The Medical Library Association (MLA) teamed up with the Disaster Information Management Research Center at NLM to develop free courses on identifying, using, and sharing disaster health information. These courses can be mixed and matched into a customized learning path that leads to Disaster Information Specialization: Basic Level Certificate. True to the project theme of "Ready, Steady in the Library," these courses will help library staff build skills and a knowledge base, making them a resource in their libraries and their communities BEFORE a disaster occurs.
What: Disaster Information Specialization: Basic Level Certificate
Who: Anyone can take the courses. The audience for the materials is: Librarians, library staff, informationists, and information professionals, including those affiliated with medical, public, academic, special or any other types of libraries.
When: Now! Courses are online and self-paced. Each one can be completed in 2-3 hours. All courses that count towards the Basic Level Certificate must be completed by Monday, April 19, 2021, 5 p.m. ET.
How: Register for courses in the Disaster Information Specialist Program.
How much?:All courses are free. Once you complete the courses (with appropriate documentation), you are eligible to apply for certification from MLA. The application fee costs $55 for MLA members and $75 for non-MLA members. Southeastern will use NNLM grant funds to pay the application fees for up to 20 library staff members.
How do I begin? Learn more about the courses and Complete the registration
More details
| Required Courses | 9 CE credits |
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Disaster Health Information Sources: The Basics IS-700.B An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) IS-100.C Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100 |
Disaster Health Information Sources: The Basics IS-700.B An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) IS-100.B Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100 |
The RESILIENT Workshops and related materials are organized and presented by Southeastern New York Library Resources Council with a Health Information Outreach Award from the National Library of Medicine during 2020/2021.
Developed resources reported in this project are supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement number UG4LM012342 with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.