Express Follow-up Awards

Johns Hopkins University
Maryland Public Health Practitioners Access and Use: Follow-up
The Welch Medical Library staff will expand and refine the insights developed during their initial project with public health practitioners in two Maryland public health departments. They will provide ongoing access to electronic resources via Welch Library portals and collect self-report data on practitioner use of the resources and its impact on public health practice. Five bi-monthly online exercises to increase information literacy is planned.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

MaFlo's Health & Awareness Team
The Team will continue and expand services provided under their original award. They will purchase additional equipment and continue computer and health information training in the community.
November 1, 2006 - October 1, 2007

MaFlo's Health and Awareness Team
MaFlo's Health and Awareness Team will continue to provide basic computer and internet training as well as training on how to access reliable health information through MedlinePlus, SeniorHealth, CDC and other reliable website in their community. They also will provide health and nutritional classes, participate in community scheduled walks and invite educators to talk about health issues and classes on prevention and awareness.
October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008

Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
St. Joseph's Health System
The Russell Bellman Foundation Mercy Care will expand services to two mobile vans providing health care to underserved populations in Atlanta. The Library staff will provide equipment, training and a small collection to each van.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

West Virginia Health Right, Inc.
The WV Health Right staff will continue and expand the services provided under their original award by purchasing additional equipment. This will allow more patients to have access to health information.
November 1, 2006 - October 1, 2007

West Virginia Health Right, Inc.
The staff of the West Virginia Health Right will purchase equipment to expand their capacity to provide educational programs on site. Through training, they will inform patients and medical staff about health information resources available. They plan to provide education to every patient on every visit on health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, smoking cessation, weight management, hepatitis C and arthritic conditions.
October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008

Express Library Technology Improvement Awards

Baptist Health System, Jacksonville, FL
The Baptist Health System will purchase online catalog software to provide information about print and electronic resources available for on all hospital campuses. They will establish a circulation system which will provide excellent collection management capabilities and circulation control, using employee and medical staff personnel databases. The online catalog will help to reach the system goal of practicing evidence-based medicine by making our EB collection items more accessible.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2007

DMH/St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Funding will be used to purchase equipment and software for staff to use to produce research papers for publication. DMH/St. Elizabeth's Hospital
November 2, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Inova Fairfax Hospital
The Inova Fairfax Hospital will initiate data collection using award purchased software and design and develop customized reports to assist with collection analysis and management.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Mercy Medical Center
McGlannan Health Sciences Library
Funding will be used to purchase software to enable electronic document delivery.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Moses Cone Health System
The Moses Cone Health System Library staff will use funding to purchase equipment to develop the MAPIN (Medical Authoritative Portable Information Now) project. They plan to increase accessibility of library knowledge-based health information resources to Moses Cone Hospital patient families and visitors; create mobile access points to assist Moses Cone Hospital staff and visitors in accessing authoritative health information; provide Librarian mediated information services in a variety of locations in Moses Cone Hospital, creating more visibility for the medical library and more convenient usability for the public and staff; and enhance the technology services provided by the library through the project’s portability and onsite document delivery.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Northeast Georgia Medical Center and Health System
Funding will be used to purchase online catalog software and training for the librarian.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Potomac Hospital
The library staff of the Potomac Hospital will purchase equipment that will allow them to provide mobile training classes to clinical staff throughout the hospital. The goal of the program is to initiate evidence-based practice into patient care in the hospital.
August 31, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Rex Healthcare
The Library staff will purchase equipment to enable them to promote newly acquired resources through AHEC Digital Library program by providing training and marketing to clinicians and staff educators by attending their staff meetings, by scheduling one-on-one meetings at their departments, or by visiting them on their off-campus locations.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Sentara Louise Obici Hospital
Funding will be used to purchase equipment and software to enable electronic document delivery.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Funding will be used to purchase equipment and software to enable electronic document delivery.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
Funding will be used to purchase equipment and software to enable electronic document delivery.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
Funding will be used to purchase equipment and software to enable electronic document delivery.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Sickle Cell Network
The Sickle Cell Network of Charlotte, NC will acquire hardware and software to develop a web site on sickle cell anemia. The will develop site content needs, identify available information and gaps, create content as needed, approve design and organization of website and test site. They will publicize its availability regionally.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
Funding will be used to purchase a content management system and additional software for adding web and advanced patron search modules to the current library circulation system.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Express Outreach Awards

Delta State University
Dancing Rabbit e-library Health Initiative
The Delta State University Roberts-LaForge Library will provide training to members of the Dancing Rabbit Consortium Libraries. Training will cover the use of (free/public) electronic health resources to access consumer health information, evaluation of health information, and use of technology for accessing consumer health information. They plan to provide ongoing Librarian-to-Librarian reference and follow-up to workshop participants via phone, E-mail or U.S. mail. They also will develop and create reproducible brochures, pathfinders and references for distribution to the public and provide a guided, hands-on exercise in researching and creating a Webiography of authoritative consumer health web sites on various topics for CEU credit sessions.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center
Teen Health Initiative
The Eastern Shore AHEC staff will work to increase student awareness of quality health websites and acquaint students with MedlinePlus, the Talbot County Free Library's databases as well as AHEC resources. Talbot County high school teens and their families, Talbot County high school health and Anatomy and Physiology teachers, and Talbot County Free Library patrons are the target audiences.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Foothills Area Health Education Center - Free Health Clinic Health Information Access Project
The Foothills AHEC will provide equipment and training on how to access quality health information on the web to the health provider staff, clinic volunteers, patients and families of the Good News Clinic, Gainesville, GA.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Inova Fairfax Hospital
Health Literacy Initiative
The Inova Fairfax Hospital in partnership with the Fairfax County Public Library will hold two sessions on health information literacy. One session will be held at the public library to teach members of the community effective methods of communicating with their doctor. A second program will be held to inform healthcare professionals about the concept of health literacy, steps to improve communication between patient and health care provider and how to best integrate what they learn with patient care. Both sessions will provide instruction on how to obtain and evaluate plain language consumer health information through MedlinePlus and other online sources.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Mercer University
Promoting Georgia Go Local to Health Professionals
The Mercer University Medical Library will raise awareness of Georgia Health Go Local project (http://www.gahealthgolocal.org/) among healthcare professionals in the state, including school nurses, physicians, healthcare administrators, and social service collaborative's. At four statewide meetings of health professionals they plan to promote NLM and GaIN resources/services and connect health professionals with their local health sciences libraries.
August 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008

