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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locating Latino and Hispanic American’s Consumer Health Information in the Metaverse | Universidad de Puerto Rico | This proposal aims to enhance health information equity for Latinos/Hispanics in the metaverse, specifically through applications from the Second Life (SL) Platform. The project will create an immersive environment on the three dimensional space in the Second Life digital metaverse, where a learning space on health information will be created for Hispanic residents. The main purpose of this SL space will be to target the most frequent diseases in their communities and… | Puerto Rico | ||
| LSUHS Exhibit Award for the Louisiana Library Association | Louisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport - Library (LSUHSC-S Library) | Louisiana Library Association conference is held each year. Attendance has varied from 300 – 400 individuals including both librarians and vendors based on conference city and conference dates and any conflicts with PLA (Public Library Association conference – part of ALA) and ACRL (Academic, College, and Research Librarians conference – part of ALA) which occur on alternating years. Public, school (K-12), academic, and subject specialists (law, health, government documents, etc.) librarians in Louisiana attend. The theme this year is Everything for Everyone | |||
| Making “Mother Goose on the Loose – Goslings” Program Accessible to More Parents of Medically Complex Infants in the NICU | Mother Goose on the Loose, LLC | Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) is a method for planning and presenting early childhood programs that incorporates research-based theories of learning through engaging activities to help children ages 0-3 develop and strengthen early literacy, social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Target audience is parents, family caregivers, teachers, librarians, and other professional helpers. Among the many adaptations of MGOL, the MGOL-Goslings program was developed to address the need for early language and literacy intervention… | Maryland | ||
| Mālama i ka ʻikepili, Caring for Data: Supporting Hawaiʻi’s Research Data Needs through a Library Data Services Program | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library | The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) Library seeks support for the development of a biomedical data management and data sharing course optimized for Hawaiʻi researchers and students, culminating in a live symposium in Spring 2023. This project will lay the foundation for data services in the UHM Library going forward. We are requesting $25,000 to hire a part-time library data services assistant to help conduct a data needs assessment, develop the asynchronous online course, and organize the symposium. | Hawaii | ||
| Maternal Health Literacy Program | Do Care Doula Foundation Inc | As a community organization partnered with Delaware Adolescent Program, Westside Health, and La Red for childbirth and lactation education community classes, our Maternal Health Literacy program is dedicated to addressing the knowledge gap among pregnant individuals by providing accessible education on health information vocabulary. Recognizing that birthing people often face misinformation and lack of understanding in health terminology, our program focuses on delivering clear and comprehensible information essential for navigating pregnancy, birth, and postpartum stages. Through… | Delaware |