Finding Health and Wellness @ Your Library: A Consumer Health Toolkit for Library Staff

Date, Location

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 11:00am to Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:00pm

Online

Cost: Free

To Register:

This webinar will last approximately one hour. There is no charge for this webinar. Pre-registration is not required. To view the description of the webinar, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/414/index.html

Event Website

Finding Health and Wellness @ Your Library: A consumer Health Toolkit for Library Staff

About the Event

To assist public library staff in building their capacity to provide reliable, quality health information, the California State Library, in partnership with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region, has developed a new, online professional development toolkit - Finding Health and Wellness @ Your Library: A Consumer Health Toolkit for Library Staff - with a primary focus on prevention and supporting healthy lifestyles. This webinar will introduce users to the Toolkit and provide an orientation to the many multi-dimensional resources it contains, including core competencies, training resources, collection guidelines, programming ideas and promotional materials. The Toolkit is envisioned as a "living" resource that will evolve over time based on what we learn from its practical applications in the field. Come learn about how this Toolkit can assist you in your own work and join us in helping to refine it. The webinar is free and will be useful for public and hospital librarians, library staff and anyone who provides health information to members of the public.

Presented by: Kelli Ham

Kelli Ham is the Consumer Health Coordinator for the National Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region (NN/LM PSR). Kelli helps libraries and community organizations provide quality health information services to the public. Kelli develops presentations and training materials with a focus on health literacy, new technologies for delivery of health information, and services to special populations. Kelli created the Health e-Shows series of webinars in 2008 for Infopeople, covering a variety of consumer health topics for public librarians.