Past Funded Projects

Award will help public librarian help her institution provide library and information literacy instruction services for students and faculty in the Bachelor of Science in Midwifery program. As a solo librarian, the conference will increase her knowledge and skills in order to provide better instruction, provide better research assistance, improve health information delivery and access, and advocate more effectively for the library.

HSLI wishes to offer several classes to attendees at the annual conference. The class list includes: Building Partnerships with Faculty, Clinicians, and other Stakeholders 4 MLA CE, presented by Gwen Wilson, MLS, AHIP, Health Informatics Coordinator/Librarian at Washburn University in Topeka, KS. This course is designed for those Interested in strategies on building partnerships that lead to collaborative projects. The class will discuss barriers to building partnerships and detailed plans to help overcome these obstacles.

The exhibit will be held at a table at TPHA and will include multiple handouts created by NLM that cover different relevant NLM databases and products. Specific handouts included will cover PubMed, NLM mobile resources, and more. The exhibit will also include a banner advertising medical library services.

Tennessee Public Health Association TPHA; Annual Conference; September 11-14, 2018; Franklin Marriott Cool Springs. The exhibit will be held at a table at TPHA and will include multiple handouts created by NLM that cover different relevant NLM databases and products. Specific handouts included will cover PubMed, NLM mobile resources, and more. The exhibit will also include a banner advertising medical library services.

The physical exhibit will have a tent, two tables, a standing display, a computer, IPAD, and a display board. We will have Medlineplus bookmarks and Medlineplus brochures on the tables.

Funding is requested to support travel to the 'Systematic Review Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians', July 16-18, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to to assist MSKCC clinical 133s using Systematic Review best techniques and highest standards available up to date.

To enable the Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host a speaker who will directly address the challenges for academic and hospital libraries in the future. To accompany our theme, 'Experience the Magic: Libraries of Tomorrow',Julie Esparza, MLS, AHIP, will discuss what she sees for libraries and librarians around the corner. Julie is not only the new President-Elect of MLA, but has also served a long career in academic, hospital, corporate, and public libraries before arriving in Shreveport, LA at LSU Health.

The professional development award will support travel and additional training at the Evidence Based Librarianship in Practice EBLIP 9 conference in Philadelphia, PA. As a mid-career faculty member, this conference presents an opportunity to expand my skillset into other areas relevant to health sciences librarianship. This conference is an 94 conference that rotates locations around the world. The overall organization stems from the University of Saskatchewan's Centre for Evidence Based Library & Information Practice.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

The Public Librarian Symposium at the Medical Library Association MLA offers a unique opportunity for public librarians to receive education about health information and provide an introduction to National Library of Medicine resources and the National Network of Libraries' of Medicine. The symposium overlaps with the last day and a half of MLA's annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, and can be followed by an optional half day education boot camp for the Consumer Health Information Specialization CHIS organized by the GMR.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

The provision of health education in clinic and physician office waiting rooms is not new; however, it is usually done by use of printed materials and/or passive video presentations. This project explores the feasibility of using live presentations to teach medication safety to parents and caregivers in the waiting area of an ambulatory care clinic at a busy 98 teaching hospital. The presentations will be given by a team of three university students using the library's portable Sharp Interactive Display System purchased with an earlier NNLM grant.