Nichols Temple A.M.E. Church
Healthy Spirit and Beyond
The health ministry of the church will facilitate access to and familiarity with quality sources of online health information for African American residents in the metropolitan area by installing a computer, printer, fax machine and Internet access in the church. They will train with an experienced health information consultant to facilitate helping information seekers use the Internet to find quality health information and publicize the availability of the equipment and staff for this purpose in the community. Also, they plan to promote preventive health care among the targeted population through education by conducting screenings and expert healthcare provider discussions at an introductory health fair in the church and publicizing the planned health fair in the community. They will provide for continuation of this project by means of signed “Memorandum of Agreement” with Health InfoNet of Alabama/UAB Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences.
September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008

St. James Missionary Baptist Church
Healthy Spirit and Beyond
The St. James Missionary Baptist Church will install computers for public use; obtain training from an experienced health information consultant and promote preventive health care by conducting screenings and health fairs.
February 1, 2008 - January 31, 2009

Southeastern Regional Medical Center
The Southeastern Regional Medical Center staff will provide consumer health outreach to the senior citizen centers and faith-based organizations all throughout Robeson County, North Carolina to include presentations about MedlinePlus, NC Health Info and the consumer health libraries (CHECs) located in the Lumberton mall and Red Springs fitness center.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

University of South Carolina
Partnering to Improve Patient Education
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library will purchase equipment and provide training on MedlinePlus to patient educators at the Free Clinic, Inc., Columbia, SC.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

University of South Florida
Teaching and Assessing Seniors' Health Information Retrieval
The "Teaching and assessing seniors' health information retrieval" project staff will work with four facilities to improve low vision senior citizens' access to electronic health information. Specific objectives include: 1.) Develop appropriate in-person training materials and database training tutorials using the National Library of Medicine's consumer health databases for senior citizens, specifically to: o Train seniors with an instructor, o Train seniors without an instructor, solely with a tutorial at their library, 2. ) Instruct volunteer students to assist with the training of seniors 3. ) Train volunteer library and information science students to train seniors to locate health information 4.) Train seniors with an added focus on the adaptation to challenges for low vision seniors to locate credible health information 5.) Analyze and describe the on-line health information seeking behaviors of seniors, particularly low vision seniors 6.) Compare the success of in-person training versus database training tutorials.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Tennessee Outreach State Planning II
The University of Tennessee Preston Medical Library staff along with its partners will evaluate the results of the state wide survey completed during previous funding and hold a third outreach planning session for the state.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

University of Virginia
Finding What Works: Improving Health Literacy
The project will bring practicing literacy tutors and educators together with practicing patient educators from the community to discuss a range of currently available health literacy curriculums during a facilitated working session. From discussions, a plan will be developed to target health literacy training. Staff, literacy tutors and patient educators from Charlottesville and Albemarle counties will be invited to participate.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Wake Forest University
Community Health Information Outreach Program
This project will strengthen the partnership between the Medical Library and the Forsyth County Public Library. Training sessions will be offered to public library staff and the public on accessing, retrieving and evaluating health information on the web as well as increase the visibility of the public library's subscription databases for health information. Project funds will also provide equipment for an electronic classroom at the public library.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Wake Forest University
Community Health Information Outreach Program II
The Carpenter Library will expand upon their previous award to work with a faith organization serving a largely underserved population. They will increase consumer understanding of health information resources by teaching strategies for using health information resources including NC Health Info, MedlinePlus, and Ebsco Health Source available through NC Live.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Western Maryland AHEC
Pipeline Outreach
Western Maryland Area Health Education Center will train at least 100 participants in WMAHEC high school health careers programs in the use of NLM resources, including GoLocal, Pubmed, Medline Plus, Clinical Trials.gov, NIH SeniorHealth.gov, genetics website, as well as on locating and evaluating reliable health information on the Internet.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

Express Planning Awards

Florida State University
The project will involved the development of a strategic plan and network for Florida medical and consumer health information delivery. Project objectives include: 1. Establish an organizational structure for coordinating the planning for improved access to medical and consumer health information resources and services; 2. Identify available medical and consumer health information resources and services in the state that could benefit from a coordinated strategic plan; 3. Develop a base to improve access to existing medical and consumer health information resources and services; 4. Develop a base to increase Florida residents’ knowledge of medical and consumer health information resources and services available statewide, that might include development of a Florida “Go Local” resource and/or an expanded health information portal for Florida citizens; 5. Strengthen public and health sciences librarians’ knowledge and skills regarding the provision of medical and consumer health information resources and services; and 6. Increase the use of and access to medical and consumer health information through the Florida Electronic Library (FEL).
September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008

