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All Unscheduled courses are approved for MLA CE credit.

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Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Element Repository – On Demand*

This interactive, on-demand, online course is intended to introduce researchers and librarians to common data elements (CDEs) and how to use the NIH Common Data Element Repository.
Information Services Information Management Free NNLM/NLM
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Strategic Course Design for Librarians: Unpacking the Power of ADDIE*

In this webinar, librarians learn to define instructional design and appreciate its significance, discovering how to leverage an instructional design framework. They then apply the ADDIE framework by crafting a course outline and delving into each phase's elements to enhance teaching strategies.
Instructor-owned Instruction & Instructional Design
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Systematic Reviews: Opportunities for Librarians*

The Systematic Reviews: Opportunities for Librarians workshop helps librarians establish their systematic review and evidence synthesis expertise through a mix of instruction, exercises, and discussion. The course covers best practices and tips for handling challenging situations that may arise.
Information Services Instructor-owned Systematic Review Services Specialization
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Systematic Searching: Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency*

Struggling with the ever complicated systematic review searches, or want to start doing them? This webinar will give you guidance on how to create high quality searches in a faster way.
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Teaching and Leading EBP: A Workshop for Educators and Champions of Evidence-Based Practice*

It is critical for health professions educators and clinicians to be prepared for the challenge of teaching and practicing Evidence-Based Medicine. to help, we invite you to attend an innovative 4-day workshop designed to help clinical leaders and educators enhance their EBM skills.
Instructor-owned Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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Technical Services for the Non-Technical Services Librarian*

This online course is intended for non-Technical Services library workers, including librarians who work in Public Services, to learn what happens "behind the scenes" in Technical Services. Participants will understand how the information in libraries is made accessible and discoverable.
Information Services Instructor-owned Information Management
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Telehealth 101: What libraries need to know*

Explore how different libraries provided patrons in their communities with access to telehealth services. This online class will address privacy and ethical concerns, and review the technology and infrastructure needed to launch a successful telehealth program in your library.
Information Services Free Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
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The All of Us Researcher Workbench: access diverse data and tools from the NIH Precision Medicine*

The All of Us Researcher Workbench is the largest, most diverse biomedical data and health resource of its kind. Join this online course and learn about the participants, explore the data offered, and see how to start a research project using All of Us data and tools.
Information Services Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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The Computers Work for Us, We Don’t Work for the Computers*

Have you been curious about ways to make artificial intelligence to work for you? Learn how to create better, faster searches with the help of AI in this face-to-face course.
Information Services Instructor-owned Systematic Review Services Specialization Evidence-Based Practice & Research
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Article Analysis

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Article Analysis 2

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Article Analysis 3

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Book Analysis

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy for non-data librarians: An introduction*

The new NIH data management and sharing (DMS) policy is now in effect, but, where does a non-data librarian start? This webinar will introduce the DMS Policy, give an overview of DMS Plan writing, and explain how to help researchers find repositories for sharing data from NIH grants.
Instructor-owned Information Management Data Services Specialization
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The Rapid Growth of Preprints: New Opportunities to Help Researchers Accelerate Science*

This face-to-face class will inform you how preprints are changing how research is shared and communicated. With the increase of preprinting in the medical and life sciences, librarians are in a unique position to educate and guide researchers on how to navigate this area of scholarly publishing.
Instructor-owned Information Management
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The Research Data Services Landscape: How Do You Start And Where Does Your Library Fit In?*

This course is designed as an entry point for people unfamiliar with the field of data services. The goal is to introduce what data services librarians work on and to present information on how learners can grow in this area.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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Tools and Ideas for Promoting the Researcher Workbench on Your Campus*

Intended to assist in raising awareness of the Researcher Workbench amongst campus communities, this online training will provide strategies to help with disseminating information and developing tools to reach both emerging and established researchers across multiple fields of study.
Information Services Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM Instruction & Instructional Design
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Topic Searching in PubMed: Using the Medical Subject Headings (On Demand)*

Learn how to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for expert PubMed searching in this hands-on, self-paced, online course.
Information Services Systematic Review Services Specialization Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research NNLM/NLM
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ToxTutor: Principles of Toxicology*

​In this e-module you will learn the fundamental principles of toxicology.
Information Management Free Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research NNLM/NLM
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Treasures of the All of Us Research Data*

The All of Us Research Program is a National Institutes of Health funded initiative to capture and share comprehensive longitudinal health data. This face-to-fae course will provide participants knowledge about the available data and inspire ways to interact with researchers at their institutions.
Information Services Instructor-owned Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization
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Using Statistics to Improve Library Science and Services*

This face-to-face course teaches how the ability to correctly interpret administrative data enhances service delivery and the satisfaction of patrons. We will examine statistical concepts, survey instrument types and designs, types of data, and the basic analytical tools used for each type of data.
Instructor-owned Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization
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VA Library Network (VALNET) Orientation Program*

This face-to-face course is intended to help new library managers acquire skills and knowledge needed to be effective VA managers. This face-to-face course is intended to help new library managers acquire skills and knowledge needed to be effective VA managers.
Leadership & Management Instructor-owned
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Visualizing the Value of Researcher and Institution Publications*

iCite is a free NIH web application using an algorithm to display bibliographic data for a researcher or institution. In this face-to-face class, attendees will learn how to harvest the power of iCite to show the influence, publication area, and citations associated with an author or institution.
Information Services Instructor-owned Information Management
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Wellness in the Library Workplace*

As a library worker, what are you doing to manage your own well-being? Individual and community well-being are inherently connected. Thus, it is critical that workplaces be an area of wellness for their employees.
Health Information Professionalism Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
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Wikipedia + Libraries: NNLM*

Gain insight into the value of Wikipedia as a viable reference and build the skills and knowledge needed to evaluate articles on Wikipedia for yourself or your patrons, with a specific focus on health and medical topics, through a four-week, online course.
Information Services Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM