National Library of Medicine | The NLM Traveling Exhibition Program (Audio Described Version) @NLMNIH | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The NLM traveling exhibitions, available free of charge, present inspiring stories about history, society, and medicine. Drawn from NLM, they connect visitors to trusted health information resources.
NLM Traveling Exhibitions help:
Connect your community to NLM offerings like MedlinePlus and PubMed.
Publicize your institution through programming and activities.
Establish community partnerships and share NLM health information resources with partner institutions.
Foster health literacy in your community.
For questions please contact the NLM Traveling Exhibition Services team NLMTravelingExhibits@nih.gov.
nnlm.gov/initiatives/traveling-exhibitions
Video transcript:
[Meacham] The traveling exhibition program is a way to connect the deep history and resources and collections of the National Library of Medicine back out into the communities for which that information was first collected and gathered.
[Mills] We tell stories that are rooted in the social history of biomedicine. The traveling exhibitions are displayed at medical libraries, public libraries, cultural institutions, universities and those host venues often develop public programs to accompany the traveling exhibitions.
[Hurst] We're really excited to have the This Lead is Killing Us exhibit, currently on display at our library. This exhibit takes us through the history of lead based use in the United States, as well as how that has contributed to health factors and health disparities. By bringing it here to the campus where allowing people to see artifacts and many cases to actually see historical documents or even to look
at the books and resources that we have available in our library related to that topic, that our community centric.
[Waugh] We've gotten great feedback so far, and it's really fun to watch people stop by and take a look at the exhibit. I work downstairs at the information Services desk. It's just fun to see them take time out of their day to explore the exhibit.
[Mills] It's part of our goal to give people a deeper and maybe different perspective on health and medicine, but one that will help people understand why things are the way they are now and make more informed choices.
[Meacham] There's something much more personal, there's something much more engaging, when you can actually go to a place, you can see the information, you can take the time. You want to really look at it, study it. The National Library of Medicine is a trusted resource, and providing these traveling exhibitions allows hosts institutions to really take advantage of that and really serve as their own trusted institutions within their communities.
#humanhealth #medicalhistory #audiodescription #audiodescriptions
The NLM traveling exhibitions, available free of charge, present inspiring stories about history, society, and medicine. Drawn from NLM, they connect visitors to trusted health information resources.
NLM Traveling Exhibitions help:
Connect your community to NLM offerings like MedlinePlus and PubMed.
Publicize your institution through programming and activities.
Establish community partnerships and share NLM health information resources with partner institutions.
Foster health literacy in your community.
For questions please contact the NLM Traveling Exhibition Services team NLMTravelingExhibits@nih.gov.
nnlm.gov/initiatives/traveling-exhibitions
Video transcript:
[Meacham] The traveling exhibition program is a way to connect the deep history and resources and collections of the National Library of Medicine back out into the communities for which that information was first collected and gathered.
[Mills] We tell stories that are rooted in the social history of biomedicine. The traveling exhibitions are displayed at medical libraries, public libraries, cultural institutions, universities and those host venues often develop public programs to accompany the traveling exhibitions.
[Hurst] We're really excited to have the This Lead is Killing Us exhibit, currently on display at our library. This exhibit takes us through the history of lead based use in the United States, as well as how that has contributed to health factors and health disparities. By bringing it here to the campus where allowing people to see artifacts and many cases to actually see historical documents or even to look
at the books and resources that we have available in our library related to that topic, that our community centric.
[Waugh] We've gotten great feedback so far, and it's really fun to watch people stop by and take a look at the exhibit. I work downstairs at the information Services desk. It's just fun to see them take time out of their day to explore the exhibit.
[Mills] It's part of our goal to give people a deeper and maybe different perspective on health and medicine, but one that will help people understand why things are the way they are now and make more informed choices.
[Meacham] There's something much more personal, there's something much more engaging, when you can actually go to a place, you can see the information, you can take the time. You want to really look at it, study it. The National Library of Medicine is a trusted resource, and providing these traveling exhibitions allows hosts institutions to really take advantage of that and really serve as their own trusted institutions within their communities.
#humanhealth #medicalhistory #audiodescription #audiodescriptions
![Socio dramas [Social dramas]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M2gCqsxNQe8/hqdefault.jpg "Socio dramas [Social dramas]
This film demonstrates how local, amateur actors in Colombia are used to dramatize scenarios that depict the health challenges faced by rural families. Through these ‘sociodramas,’ common family planning methods are promoted as a way to combat malnutrition, poverty, and unhappiness in large homes. The film ends with a little girl reciting a copla—a poetic form popular in the coffee-growing area where the sketches are set. She hails the Profamilia organization and “clarifies” that women affiliated with a club supported by the organization were “good women and not rebels.” In short, through this copla and the sociodrama sketches, the film shows how rural people appropriated and adapted national family planning discourse to their specific realities and communications modes.
Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101774738
Learn more about the National Library of Medicines historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collectio... #medicalhistory #colombia")
![Isolation Tent [Silent] (National Institutes of Health, 1964)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NkjA5LJkTac/hqdefault.jpg "Isolation Tent [Silent] (National Institutes of Health, 1964)
Film shows a zippered clear plastic tent held up by a metal frame. A man dons white booties and steps into the tent. Alongside it is a table with scientific research equipment, including a plastic tube threaded into the tent. When a researcher in a white coat gives the signal, the man inside the tent begins to jog in place until he receives the signal to stop, at which point he exits the tent. The scene is repeated, but the second time the man does deep knee bends. Then two different carts with plastic cubicles on top of them and rubber arm holes and gloves are wheeled into view.
Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101773163
Learn more about the National Library of Medicines historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films
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