Inova Fairfax Hospital
During the planning for the Health Literacy Initiative: Expanding Community Partnerships initiative, the staff hopes to achieve four objectives: 1.) Plan for the expansion of Inova's current health literacy initiative to include a variety of community groups. 2.) Identify groups relevant to project, promote project to them and invite them to join the planning efforts. 3.) Build a connection with the doctoral students in the new George Mason University PhD program in Communication with an emphasis in Health and Strategic Communication and plan for the development of research studies in the area of health literacy to be completed within Inova facilities or through other community partners. 4.) Share the plan with all groups involved including leadership at the Inova Health System, the Fairfax County Public Library, identified partners at George Mason University, and other community groups important to the implementation of the expanded health literacy initiative.
October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008

Morehouse School of Medicine
The Morehouse School of Medicine Library staff will hold a planning meeting of the eight HBCU schools to discuss the formation of the Consortium of African American Public Health Program Libraries. The planning session will be held in conjunction with the Consortium of African American Public Health Programs meeting in Nashville, TN in April 2008.
March 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009

Express Welcome Awards

Associated Health Resources Center
The Associated Health Resources Center will purchase equipment to conduct HIV/AIDS prevention training and risk reduction strategies to reach 50 inmates at the Baltimore City Women Detention Center (BCDC). Also, distribute educational materials and referrals to target population and administer post-training surveys on HIV/AIDS risk reduction skills.
October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008

Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group
Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group will purchase equipment to support diabetes education classes at the Choppee Health Center and other Georgetown community gathering sites for a minimum of 10 hours per week for 1 year in rural areas where African Americans live, work, worship, play, and seek health care. Four youths will be selected to share video, audio, and other digital multimedia files about diabetes from social networking sites and original digital videos from the community’s perspective, and contribute some tailored educational materials to health-related websites, such as the REACH Charleston and Georgetown Diabetes Coalition. The Group will focus multimedia content on healthy lifestyle activities such as healthy eating and physical activity, and show how these actions lead to community change and empowerment, especially for youth in fighting obesity and preventing diabetes.
October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008

Westview United Methodist Church
The Westview United Method Church will undertake the Technology Booster for Better Health Decisions Project . With project funds, they will provide equipment and supplies for use by trainers and congregants, train volunteer trainers to assist others in locating health information and provide an outreach ministry for the congregation. Karen Martinez from the local AHEC will assist with the project.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Delta Information Access Project Awards

Community Impact, Inc.
The Consumer Health and Education Resource Centers project will use funding to equip two centers for consumers residing in- and near-public housing projects in Indianola and Yazoo City, Mississippi. The emphasis will be on enhancing access to information for adolescence's and youth, as, well as school librarians and allied health professionals. The consumer health center manager will recruit, train, and orientate interns and volunteers, provide for 8 training/workshops.
December 1, 2007 - October 31, 2008

Library Improvement Awards

VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
The funding will be used to upgrade/replace equipment needed because of reduced space due to Hurricane Katrina as well as to provide electronic services more efficiently to four health care system sites in the Gulf area.
November 1, 2006 - October 31, 2007

Outreach Project Awards

Anson Community Hospital
Linking Community Care and Health Education
The Linking Community Care and Health Education project will be a collaborative effort between Anson Community Hospital, the Parish Nurse and Health Ministry program, over 60 churches and 4 community centers in Anson County, and the Carolinas HealthCare System and Charlotte Area Health Education Center (AHEC). The project will connect community members, parish nurses, and health advocates to pertinent healthcare information. Computers, with internet accessibility, will be placed in all four of Anson County’s community centers and in a select group of churches throughout the county. A well-designed webpage will be created to provide individuals with health education, information on services and resources available, times of educational healthcare meetings, and additional links to significant healthcare information and services. Parish Nurses and health advocates will be linked to current health information and health educational modules that will be used in developing health education classes for community members.
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007

Baptist Hospital
Health Touch: Information at your Fingertips
The Baptist Hospital Medical Library seeks to link patients at the University of Tennessee Clinic (UT Clinic) with medical information that will help promote healthful living. Specifically, a closed circuit computer will be implemented via an informational kiosk in the UT Clinic’s patient waiting area. Through the kiosk, patients will be able to access MedlinePlus and the wide range of information available through this software, including key areas of concern for UT clinicians and patients alike.
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007

George Washington University
Connecting for Health Literacy
The Health Information Partners (HIPS), a coalition of health, literacy, and literacy practitioners, will conduct health information outreach and training for its members, the public and adult learners enrolled in literacy programs in the District of Columbia. HIPS will partner with literacy teachers funded by the State Education Agency (SEA) who are members of DC LEARNS to integrate health information into their curricula, teach health research skills and resources and evaluate the results of this training. Secondarily, HIPS will sponsor two workshops for practitioners on health literacy issues and monthly MedlinePlus classes for the public, conduct regular health coaching visits to the community health centers and libraries, and sponsor HIV information outreach to neighborhoods affected disproportionately by the epidemic.
May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Health Information Access to Underserved Populations in Baltimore, MD
The University of Maryland’s School of Social Work Community Outreach Service (SWCOS) and the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) will improve access to health and referral information in Baltimore, Maryland by promoting and providing training sessions on MedlinePlus and Maryland Health → Go Local to underserved populations in that city. The HS/HSL came live with Maryland Health → Go Local in March 2006. Working directly within communities to introduce this resource will help to ensure its maximum impact.
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007

