Past Funded Projects

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library- New Orleans will partner with the public libraries in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination.

Congratulations to Heather Brown for receiving a professional development award! She attended the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists CoSA and the Society of American Archivists SAA

This project focuses on key health priorities couched in the framework of social determinants of health that contribute to health disparities in Arizona communities. Outreach activities will connect with the following partners: healthcare providers and 131s embedded in underserved communities; promotoras de salud community health workers; 12s and school associates; Hispanic, Spanish-speaking, and border-region populations; Native American and tribal communities; public librarians; and health agency and community health organization collaborators.

Reach Up, Inc. will host its 5th annual health fair in partnership with the Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale on June 22, 2019. Organizations from the local community who provide health information and services will be invited to participate as the goal of the health fair is to involve the entire community. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn about MedlinePlus and NIH Environmental Health Sciences from the National Library of Medicine through informational sessions held during the health fair.

A health 12 will be hired by NOLA to exclusively provide program support, extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the program, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and offer health information education to the New Orleans Public Library community. The health 12 will be physically located within the NOLA Public Library and receive program assignments from the NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator. Projects will be assigned by the NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator with discrete timelines and deliverables denoted for each task.

Congratulations to Levi Dolan for receiving a Professional Development Award for LIS students to attend MCMLA 2019 in Omaha, NE.

A one-day conference introducing digital and print health resources to librarians and library professionals throughout the St. Louis Region. The conference will include the introduction of digital resources such as MedlinePlus, Pubmed, NNLM, and many more, as well as print resources by health and medical librarians. Attendees will not only be introduced to health/medical resources, but will also be shown how to utilize and promote said resources to their patrons and communities.

The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- Shreveport Libraries will partner with the public libraries in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination.

The Greater Hampton Roads Community Indicators Dashboard GHRconnects brings leadership and resources together to facilitate regional, data-driven decision making in Hampton Roads. As United Way of South Hampton Roads UWSHR receives local data from community-based organizations and collective impact initiatives, GHRconnects provides insight into the needs of these organizations and increases access to health statistics, resources, and research.

Margaret Zimmerman, an Assistant Professor with the University of Iowas UI School of Library and Information Science SLIS requests a grant for a second iteration of her pilot program to develop and implement a health literacy training for immigrant and refugee 92 living in Johnson and Linn counties in Iowa. This grant will build upon Dr. Zimmermans current successful project employing SLIS graduate students to deliver a health literacy course to immigrant and refugee 92. Based upon the findings of the current pilot, Dr.

Congratulations to Ray County Library for receiving a Library Engagement Technology Funding Award! The goal of this funding project will be for the library to have a more in-depth understanding of the community it serves. This will assist the library as it carries out its mission to inform, inspire and enrich the community. The requested statistical software will allow library staff and Board members to better understand community needs and subsequently allow for more informed decision making regarding library programming and resources.

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library will partner with the public libraries in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination.

The Canadian Health Libraries Association Annual Conference presents a unique geographic and professional opportunity for the subawardee to expand their regional network and potential for research, teaching, and learning collaboration The conference will also offer the opportunity to interact with a variety of library vendors. Of specific interest is a full-day 6.5 contact hours continuing education workshop: Text Mining Tools for Search Strategy Development and Research Monitoring.

This project will provide community outreach events that expand on local and national conversations surrounding transgender and intersex gender diverse athletes participation in sports. This includes best practices for working with gender diverse athletes, and the health disparities that arise from systemic limitations on the ability of gender diverse persons to take part in safe, inclusive physical activities and competition.