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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESLN Technology: Tablet Kits for Health Information | Capital District Library Council | This NNLM grant funded project will enable the Capital District Library Council (CDLC) to preload and provide tablets to our three public library systems to distribute to their member libraries equitably. Primarily, these tablets will provide easy access to high quality online health information from the National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine including PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov and MedlinePlus. Links to other curated health information sites endorsed/vetted by the NIH will also be provided. | New York | ||
| ESLN Technology: Telehealth for All in South Central New York State | South Central Regional Library Council (SCRLC) | In Fall 2021, SCRLC conducted a telehealth survey among the region's public libraries. Thirty-four of 130 participated, and the survey demonstrated interest in offering telehealth, but privacy was a barrier to some of the respondents. Others may not have responded because they, too, lacked space and privacy. The survey also demonstrated a need for health information literacy education on the part of library workers. In that space is a challenge, we would like to use our technology grant to provide telehealth kits to our public libraries/systems. Patients/patrons will then… | New York | ||
| ESLN Technology:Assisting Afghans to Relocate, Educate, Assimilate (AAREA) | Western New York Library Resources Council | This project will provide Afghan and other refugee families recently relocated to Buffalo, New York, with assistance to navigate the healthcare system and locate health information in their native languages. WNYLRC will purchase equipment to provide to refugee families through the International Institute of Buffalo. Caseworkers and volunteers at the IIB will distribute 39 devices to participants already enrolled in IIB programs. The devices can be used at the IIB or at public libraries for the most secure connections. Assisting families to apply for free Internet service through the… | New York | ||
| Esteemed Elders: Bridging the Digital Divide, Moving Well, Connected with Community | Georgia Public Library | To create a program to support holistic health in seniors; addressing physical health, the digital divide, and social isolation through varied, and consistently offered programming over a one-year span. The structures we will create, the assets we will gather and the relationships we will nurture will insure the long-term sustainability and growth of this initiative. The program is comprised of three components; Bridging the Digital Divide, Supporting Physical Health, and… | Vermont | ||
| Exhibit Grant at 2023 Rural Health Association of Tennessee Annual Meeting | East Tennessee State University - Medical Center | The project team will exhibit at the Rural Health Association of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. MedlinePlus.gov and PubMed.gov as well as other NLM resources will be promoted. The team will make connections with the rural health workforce of Tennessee. The conference will be November 15-17, 2023. Because of pass attendance by the librarians from ETSU relationships have developed. One librarian takes care of the archives for RHAT and another librarian is on the conference planning committee and runs the… | Tennessee |