University of Maryland, College Park
Promoting Health Literacy Among Older Adults
The Promoting Health Literacy Among Older Adults: Computer Training in Public Libraries project aims to develop an educational program to train older adult patrons of public libraries to use computers and the Internet to access and use health information. The University of Maryland College of Information Studies will partner with the Prince George’s County Public Library System in Maryland, which serves an extremely diverse community with high proportions of low-income and ethnic minority older adults. The objectives of the project are: to train older adults to learn and make sure of the rich online information resources to meet their daily health information needs, to adapt existing information training resources developed by the NLM and NIH for use by public libraries in training of older adults, to help public libraries better serve the information needs to the target population, increase the impact of the rich and authoritative online health resources of the NLM and NIH, and to foster collaboration between public libraries and a school of library and information science.
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008

University of Mississippi
The goal of the Clarksdale Diabetes and Metabolism Clinic Consumer Health Education Project is to enhance patients’ knowledge about diabetes and other metabolic diseases. The University of Mississippi will set up an education center in a rural clinic in the Delta region of Mississippi and provide a health educator to work with patients and to train a volunteer staff to work in the center. Project funds will be used to purchase equipment to enable access to electronic health information through the consumer health website at the Rowland Medical Library as well as MedlinePlus and other electronic sources.
October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Automatic Metadata Maintenance for NC Health Info
The overarching goal of this project is to address growing metadata maintenance needs threatening to stem the accelerated growth of North Carolina Health Info (NCHI) and the entire Go Local Initiative. Incorporating automatic techniques into NCHI’s metadata generation/quality control processes will allow NCHI catalogers to direct more time to the metadata challenges requiring human skill and intellect and ultimately assist users who are increasingly using NCHI metadata to help them find health information. To address this challenge, the project team will identify and enhance an existing metadata generation application by automating the metadata validation and quality review processes. The proposed work includes two phases: Phase 1, Automatic metadata application evaluation to identify the application/s we will enhance, and Phase 2, Automatic evaluation of metadata quality to determine the effectiveness of the automatic metadata maintenance process. The outcome base evaluation (OBE) activities include the following: 1. a metadata maintenance time evaluation analysis, 2. a human resource costs analysis, and 3. metadata quality evaluations comparing the quality of metadata generated via automatic and human methods during maintenance activities.
August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008

University of Virginia
Evidence-based Public Health Informatics Training in Virginia
This study seeks to add to data previously obtained from a randomized-controlled trial undertaken in New Mexico by Jonathan Eldredge, PhD, and Richard Carr, MLS. The proposed project attempts to address three problem areas in public health. First, this project will provide needed Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH) informatics training for public health practitioners who confront many public health problems in Central and Southwest Virginia. Second, this project generates practical information about the questions that practitioners formulate in the course of fulfilling their everyday responsibilities. This information will add to that gathered in the previous study that will help build a foundation for developing relevant informatics tools and skills for health care practitioners. Third, this proposed grant will advance the goals of EBPH by giving practitioners skills in question formulation, problem quantification, search strategies, and the critical appraisal of acquired information.
February 1, 2007 - January 31, 2008

Vanderbilt University
Tennessee Go Local
The Eskind Biomedical Library will develop and categorize a list of relevant health service providers in order to populate a Tennessee Go Local website. They will increase the awareness of online access to health services provider details and online health information among public librarians, public health professionals, and voluntary health and other service organizations and Tennessee residents in general by driving them to the Tennessee go Local web site and by extension, NLM’s MedlinePlus.gov.
July 1, 2007 - January 31, 2009

Western Maryland AHEC
Western Maryland AHEC - West Virginia Health Information Outreach II
Building on the success of its West Virginia Health Information Outreach project, the Western Maryland AHEC will improve access to electronic health information for librarians, health professions students, health professionals and their patients, public school students, the faith community, and the community at large in the middle and northern counties of West Virginia. The project will incorporate coalition building and direct training as well as training trainers in the counties reached.
October 1, 2006 - September 30, 2007

West Virginia University
EHELP - Elder Education in Library Project
The EHELP - Elder Health Education in Libraries Project is designed to improve access to web based health information for consumers aged 50 years and older. By utilizing public libraries, consumers will be able to learn to use and explore the primary health information web site and databases of the National Libraries of Medicine. The project team will design and develop web based training course content to be utilized by consumers in public libraries. Public librarians will be trained also to serve as “trainers”. The librarians will receive training specific to rural cultural issues as they pertain to health care, so that they can become more culturally competent with this particular population. Through a pre and post training test for librarian staff, base lines on cultural competency can be established and knowledge base measured. Online surveys to track usage of NLM websites as well as determine feedback on training modules will be developed and implemented throughout the project.
July 1, 2007 - December 31, 2008

State and Regional Exhibiting Awards

Alabama Health Libraries Association
Alabama Library Association 2007 Meeting
The Alabama Health Libraries Association will exhibit and present at the 2007 meeting of the Alabama Library Association, Mobile, AL, April 17-19, 2007.
December 4, 2006 - April 30, 2007

Alabama Health Libraries Association
Alabama Public Health Association 2007
The Alabama Health Libraries Association will exhibit at the 2007 meeting of the Alabama Public Health Association in Mobile, AL, on May 16-18, 2007. Promotion and demonstrations of NLM projects and Health InfoNet of Alabama/Go Local are planned.
January 11, 2007 - May 30, 2007

