This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
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| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collection Equity Award | Peabody Memorial Library | Purchase new books so that our patrons of all ages will have access to reliable and current biomedical, health, and public health information and data. | Maine | ||
| Collection Equity Award | Hadley Parrot Health Science Library | The Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Hadley Parrot Library’s current consumer health collection lacks health information relevant to today’s diverse and underrepresented populations. Page 2 of 4 The 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) identified culturally competent care and health literacy among the top concerns expressed by Maine’s Black and LGBTQ+ communities. Other needs identified in the CHNA include the need for resources to address mental health, suicide prevention, and substance and alcohol use. Additionally, due to the library’s location… | Maine | ||
| Collection Equity Award 13 Maine Health | We would review our collection of ebooks and audiobooks to find areas where we could increase the number of books available to patients and community members across the MaineHealth system. Our primary focus would be around non-English books, audiobooks, and graphic novels in order to have information accessible to people who have challenges with reading English-only, text-only books. | ||||
| Collection Equity Award Dana Medical Library | University of Vermont - Dana Medical Library | Expand Access to Graphic Medicine | Vermont | ||
| Collection Equity Award Y3 - San José State University, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library | San Jose State University | The Collection Equity Award will be used to build a collection pertaining to delivering healthcare to marginalized and medically-underserved populations in Santa Clara County, as identified by the El Camino Health 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA).¹ Populations of interest include the elderly, low-income residents, new Americans and/or undocumented immigrants, and the unhoused… | California |