Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improving the Health of Low-Income Children and Families Through Early Childhood Literacy Outreach 2018-2019 | The goal of this project is to deliver and facilitate access to expanded health education, literature, and NNLM resources for vulnerable children and families in order to equip vulnerable children and |
Funding Amount: $13798 |
2018 to 2019 |
| All of Us - North Country Healthcare e-library: health information outreach across New Hampshire's Rural North Country | This project will raise awareness of the NIH AoU program, to promote using and promote MEDLINEplus.gov (particularly among the limited literacy population). |
Funding Amount: $14017 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Preparing for Your Future and Aging Well | This project will offer programming and access to quality health information via a series of "Aging Well" programs and the development of a dedicated web page with links to reputable health |
Funding Amount: $5200 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Bigelow Free Public Library Professional Development Award - ALA Midwinter | Professional development to attend Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections on Health Equity at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle, WA, January 2019. |
Funding Amount: $3000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Leverett Library Professional Development Award - ALA Midwinter | Professional development to attend Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections on Health Equity at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle, WA, January 2019. |
Funding Amount: $2494 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Wellehan Library at Saint Joseph's College Professional Development Award - ALA Midwinter | Professional development to attend Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections on Health Equity at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle, WA, January 2019. |
Funding Amount: $2570 |
2018 to 2019 |
| University of New England Professional Development Award - ALA Midwinter | Professional development to attend Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections on Health Equity at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle, WA, January 2019. |
Funding Amount: $2648 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Schow Science Library at Williams College Professional Development Award - ALA Midwinter | Professional development to attend Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections on Health Equity at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle, WA, January 2019. |
Funding Amount: $3000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Cushing/Whitney Medical Library at Yale University Professional Development Award - ALA Midwinter | Professional development to attend Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections on Health Equity at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle, WA, January 2019. |
Funding Amount: $2820 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Improving Health Literacy in Lawrence through Technology | This project would expand the Lawrence Public Library's ability to promote health literacy and access to reliable, authenticated health information, specifically from the National Library of Medi |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Technology to Engaging Young Learners in Healthy Living & Citizen Science | This project will purchase technology which will support making a health and citizen science curriculum accessible for students. |
Funding Amount: $18998 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Networking for Health: A technological approach to a more informed community | The Networking for Health project is about a community gaining access to updated technology and the internet to expand health literacy. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Interactive Health Education with zSpace | The Cranston Public Library's mission is to bring people, information, and ideas together to enrich lives and strengthen the community. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Better Medicine Using the Internet - All of Us | Nahant, Massachusetts is a small, coastal community with an aging population. One or more chronic conditions are typical to this age group. |
Funding Amount: $8303 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Technology Connections: Supporting a Healthy Community from Head to Toe: Mental Health & Climate Health 2018-2019 | This project is designed to support the implementation of Supporting a Healthy Community from Head to Toe community engagement programs by providing "toolkits" available to patrons on iPads. |
Funding Amount: $2214 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Advancing Consumer Health Information Discovery with the Plymouth Public Library | This project will provide the computers, necessary software support and marketing which will be used in the main Library and the Branch Library and at local community events and health fairs. |
Funding Amount: $3460 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Burlington Public Library Bright Light Therapy Project | This project will offer bright light therapy lamps for our patrons for use in the library during the colder months. |
Funding Amount: $2000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Data Engagement: Data Visualization Lab at Washington State University Spokane | The goal of the project is to improve the value of research produced by students, faculty, and staff at WSU Spokane. |
Funding Amount: $8644 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Data Engagement: Using Hands-on Workshops to Promote Literacy in Data Science | The goal of this project is to develop and administer workshops that raise the computational competencies of undergraduate and graduate students, specifically addressing skills necessary to succeed in |
Funding Amount: $9500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| County-Level Health Data Fair | The Making County-Level Health Data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) Initiative will consist of three phases in order to establish and sustain an online interface for local hea |
Funding Amount: $19900 |
2018 to 2019 |