Alabama Health Libraries Association
Southern Women's Show 2007
Members of the Alabama Health Libraries Association and the Lister Hill Library at UAB will exhibit at the Southern Women's Show, Birmingham, AL, October 2007. They will focus on exhibiting the consumer health resources of MedlinePlus and Health InfoNet of Alabama.
August 21, 2007 - October 31, 2007

Carolinas HealthCare System
Southern Medical Association 2006 Annual Conference
The Information Resource Center staff at the Carolinas HealthCare System and Charlotte AHEC will exhibit at the 2006 annual conference of the Southern Medical Association, Charlotte, NC, October 12-13, 2006.
June 30, 2006 - October 30, 2006

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Health Care Education Association National Conference
The Children's Healthcare of Atlanta will exhibit at the Health Care Education Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 20-22, 2006. Demonstrations of NLM online resources, a workshop on using the computer to reach and teach staff, patients and families as well as a talk on Information Rx is planned.
August 7, 2006 - September 30, 2006

East Tennessee State University
2006 Rural Health Association of Tennessee meeting
The East Tennessee State University Quillen Medical Library will exhibit at the 2006 meeting of the Rural Health Association of Tennessee, Gatlinburg, TN, November 15-17, 2006. Three classes are proposed as well as demonstrations of NLM products at the exhibit booth.
August 22, 2006 - October 30, 2006

East Tennessee State University
Tennessee Public Health Association meeting
The staff of the Quillen Medical Library, East Tennessee State University will exhibit at the "Preparing the Best Game Plan:Tackling Behaviors for Health Improvement", 2008 annual meeting of the Tennessee Public Health Association, August 27-August 29, 2008, Franklin, TN. Consumer health resources will be the focus of the exhibit. A poster abstract on funded consumer health projects has been submitted.
April 21, 2008 - August 30, 2008

East Tennessee State University
Tennessee Rural Health Association meeting
The staff of the Quillen Medical Library, East Tennessee State University will exhibit at the 2008 Tennessee Rural Health Association, November 19-20, 2008, Pigeon Forge, TN. A proposal to provide a workshop on PDAs has been submitted.
April 21, 2008 - November 30, 2008

Eastern Virginia Medical School
Staff from the Edward E. Brickell Medical Sciences Library, Eastern Virginia Medical School will exhibit at the 2007 Annual Clinical Regional Advisory Network of Region III (CRAN) Conference, October 18, 2007, Williamsburg VA. In addition to the exhibit featuring NLM databases, a one hour presentation on integrating evidence-based health care into primary care practice is planned.
August 22, 2007 - October 31, 2007

Eastern Virginia Medical Center
Virginia School Health Institute and Health Success Conference
The staff of the Brickell Medical Sciences Library, Eastern Virginia Medical School will exhibit at the 2008 School Health Institute and Health Success Conference, Office of the Virginia Department of Education Office of Student Services, July 15, 2008, Farmville, VA. A hands-on workshop on reliable health information for personal and professional use is planned.
April 21, 2008 - July 31, 2008

Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Virginia Rural Health Association Annual Conference
Library staff from the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Staunton Public Library and Western State Hospital will partner to exhibit at the Virginia Rural Health Association Annual Conference, November 8-9, 2007, Staunton, VA. Handouts and materials will highlight NLM products along with resources on immigrant dental and mental health services in Virginia.
July 27, 2007 - September 30, 2007

Medical University of South Carolina
Low Country Pow Wow and Cultural Event
The Medical University of South Carolina will exhibit Hands on Health-SC, South Carolina Go Local and MedlinePlus.gov at the 2007 Low Country Pow Wow and Cultural Event. 2,000 people are expected to attend the event.
December 20, 2006 - April 30, 2007

Medical University of South Carolina
American Indian Chamber of Commerce of SC Expo
The staff of the MUSC Library will exhibit at the 2008 American Indian Chamber of Commerce of SC Expo, May 27-28, 2008, Columbia, SC. At the exhibit, they will promote Hands on Health-SC, Go Local and MedlinePlus.
March 21, 2008 - May 31, 2008

Mercer University
Georgia Rural Health Association and Celebrating Rural Georgia meeting
The Mercer School of Medicine Library and LRC staff will exhibit at the joint meeting of the Georgia Rural Health Association and Celebrating Rural Georgia, August 21-23, 2006, Augusta, GA.
May 16, 2006 - August 30, 2006

Mercer University
2006 COMO: Georgia Council of Media Organizations
The Mercer University School of Medicine Library will exhibit at the COMO: Georgia Council of Media Organization's 2006 Conference in Athens, GA on September 20-22, 2006. This is a joint meeting of the Georgia Library Association, Georgia Library and Media Association and the Georgia Association of Instructional Technology. Promotion of NLM products and Georgia Go Local is planned.
July 14, 2006 - September 30, 2006

Mercer University
2006 Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
The Mercer Medical Library will exhibit at the 58th Annual Scientific Assembly of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, Atlanta, GA, November 9-10, 2006. Demonstrations of NLM online resources and Georgia Go Local are planned.
August 7, 2006 - November 30, 2006

Mercer University
Georgia Association of Primary Health Care 2006 meeting
The Mercer School of Medicine Library will exhibit at the 2006 meeting of the Georgia Association of Primary Health Care, October 18-20, 2006, Savannah, GA. Demonstrations of NLM resources and Georgia Go Local are planned.
August 10, 2006 - October 31, 2006

