 8:00 a.m. PDT, May 12 at 1:00 a.m. ChST
Introduction to the NNLM Evaluation Center<https://nnlm.gov/training/class/introduction-nnlm-evaluation-center>, register for this webinar scheduled for May 16 at 6:00 a.m. SST, 7:00 a.m. HST, 9:00 a.m. AKDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT, May 17 at 3:00 a.m. ChST
Additional learning opportunities
There's a Month for That: Exploring Federal Government Resources for Diverse Monthly Celebrations<https://www.fdlp.gov/event/theres-month-exploring-federal-government-resources-diverse-monthly-celebrations>, register for this FDLP webinar scheduled for April 20 at 7:00 a.m. SST, 8:00 a.m. HST, 10:00 a.m. AKDT, 11:00 a.m. PDT, April 21 at 4:00 a.m. ChST
COVID Success Stories: COVID Challenges and Cutting Edge Innovation<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEucO-vrTouGd0ULHStbfagVSr4BK-zjob1>, register for this National Council of Urban Indian Health webinar scheduled for April 27 at 6:00 a.m. SST, 7:00 a.m. HST, 9:00 a.m. AKDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT, April 28 at 3:00 a.m. ChST
CLAS in Maternal Healthcare<https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/education/maternal-health-care>, the Office of Minority Health has a free and accredited e-learning program for maternal healthcare providers. The program is designed to develop providers' skills related to culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) as a strategy to increase the quality of care for women of all backgrounds.


News from the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM)
Author Talk! Genomics: A Revolution in Health and Disease Discovery<https://news.nnlm.gov/region_5/author-talk-genomics-a-revolution-in-health-and-disease-discovery/>

NNLM Day at MLA '22<https://news.nnlm.gov/region_5/nnlm-day-at-mla-22/>
You are invited to attend the NNLM Day at MLA on April 28, 2022 whether you plan to attend the annual Medical Library Association (MLA) conference or not. This event includes a national NNLM update. Each of the 7 Regional Medical Libraries (RML) will present their own updates simultaneously. In addition, some of the NNLM Offices and Centers will also provide their own separate sessions. The online event is free and available to all. Visit the NNLM Day at MLA webpage<https://nnlm.gov/training/class-catalog/nnlm-day-mla-2022-free-and-open-all> to view all the events and to register.
Region 5: NNLM Day at MLA 2022<https://nnlm.gov/civicrm-event/573>, join staff of the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 5 for NNLM Day at MLA! We will highlight Year 1 projects and accomplishments and upcoming goals for Year 2. We hope to see our members from across Alaska, California, Hawai'i, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and the U.S. Associated Territories and Freely Associated States.  April 28 at 6:00 a.m. SST, 7:00 a.m. HST, 9:00 a.m. AKDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT, April 29 at 3:00 a.m. ChST

News from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
"Translating Research into Health Information You Can Trust"<https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2022/04/13/translating-research-into-health-information-you-can-trust/>, from the NLM Director's blog
NLM Collaboration Improves Standards for Reporting Clinical Genomics Variants<https://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/NLM_Collaboration_Improves_Standards_for_Reporting_Clinical_Genomics_Variants.html>
NLM Reassigns Status of 242 SARS-CoV-2 Sequences in the Sequence Read Archive<https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma22/ma22_nlm_sra.html>
NLM Continues to Take Action to Support COVID-19 Sequence Data Information Needs<https://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/NLM_Continues_Action_Support_COVID19_Sequence_Data_Needs.html>

>From the NLM History of Medicine blog, "The Doctors: A Satire in Four Seizures, 1922"<https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/04/14/the-doctors-a-satire-in-four-seizures-1922/>

For teens, Eye on the Future Video Contest, deadline to submit is May 1<https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/outreach-campaigns-and-resources/eye-future-video-contest>
Research key to addressing dismal U.S. maternal mortality rates<https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2022/research-key-addressing-dismal-us-maternal-mortality-rates>
National Institute on Aging's Healthy Aging Start-Up Challenge and Bootcamp<https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/osbr/startup-challenge> to Foster Diversity and Accelerate Innovation, deadline to apply is May 23, pre-application webinar is April 20 at 10:00 a.m. PDT
Accelerating Research to Prevent Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (MMM)<https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/maternal-mortality/accelerating-research>

Resource Spotlight
World Immunization Week, April 24-30
The ultimate goal of World Immunization Week<https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-immunization-week/world-immunization-week-2022> is for more people-and their communities-to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases<https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/vaccines-diseases.html>. The CDC has developed recommended immunization schedules<https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/index.html> for children and adolescents, adults ages 19 years or older, and healthcare providers and guidance on vaccines before and during pregnancy and COVID-19 immunization for everyone age five years or older. In 2020, CDC launched the Partnering for Vaccine Equity program<https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/health-equity/index.html>. This program funds and supports national, state, local, and community-level partners who prioritize equity in vaccination access and uptake for those groups that experience disparities in immunization-including racial and ethnic minority groups.
Celebrate DNA Day
Here are two ways to celebrate National DNA Day.

  *   Start with the reason why we celebrate DNA Day on April 25 of every year, by watching short videos<https://www.unlockinglifescode.org/media-gallery/history-channel-videos> from the History Channel about the Human Genome Project.
  *   On Monday, April 25 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will be leading DNA Day celebrations by hosting the virtual Louise M. Slaughter National Day Lecture<https://www.genome.gov/dna-day/celebrate>. This year's featured speaker is Dr. Carter Clinton who will be speaking about his research which looks to the past to improve our understanding of health disparities in African Americans today, with an emphasis on the importance of diversity in genomic databases in the presentation "Harnessing the Past to Better Understand Health Disparities in Living African Americans and the Urgency for Diversity in Genomic Databases."
Libraries and Veterans National Forum Toolkit
The resources in this toolkit<https://veterans.libguides.com/home> are created by experts in veteran services to assist you to develop programs for veterans at your own library. It contains lesson plans, program outlines, collection development policies, best practice documents, and more to help ease the way for those just getting started in this work - and to make it easier for those already engaged to find new ideas and new strategies to increase the success of their programs.
April is National Donate Life Month
"Bee a donor!" Join us as we celebrate and honor the generosity of organ, eye, and tissue donors, donor families, as well as the lives saved through donation. Learn more and sign up as an organ donor. Visit the English website<https://www.organdonor.gov/> or the Spanish website<https://donaciondeorganos.gov/>

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