Region 5 Blog

May 16th was the 13th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), where people in organizations all over the world hosted workshops, talks, and other activities to raise awareness and promote accessibility. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in the University of Washington’s GAAD 2024 event, put on by the UW IT Accessibility... Read More »

On April 30, 2024, the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 5 wrapped up the third year of our 5-year program. Over the last year, Region 5 staff nurtured relationships built in the pervious two years, leading to innovative collaborations with member organizations; a successful awards & funding program; and continued programs and... Read More »

The following message is being shared on behalf of the NNLM Reading Club.  We are seeking members for our newly formed NNLM Reading Club Advisory Group. Are you familiar with the NNLM Reading Club? Have you used our resources for your own book discussion or shared our resources with others? If so, then you are... Read More »

Hello!  My name is Kathryn Vela, and I am honored to serve as the Executive Director of the Regional Medical Library (RML) at the University of Washington. In this role, I am dedicated to supporting the NNLM network members in Region 5, which includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, U.S. Territories, and Freely Associated... Read More »

We’re excited to share this wonderful guest post contributed by Dawn Hackman, Adriana Poo, and Estella Inda, librarians at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San José State University. Their library participated in our Region 5 program where we offered organizational members the opportunity to host the film “Laboring with Hope” to raise awareness about... Read More »

Mental health is important at every stage of life and having a mental health condition can affect physical health. You, your library, and your organization can help by providing access to resources and information, and by raising awareness to help support family members, friends, and colleagues. Below are just a few resources to consider: SAMHSA... Read More »

The Medical Library Association’s annual conference is being held in Portland, OR this year. Many of you are presenting or attending the conference since it is a little closer to home. Region 5 coordinators, Carolann and Carolyn,  are attending and hoping to view as many of your posters and attend your sessions in the short time... Read More »

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Kathryn Vela in her role as Region 5’s new Executive Director. She joined the Region 5 team on Monday, April 8th, and we are so pleased to have her on our team! Kathryn comes to NNLM Region 5 from St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, ID, where... Read More »

The Network of the National Library of Medicine webinar series, Social Determinants of Environmental Health, just ended. Did you miss any of the sessions or want to review them again or share them with your colleagues? The recordings are now available and you can still get the Medical Library Association (MLA) CE credits. Don’t forget... Read More »

Are you interested in the community impacts of climate change? Compelled by stories of resilience and adaptation in the face of massive environmental shifts? If so, consider joining us for our next NNLM Book Discussion beginning May 1, where you can participate either live or asynchronously. We will read At Home on an Unruly Planet:... Read More »

On March 28, the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) published a set of revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (Directive No. 15): Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, the first since 1997. This process started in June 2022, with the first convening of the Interagency Technical Working... Read More »

NNLM is providing excellent learning opportunities in conjunction with Black Maternal Health Week. We thank those work-group colleagues for sharing the following announcement with us, and hope you will spread the word with your communities. If you are interested in additional programming for your community, please consider working with us to offer a free screening... Read More »

The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), Region 5 includes over 800 member organizations. Nationally, over 9,000 organizations are members of the NNLM. NNLM staff maintain a members directory listing our members. The members directory includes information about a member organization’s location, website, and liaison. The liaison is the NNLM’s main point of... Read More »

We’re pleased to share an upcoming learning opportunity in NNLM’s Bridging the Digital Divide: Telehealth and Libraries webinar series. Register now to join us on Wednesday, April 3 at 12 PM PT for a free webinar about Implementation of Telehealth Services in Rural Public Libraries. The webinar will be recorded. A lack of access to... Read More »

This year’s theme, for National Nutrition Month® is “Beyond the Table” and it covers several important aspects of nutrition such as food production, navigating the farmer’s market and grocery store, how to decrease food waste and more. Since 1973, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has been a leader in providing nutrition information when it... Read More »

Are you ready for Spring Cleaning? With a bit of tidying up, you can keep DOCLINE running efficiently for your library. DOCLINE® is the National Library of Medicine’s interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing system. ​The purpose of the system is to provide efficient document delivery service. ​Tutorials and the manual are available online. DOCLINE finds potential lenders for ILL requests via a routing algorithm that matches requests based... Read More »