Mercer University
Georgia Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. 2007 Mid-Winter Meeting
The Mercer Medical Library staff will exhibit at the Georgia Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States mid-winter meeting in Macon, GA on February 16-17, 2007. Demonstrations and specialized handouts are planned.
January 22, 2007 - February 28, 2007

Mercer University
2007 COMO: Georgia Council of Media Organizations
The Mercer School of Medicine Library will exhibit at COMO: the Georgia Council of Media Organizations 2007 Conference, Jekyl Island, GA, October 17-19, 2007. The meeting is jointly sponsored by Georgia Library Association, Georgia Library Media Association, Georgia Educational Publishers Association, and Georgia Association for Instructional Technology. The expected attendance is 800-1,000. Georgia Health Go Local and NLM resources will be demonstrated.
May 9, 2007 - October 31, 2007

Morehouse School of Medicine
Unity in Community Day
The staff of the Morehouse School of Medicine Library will exhibit at the first Annual Unity in the Community Day hosted by Booker T. Washington High School Health, Research and Human Services Learning Community on Saturday, November 17, 2007, in Atlanta. A workshop on searching MedlinePlus, Clinical Trials, NCCAM, Toxtown, and other NLM Consumer Health Databases is planned.
October 23, 2007 - November 30, 2008

Morehouse School of Medicine
Georgia State Medical Association
The staff of the Morehouse School of Medicine Library will exhibit at the 2008 meeting of the Georgia State Medical Association, June 4-7, 2008, Hilton Head, SC. The will provide PubMed training at the meeting.
February 8, 2008 - June 30, 2008

New Hanover County Public Library
Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Retirement Living Showcase
The New Hanover County Public Library will exhibit at the 2006 Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Retirement Living Showcase, Wilmington, NC, August 10, 2006. Promotion and demonstrations of NLM products and the Library's consumer health resources and website are planned.
July 17, 2006 - July 31, 2006

Saint Thomas Hospital
2007 Tour de Nash
The participants of the Community Health Information Partners (CHIPs) project in Nashville will host a booth at the 2007 Tour de Nash event. The CHIPs representatives will provide a menu of commonly requested health information, conduct mini computer demonstrations on how to search for health information, and provide items to promote the CHIPs website. Consumers can "place an order" to receive information specific to their needs that will be mailed to them at a later date. Over 1,000 health consumers are expected to attend.
December 15, 2006 - May 30, 2007

University of Alabama, Birmingham
The University of Alabama Birmingham staff will exhibit at the 2007 Fiesta, A Celebration of Hispanic Culture, Health and Wellness Village, October 20, 2007, Birmingham, AL. The staff will provide demonstrations and materials on MedlinePlus and Health InfoNet materials in English and Spanish.
August 21 2007 - October 30, 2007

University of Alabama, Birmingham
Southern Nursing Research Society Conference
The staff of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences will exhibit at the 2008 Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, February 21-23, 2008, Birmingham, AL. They will demonstrate NLM systems, especially consumer health products and evidence based practice tools, and Health InfoNet.
January 16, 2008 - February 29, 2008

University of Alabama, Birmingham
The staff of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences will exhibit at the 2008 meeting of the Alabama Public Health Association, April 8-9, 2008, Birmingham, AL. They will provide demonstrations of NLM systems and Health InfoNet.labama Public Health Association 2008 Meeting
January 17, 2008 - April 30, 2008

University of Alabama, Birmingham
Alabama Library Association 2008
The Lister Hill Library staff and members of the Alabama Health Libraries Association will exhibit at the 2008 Alabama Library Association Annual Convention, April 22-25, Birmingham, AL. they will demonstration NLM resources and Go Local.
January 25, 2008 - April 30, 2008

University of Maryland, Baltimore
The University of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library will exhibit at the African American Heritage Festival, Baltimore, MD, July 6-July 8, 2007. The Festival is a family celebration of African American history, culture, art and education. Attracting over 500,000 people five years in a row, the Heritage Festival is the premier festival in the Mid-Atlantic region. While the festival celebrates the historic contributions of African Americans, visitors to the event represent all ethnic groups.
June 20, 2007 - July 31, 2007

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Carroll Indoor Sports Center Fair
The staff of the University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library will exhibit at the Carroll Indoor Sports Center Fair, February 8, 2008, Westminster, MD. NLM consumer health resources and Maryland Health Go Local will be demonstrated.
January 31, 2008 - February 29, 2008

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Sister to Sister Women's Heart Fair
The staff of the University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library will exhibit at the Sister to Sister Women's Heart Health Fair, Baltimore, MD, February 26, 2008. Demonstrations of Maryland Health Go Local and NLM consumer health resources are planned.
February 13, 2008 - February 29, 2008

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2006 La Fiesta del Pueblo
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library will exhibit at the 2006 La Fiesta del Pueblo, Raleigh, NC, September 9-10, 2006.
August 7, 2006 - September 30, 2006

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2007 La Fiesta del Pueblo
The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library will exhibit at La Fiesta del Pueblo 2007 event, Raleigh, NC, September 8-9, 2007. The will focus will be on promoting MedlinePlus en Espanol and NC Health Info.
January 9, 2007 - September 30, 2007

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2008 La Fiesta del Pueblo
The staff of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library will exhibit at the 2008 La Fiesta del Pueblo, Raleigh, NC, September 6-7, 2008. Staff will promote NC Health Info for English and Spanish speakers and NLM Spanish language resources.
June 10, 2008 - September 30, 2008

