The Pacific NW Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, is looking for Network members who would like to help us with assessing the usefulness of our website. As we begin our new contract cycle, we are taking inventory of our existing pages. The focus groups will help us determine which web pages are useful to our members. Participants will have the opportunity to recommend new content for the website as well.

If you would like to participate in a one-hour online focus group, please answer this brief survey  to let us know a time that works for you. Focus groups will be August 3 at noon, August 10 at noon, or August 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Thank you for your interest! Please contact Pat Devine, 206-543-8275 or devine@uw.edu if you have any questions.

photo by erix! on flickr

Here at NN/LM PNR, our mission is to improve access to quality information for health professionals and health consumers in the Pacific Northwest. We need your help! If you work in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington and have a great idea for health information outreach or improving library services, we would love to provide the funds to set your project in motion. We’ve announced five new funding opportunities over the past few weeks, bringing our total number of available awards types to nine. To help you (and us!) keep it all straight, we are summarizing the possibilities for you here in one handy blog post. Here are our currently available awards listed in order of application deadline. Our funding page will be continuously updated with the latest information about available awards and descriptions of projects we’ve funded. (more…)

NN/LM PNR is now offering Professional Development Awards.  The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to enable individuals at NN/LM PNR Network member institutions to expand professional knowledge and experience to provide improved health information access to health care professionals and consumers. For this offering, we are focusing on Resource Sharing, Information Science and Public Health Practice.  Awards of up to $1000 each are available to NN/LM member organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Awards will be available until funds are expended.  Proposals should be submitted using the Professional Development Award Application.

For additional information, see the full funding announcement, or contact:

Patricia Devine, NN/LM PNR Network Outreach Coordinator, devine@uw.edu, 1-800-338-7657.

NN/LM PNR is pleased to announce another funding opportunity: Express Outreach Awards.  Up to four (4) awards of up to $15,000 are available to NN/LM member organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.  Goals of Express Outreach programs are:

• To improve use of quality online health information resources by priority populations
• To promote health information literacy in health education and health care
• To build or strengthen partnerships between network members and other community organizations
• To foster local health information expertise in community organizations
• To promote awareness and use of the products and services of the National Library of Medicine and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Applications from libraries and other organizations are welcome.

Consideration of requests for funding will begin on August 26, 2011. Proposals should be submitted using the Application for 2011 Express Outreach Awards.

For additional information, see the full funding announcement, or contact:

Gail Kouame, NN/LM PNR Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator at gmarie@uw.edu, 1-800-338-7657
Alison Aldrich, NN/LM PNR Public Health Outreach Coordinator at aldrich3@uw.edu, 1-800-338-7657

photo by K. Constant

We received the following report from Kathryn Constant, Librarian at Birthingway College of Midwifery, who received a Technology Improvement Award from NN/LM PNR in the spring of 2010. You can be like Kathryn! Proposals for the next round of Technology Improvement Award funding are due on August 12. (more…)

Space is still available for this free workshop for all types of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and city and county record offices.  There is no charge to the institution, but pre-registration is required.  Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS) is offering a free 2-part disaster preparedness and response workshop for cultural property:

Everett, WA:

Part 1: Friday, July 8, 2011 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Part 2: Friday, August 19, 2011 9:00am – 4:00 pm

Location: Everett Public Library
2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett, WA  98201

This training is part of a coordinated regional approach to raising awareness about disaster planning for collecting institutions throughout the Western United States.  It is free to participants who will develop an institutional disaster plan for their collections as an outcome.  More than one person per institution is welcome to attend.  Pre-registration is required.

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