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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Together El Paso | Alliance of Border Collaboratives | The Alliance of Border Collaboratives (ABC) proposes the “All Together El Paso”, an education and outreach project in health literacy for underrepresented communities in the county of EL Paso Texas. The goal of the project is to improve the access to NLM and related health information by the community. ABC will give emphasis to the provision of health literacy, digital literacy and related information in a way that is meaningful to the target community by increasing the knowledge of the NLM-All of Us Reaserch Program and… | Texas | ||
| Answering a Call to Action: Preparing PublicLibraries to Respond to the Opioid Crisis | Florida State University School of Information | Opioid overdose deaths rose by approximately 35percent in Florida from 2019 to 2020- an increase attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic (Byrnes, 2021).t In 2019, OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) applied for, and was awarded, an IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) grant to equip public libraries as first responders in the Opioidepidemic. As output of this grant, a toolkit wasproduced that provides general action steps forpublic libraries to support their communitiesthrough the crisis. For this application MargaretZimmerman, an Assistant Professor with the FloridaState… | |||
| Ayen En Wunnanumaonk, Be In Good Health: A Nipmuc Community Wellness Newsletter | Nipmuc Nation | The Nipmuc People make up one of New England’s largest Native communities and are recognized by the state of Massachusetts [1]. The community consists of approximately 600 members that reside throughout the New England area and beyond. The Nipmuc People are represented by several bands, historically linked by kinship ties, trade routes, and other alliances [2]. | |||
| BE WELL at NPL: Health Information | Nashville Public Library | BE WELL at NPL advances health literacy in the Davidson County by providing access and outreach to free wellness programs and health resources. BE WELL at NPL aligns its activities with the local health priority areas in Davidson County’s Community Health Improvement Plan. Notably, NPL partners with Get Covered TN to facilitate on-site health insurance enrollment each year, which has become a nationally recognized model for public libraries. BE WELL at NPL plans to launch new services that will help address the high rates of uncontrolled… | Tennessee | ||
| Bit by Byte: Building Best Practices in Data Literacy | Towson University - Cook Library | Towson University is one of the nation's top 100 public universities, with over 22,000 graduate and undergraduate students. It has been ranked one of the country's most diverse campuses. In the fall of 2019, 22% of the incoming class were first generation college students and 48% identified as minorities. Towson University boasts a zero percent achievement gap for minority students, according to the U.S. Department of Education (https://www.towson.edu/news/2019/usnwr-diversecampus.html). In February, 2020, an effort to provide all Towson University students with access to the… | Maryland |