University of South Alabama
Medical Association of the State of Alabama
The staff of the Baugh Library, University of South Alabama will staff a cybercafe exhibit at the 2008 meeting of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, May 22-25, 2008, San Destin, FL. A CME session entitled Beyond the BasicsL Internet Resources for Clinicians is also planned.
March 10, 2008 - May 31, 2008

University of South Carolina
SC American Association of Mental Retardation and the Early Intervention Conference
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library will exhibit at the South Carolina American Association of Mental Retardation 2006 meeting, October 4-6, 2006 and the South Carolina Early Intervention Conference, October 7, 2006, Myrtle Beach, SC. The exhibit will promote the Center for Disability Resources Library as well as the services and resources of the National Library of Medicine. A workshop is planned for the October 7 meeting.
July 25, 2006 - October 30, 2006

University of South Carolina
SC Autism Society Annual Conference
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library will exhibit at the South Carolina Autism Society Annual Conference and Meeting, October 12-13, 2007, Columbia, SC. The staff will promote the Center for Disability Resources Library, MedlinePlus.gov, SC Go Local and other related electronic health resources.
June 26, 2007 - October 30, 2007

University of South Carolina
Department of Health SWAP Meet #6
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library staff will exhibit at the South Carolina Department of Health SWAP Meet #6, September 24, 2007 in Charleston, SC. They will promote the USC Center for Disability Resources and NLM products such as MedlinePlus and SC Go Local. A 10 minute presentation is planned also.
July 26, 2007 - September 30, 2007

University of South Carolina
Making Connections to a Brighter Future
The staff of the University of South Carolina Center for Disability Resources Library will exhibit at the "Making Connections for a Brighter Future" meeting in Greenwood, SC, August 13, 2008. The staff will promote and present on the Center for Disability Resources, Go Local South Carolina and NLM resources.
June 5, 2008 - August 30, 2008

Wake Forest University
27th Annual Mountain Medical Meeting
The Northwest Area Health Education Center will exhibit at the 27th Annual Mountain Medical Meeting, Asheville, NC, October 20-22, 2006. Promotion of NLM databases and the NCAHEC Digital Library is planned.
July 17, 2006 - October 30, 2006

Wake Forest University
North Carolina Pediatric Society 2006 Annual Meeting
The Northwest AHEC will exhibit at the 2006 annual meeting of the North Carolina Pediatric Society, Myrtle Beach, SC, August 17-20, 2006. They will promote NLM products and NC AHEC services and provide hands-on demonstrations.
June 28, 2006 - August 30, 2006

Wake Forest University/Northwest AHEC
The Northwest AHEC will exhibit at the North Carolina 2007 WIC "Transformation and Renewal" Conference, Durham, NC, September 12-14, 2007.
June 12, 2007 - September 30, 2007

Technology/Electronic Health Information Awareness Awards

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA will present a technology symposium on October 12, 2007 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with its annual meeting. They plan to invite at least three presenters to speak on new and emerging technologies or on specific technologies. They will hold a question and answer period following the program.
May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008

Southern Chapter of MLA
The Southern Chapter/MLA will present a 3 or 4 hour session that focuses on new technologies and how they are used in libraries to expand/improve services and access to resources. The session will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 13, 2007, as part of the Southern Chapter/MLA’s annual meeting in the convention hotel, the Francis Marion, Charleston, SC. The program will include 2-3 speakers, representative of academic and hospital libraries who will focus on the impact new technologies bring to libraries and how we can provide appropriate library services for the new generation of library user. Speakers will introduce the audience to the “tech-speak” of these new technologies, discuss opportunities for use, and describe practical, operational applications.
May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008

University of Maryland, Baltimore
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library will host a conference to explore and investigate the impact and future of social networking on the academic environment, teaching and learning, research, service and consumer health. A spring 2008 conference at the University of Maryland Baltimore is planned with speakers and informal discussion sessions with local experts.
May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2006
The Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will present a program to raise awareness of some of the issues around scholarly communications, specifically regarding Google in the health information economy. The program will take place in Chapel Hill, October 26, 2006 and be videotaped and placed on the internet for viewing.
September 13, 2006 - October 30, 2006

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The UNC Health Sciences Library will host a program in Fall 2008. The program will bring together two engaging and influential scientific minds to address issues of open access, the 2008 NIH public access policy law and connecting the scientific information from previous works with new and important discoveries. The program builds on three previous held events on scholarly publishing of North Carolina 2008 program.
March 31, 2008 - October 31, 2008

University of South Alabama
University of South Alabama 2006
The staff of the University of South Alabama Biomedical Library will sponsor a cybercafe at the Medical Association of the State of Alabama annual meeting, April 11-15, 2007, Birmingham, AL. A cybercafe with six computers and classes are planned.
September 13, 2006 - April 30, 2007

University of South Alabama
A one and half day event is planned for October 2007. The first day will be a half day event to include two clinicians/speakers who are experts on using evidence at the point of care. The presentation will be held at the USA Medical Center Conference Room with audiences participating on USA campus, USA Children’s Women’s Hospital, Infirmary West Hospital, Mobile Infirmary, Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, AL, Southwest Memorial Hospital in Foley, and McMillan Hospital in Brewton, AL, through teleconferencing, as well. Two sets of events are planned on the second day: vendor exhibits and a PDA lab that include different types of PDAs/Smart Phones with medical, drug, emergency medicine and EMR software for demo as well as presentations from librarians and vendors on using technology/information.
May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008

