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Dragonfly, Spring 1999 Request for Proposals: Access to Electronic Health Information for the Public

Purpose: The purpose of this outreach initiative is to ensure that health professionals, their patients and the general public are connected to the health information resources they need to make informed health care decisions.

Outreach can take various forms depending on the needs of the target audience: promoting awareness of relevant health information resources at the regional, state, and local level through presentations, demonstrations, and exhibits; linking individuals and organizations with an NN/LM member library for backup assistance in locating hard to find information; obtaining the full text of journal articles; teaching how to search the Internet for reliable and authoritative health information; demonstrating and teaching the use of PubMed, Internet Grateful Med, MEDLINEplus, additional NLM databases, and other sources to obtain health information; and developing web links to local, state and regional health-related information to enhance what is available in MEDLINEplus for consumers.

Eligibility: Network members in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region, are eligible to apply. Applications may cover groups of institutions. A single, NN/LM member lead institution, must apply on behalf of the group. Health science libraries, health information resource centers, public libraries and state library organizations which provide health information services are eligible for network membership. Contact the Regional Medical Library for information about becoming a network member library.

Funding: This solicitation uses the subcontract mechanism. The lead institution will act as a subcontractor to the NN/LM PNR Region with responsibility for the planning, direction, and execution of the proposed project. For a single institution, support is available up to $10,000; a group of institutions may receive up to $40,000. The proposed projects may target individuals and organizations providing health information to the public, as well as targeting the public directly.

Period of Performance: up to 18 months from date of the award.

Deadline for submission of proposals: July 30, 1999

For further information or to obtain a copy of the Request for Proposals contact:
Nancy Ottman Press, Acting Associate Director
pressno@u.washington.edu
1-800-338-7657

URL: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/news/199904/rfp.html