Current Projects
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 |
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| Public Library Partnership to Improve Access, Understanding, and Use of Health Information | Lewes Public Library | The Lewes Public Library and partner nonprofit service organizations have identified communities at high risk for poor health literacy, including older adults, teens with mental health needs and/or high-risk substance use or sexual behaviors, and LGBTQ+ individuals. The Be A Health Hero initiative employs evidence-based interventions, such as events, workshops, and individual services to enhance health literacy among those at high risk. Be a Health Hero is designed to be readily adapted to other… | Delaware | ||
| PULL A-HEAD: Pursuing Leadership in Literacy to Ameliorate HEAd and neck cancer Disparities | Medical University of South Carolina | Public health practice and oral health equity has become a national priority since the release of NIDCR’s, ‘Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges’’ (2021), which outlines the significant impact health literacy has on patient dental health behaviors, patient safety, dental outcomes, interpersonal provider-patient interaction and patient navigation of the dental care system. In this regard, we propose PULL A-HEAD, Pursuing | South Carolina | ||
| Region 6 POP | Trinity Health West Michigan | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2022. | Michigan | ||
| Region 6 POP | Anoka County Library | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Minnesota | ||
| Region 6 POP | Chicago State University - Gwendolyn Brooks Library | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Illinois | ||
| Region 6 POP | Fox River Valley Public Library District | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Illinois | ||
| Region 6 POP | Restored Visions | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Ohio | ||
| Region 6 POP | University of Illinois Chicago Library of the Health Sciences | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April… | Illinois | ||
| Region 6 POP | University of Cincinnati Health Sciences Library | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Ohio | ||
| Region 6 POP | Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Wisconsin | ||
| Region 6 POP | Indiana University School of Medicine - Ruth Lilly Medical Library | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Indiana | ||
| Region 6 POP | University of Wisconsin-Madison Ebling Library For the Health Sciences | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Wisconsin | ||
| Region 6 POP | Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Library | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Illinois | ||
| Region 6 POP | Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Ohio | ||
| Region 6 POP | Health Sciences Library, University of Minnesota | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Minnesota | ||
| Region 6 POP | University of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Iowa | ||
| Region 6 POP | Cedar Falls Public Library | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | Iowa | ||
| Region 6 POP | Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April… | Ohio | ||
| Rural Access to Health Information: Training Community Health Navigators in Northern California to Expand Access to Virtual Health Information Tools | California State University, Chico | This project seeks to serve rural people in northern California by improving their access to medical information. We will train community health navigators (from two programs in the service region: Home Visitors and Help Me Grow) in rural remote areas on the use of MedlinePlus and other high quality, vetted, reliable health information resources. Two separate trainings will take place throughout the project year, one in English and one in Spanish, to best serve our northern California demographic. Training will… | California | ||
| Rural Library Public Health Collection Update and Expansion | Upper Skagit Library | For this project, the Upper Skagit Library will be updating and diversifying our current public health collection. Our current collection is out of date and was haphazardly put together through donations, and lacks any diverse voices or identities. This award would allow us to create a collection that reflects our current community and it's health challenges, as well as allowing us to work with the community to create a collection that reflects community need. | Washington | ||
| Rural Telehealth in Public Libraries | Maine Medical Center - MaineHealth | With reduced access to care in rural areas, many patients are turning to telehealth for consultations or follow-up appointments. In lieu of long travel times, patients can connect with providers online. Unfortunately the lack of computer hardware and high speed internet access limits the ability of patients to use video telehealth, which in turn limits the providers’ ability to diagnose and treat them. Our goal is to provide hardware and information resources to a rural library to support telehealth appointments. Additionally, we will produce a video about the telehealth… | Maine | ||
| Rural Utah Community Osteoporosis Education | Noorda College Of Osteopathic Medicine Library | Our project aims to provide meaningful education regarding osteoporosis as well as providing patients with the tools to find more information through high quality resources about this topic. We will do this by providing outreach workshops where an evidence-based osteoporosis curriculum is presented which includes an interactive activity researching best sources on a tablet/iPad. Curriculum will be overseen by a board-certified Geriatrician | Utah | ||
| SciStarter Activity Kit for Native American Citizen Scientists Pilot Project | SciStarter | Assemble a team that will collaborate to review and select a participatory science kit to enhance via new activities that will both support engagement among Native Americans and build awareness among pilot kit users on tribal cultural language and related activities. The team will be composed of a SciStarter team leader, front-end web developer, back-end web developer, a professional designer, an editor, a DEI specialist, communications team, a Region 4 representative (John Bramble or his designee), a librarian, and at least two members of Native American tribes in AZ. | Pennsylvania | ||
| SciStarter Spanish Language Activity Kit Pilot Project | SciStarter | The purpose of this work was to create a pilot project in collaboration with educators and librarians in Spanish-speaking communities to identify a process resulting in publicly accessible health focused SciStarter activities to add to a Citizen Science Kit. The additive activities aim to engage the Spanish speaking students and the public in learning about citizen science and ultimately in collecting and analyzing health-related data as part of the practice of public participation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge | Pennsylvania | ||
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| Seniors Be Well at GRPL | Trinity Health Saint Mary's | Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Family Medicine Residency Program will partner with the Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) to provide a health literacy series for the seniors in our community, particularly our underserved senior populations. Both of these institutions serve people across the lifespan, are members of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), and focus on health literacy and underserved populations. At these talks a physician will provide credible medical information and sources for further information on these topics, sometimes alongside a community… | Michigan | ||
| Smart Tablet Education for Healthy Living” (STEHL) project for older adults (SAG) | Northern Illinois University School of Nursing | The “smart tablet education for healthy living” (STEHL) project for older adults is being created to build upon a previous project that was recently funded by the NNLM and All of Us Research grant which was successfully completed (October 2022 to April 2023). The project “noticing older adults beyond tablets,” provided smart tablets (Samsung A7) to 20 older adults living in 2 retirement homes in the DeKalb area. Our team consisted of younger adults (nurses and student nurses) who were engaged in working with the older adults to help with the project. The project… | Illinois | ||
| Southwest Community Engagement Ambassador Project | University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center | The Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center at the University of New Mexico (HSLIC) seeks to develop intentional, culturally relevant strategies for successful engagement outreach with diverse, underserved populations. These efforts will be informed by [1] a review of academic health sciences libraries’ experiences in community engagement with underserved populations; and, [2] an exploration of past community engagement projects conducted by UNM HSLIC. We will collaborate with NNLM Region 4 continuously as we identify community partners throughout New Mexico. We plan… | New Mexico | ||
| Springfield Public Library Accessibility Station | Springfield Public Library | The Springfield Public Library will use this Technology Equity Award to purchase equipment, software and peripherals to add adaptive technology to an existing computer station. By consulting with local community and government organizations (Lane Independent Living Alliance, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Developmental Disabilities Services among others) the library will purchase the most relevant adaptive equipment (standing desk, screen readers, braille display etc) for our community, based on needs identified by these partners. The library has held… | Oregon | ||
| Strengthening the Emergency Response Capacities of Older Latino Adults Exposed to Disasters | Health Communications Institute Inc | The project Strengthening the Emergency Response Capacities of Older Latino Adults Exposed to Disasters seeks to meet the knowledge needs expressed by a group of people over 55 years of age who live in housing projects in three municipalities in southwest Puerto Rico. This shall be done through the development of an educational curriculum in emergency preparedness. Through the curriculum, it is expected to train on family and community preparedness, while being exposed to the use of the… | Puerto Rico |