University of Virginia
The University of Virginia Claude Moore Health Sciences Library will hold an InfoFair in Fall 2007 to increase participants knowledge and hands-on use of emerging technology. The fair will provide access to speakers, vendor displays, demonstrations and short classes.
May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008

Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University 2006
The VCU Tompkins McCaw Library will host a Mobile Technology Fair in Richmond, VA, April, 2007. The fair will promote use of mobile technology to improve health information access, introduce students and others to new technologies and promote technology literacy.
September 13, 2006 - April 30, 2007

Training Awards

Association of North Carolina Health and Science Librarians
ANCHASL Fall 2006 meeting
The Association of North Carolina Health and Science Librarians will provide "Extreme Googling for Health and Medical Information Specialists" with instructor Joe Barker at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, October 27, 2006.
August 15, 2006 - October 30, 2006

George Washington University
The District of Columbia Association of Health Sciences Librarians will sponsor a training opportunity on Knowledge Management, april 2008.
March 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009

Georgia Health Sciences Library Association
Georgia Health Sciences Library Association 2007 Meeting
The Georgia Health Sciences Library Association will hold "The Changing Scope of Reference Service" class at their 2007 meeting to be held in Young Harris, GA on March 8-10, 2007.
January 17, 2007 - March 31, 2007

Georgia Health Sciences Library Association
The Georgia Health Sciences Library Association will present the Emerging Technologies for Libraries class at their annual meeting, March 2008 in Cordele, GA. Sixty health sciences librarians are expected to attend.
October 15, 2007 - March 30, 2008

GV Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center
The staff of the GV Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center Library will present "PubMed Tips and Tricks" at the 9th Annual Nurse Practitioner Update, September 27-28, 2007, Jackson, MS. In addition, hands-on training sessions will be offered also throughout the day.
June 27, 2007 - September 30, 2007

Here's 2 Life
Introduction to NLM's Online Systems classes for clinical staff serving a largely minority population at an urban Federally Qualified Health Center in Birmingham, AL. Classes will provide CME for staff and cover PubMed, ClinicalTrials, NLM Gateway, and PHPartners.org.
January 17, 2008 - December 31, 2008

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
The training award will be used to provide 2 sessions at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton, MD. The sessions will cover evaluating health information on the Internet, how to use MedlinePlus to locate quality health information, and an overview of other reliable health websites. Public librarians, public health workforce, and consumers will be invited.
August 10, 2006 - September 30, 2006

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Linda Gorman of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Carol Wade of the Eastern Shore AHEC will provide the "To the moon and back...Introducing children and teens to healthy information on the Web" class at the Maryland Library Association Conference, Ocean City, MD, May 2-4, 2007
March 6, 2007 - May 30, 2007

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
The staff of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Library will provide a class on finding reliable health information through MedlinePlus and Go Local at the 2007 Baltimore County Department of Aging Caregivers Conference, Catonsville, MD.
July 25, 2007 - September 30, 2007

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Staff of the Harrison Library, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center will provide a presentation on reliable cancer resources on the web. They will stress MedlinePlus resources in addition to other NLM products at the Maryland Library Association meeting, May 2008, Ocean City, MD.
March 21, 2008 - May 31, 2008

MaFlo's Health and Awareness Team
Fall classes MaFlo's Health & Awareness team will hold four classes on basic computer skills, MedlinePlus, exercise classes and health topics over the course of two months. The sessions will be held at the Dunbar Community Center with 10-25 participants in each class.
August 15, 2006 - October 30, 2006

MaFlo's Health and Awareness Team
The Health & Awareness Team will provide basic internet skills, MedlinePlus, and exercise classes and walks in rural Georgetown county in South Carolina. Classes of 8-20 participants are planned.
May 14, 2007 - April 30, 2008

MaFlo's Health and Awareness Team
The Health and Awareness Team will provide basic computer classes as well as exercise classes and community walks at the Dunbar Community Center, Georgetown, SC.
January 17, 2008 - December 31, 2008

Mercer University
Classes at the Georgia Department of Public Health
The Mercer School of Medicine Medical Library and the Medical College of Georgia Library will partner to present three classes at the Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, GA in November, 2006. The classes proposed are "Using PubMed to Locate Public Health Literature," "Handhelds in Medicine: A Practical Guide," and "Patient and Consumer Health Information on the Internet."
September 13, 2006 - November 30, 2006

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA
Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2007 meeting
The award will be used to fund the Expert Searching class at the 2007 MAC meeting in Baltimore, MD. The class will be taught by Karen Vargas.
March 6, 2007 - May 30, 2007

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA
Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2008 meeting
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter/MLA will present the Integration of Web 2.0 technologies in academic, medical and hospital libraries in October 2008, Morgantown, WV.
January 23, 2008 - October 31,2008

Medical University of South Carolina
Training at Greenville Public Library
The Hands on Health-SC staff will provide training on MedlinePlus, Go Local and Hands on Health-SC to the 150 members of the Greenville County Library System, Greenville, SC. A poster/exhibit is also planned.
December 4, 2007 - February 29, 2008

Southern Chapter of MLA
The Southern Chapter will provided a course by Margaret Allen on knowledge based information needs of nurses in clinical and educational settings. The class will be held at their annual meeting in Charleston, SC on November 13, 2007.
May 16, 2007 - November 30, 2007

The University of South Carolina
Medical School Library will provide a workshop at the 2006 Early Intervention Conference, October 7, 2006, Myrtle Beach, SC. The workshop will cover the Center for Disability Resources Library collection and services as well as the resources of the National Library of Medicine.
July 25, 2006 - October 30, 2006

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