Past Funded Projects

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.

This is an application for a Professional Development Award to attend the Association of 95 and Small Libraries ARSL conference in Burlington, VT, in September of this year.

The University of Arkansas for Medical 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 University of North Texas Health Science Center 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 University of Texas Medical Branch- Moody Medical 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 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - School of Medicine Libraries will partner with the public libraries in the Rio Grande Valley counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr 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 Ellie Svoboda for receiving a Professional Development Award for LIS students to attend MCMLA 2019 in Omaha, NE!

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

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.

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.

For ten years the New England Science Boot Camp SBC event has been promoting science literacy among librarians in the Northeast. This is an immersive, two-and-a-half-day event that regularly draws between fifty-five and seventy librarians. One of the ways we promote science literacy is by recording the presentations at Camp and creating interesting and watchable educational videos for both attendees and non-attendees to access after the boot camp event.

The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries AAHSL will partner with the NNLM to offer data scholarships to AAHSL members to increase knowledge, skills and competencies through continuing education about data management in order to strengthen participation in data science learning about best practices for organizing, managing, visualizing and sharing data.

The Utah State Library Division will incorporate the NNLM Reading Club Book Kits into the Book Buzz Program. The Book Buzz Program lends book sets to book clubs, book groups, libraries, organizations, schools, and community centers. This project will provide opportunities for members of the public to learn about and discuss important health-related topics through book discussion groups facilitated by local public libraries in Utah.

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