Past Funded Projects

This award is intended to help public libraries support the health information needs of their communities by providing funding for health-related program kits. Program kits should be comprised of health information and can be used for circulation purposes or in direct support of health programs.

Instruction is a growing responsibility of academic health sciences librarians, but we rarely have the time, space, and community to take our ideas and notes from the previous year, combine it with the literature, and brainstorm with colleagues. This grant will fund a much-needed opportunity for librarians doing instruction in health sciences, at academic institutions to step away from their day-to-day responsibilities and instead work on instruction-based projects that have built up over the year and intentionally focus on refining their pedagogy.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center- Preston Smith Library of the 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.

Congratulations to Sara K Motsinger from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, DAngelo Library for receiving a professional development award to attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference which will be held in November 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. The professional development award was available to librarians or library staff that support marketing efforts in their libraries or organizations.

Pomperaug District Department of Health PDDH will leverage its vast network of community partners to implement a focused outreach program to connect underserved older 88 to MedlinePlus resources in order to curtail opioid dependence and provide alternative strategies for managing chronic pain.

Congratulations to Natalie Newville from the Missouri River Regional Library for receiving a professional development award to attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference which will be held in November 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. The professional development award was available to librarians or library staff that support marketing efforts in their libraries or organizations. Award recipients will also work with a mentor to receive individualized coaching prior to, during, and after the conference is over to maximize the recipient's learning experience.

Congratulations to Kristen White from University of Colorado - Strauss Health Sciences Library for receiving a professional development award to attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference which will be held in November 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. The professional development award was available to librarians or library staff that support marketing efforts in their libraries or organizations.

Congratulations to Rachelle Brandel from the Ferguson Municipal Public Library for receiving a professional development award to attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference which will be held in November 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. The professional development award was available to librarians or library staff that support marketing efforts in their libraries or organizations. Award recipients will also work with a mentor to receive individualized coaching prior to, during, and after the conference is over to maximize the recipient's learning experience.

Graphic medicine, or the overlap of comics and healthcare, has emerged over the past decade from a once small, sporadically discussed idea to a burgeoning field of study and subgenre in its own right. For librarians, the growth of the field - which includes a National Library of Medicine exhibit, "Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn!" - presents numerous opportunities, ranging from reinvigorating interest in physical collections to interactive programming.

Congratulations to MCMLA for receiving a Professional Development Award to fund a virtual MCMLA Book Club! MCMLA will facilitate a virtual book club with 7 participant groups. The book for the group is: "The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias" by Dolly Chugh and Laslo Black.

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine NNLM Community Engagement Center CEC has been funded for $71,240 to establish the infrastructure of the NNLM Community Engagement Network CEN. This project would set the NNLM CEN up to effectively move from a pilot project to a sustainable, evidencebased national model with the infrastructure needed to support the goals of the NNLM National Program NP and the Research Program 71. The NNLM CEN is at a critical juncture where community engagement and outreach models and expectations can be standardized based on previous experience.

The NNLM Community Engagement Center CEC has been awarded $92,175 to develop and implement a pilot Consumer Health Community of Practice1 CoP in partnership with an external partner. This CoP will pilot modes and manners of community engaged learning and practice to ultimately positively impact health literacy through health, wellness and the Research Program 71.

Libraries Without Borders is being funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region for $19,723 to develop phase 1 of the Wash & Learn Initiative-Health WALI-Health National Model. This project will create a national model to guide the Libraries Without Borders WALI-Health program, which delivers library services and programs in laundromats.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC Health Sciences Library HSL, part of the University Libraries, will implement a training program for library staff, students, and the public using and adapting the NNLM Engage for Health curriculum, and the Middle Atlantic Region of NNLMs class, entitled, Patient Empowerment: Using Health Information Resources to Improve Health Communication.