Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| AoU 328 Puentes a La Salud: Technology for Health Information Access | LCS and VCU Libraries will collaborate to empower CHWs and other community leaders with resources and information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and other curated resources specific to Hi |
Funding Amount: $14800 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 323 Connecting for Health and Hunger | According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 40 million Americans live in communities where access to healthy food is limited, identified as food deserts. |
Funding Amount: $14988 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 322 Health Information and Research for All | The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of quality health information and research initiatives available to the disability community in the Metro Atlanta region. |
Funding Amount: $7100 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 316 Improving Health Information Literacy with the EVMS Library: A Hampton Roads Community Initiative | As one of the only medical schools in the nation founded by a grassroots effort from the local community, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) is committed to addressing our community’s most pressin |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 313 Healthy Grocery Shopping for Seniors in a Food Desert | The Healthy Living and Learning Center (HLLC) at the Petersburg Public Library provides a consistent and familiar place where community members go to obtain accurate and reliable health information an |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 312 Health Happens in Libraries! | The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) James R. |
Funding Amount: $5000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 301 Healthy Canton Seniors Project | The Healthy Canton Seniors Project (HCSP) will strengthen the partnership between the Haywood County Public Library - Canton Branch and the Canton Senior Center. |
Funding Amount: $5000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 291 “Woodi Health Hub: Building Health Information Literacy Skills for College Students in the Atlanta University Center” | To improve access to authoritative health information resources via programming and engaging technology, the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Woodruff Library seeks funding for a one year project to in |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 287 Project "TORDS" Technology Outreach to Reduce Health Disparities and Stigma | Project TORDS targets rural communities with access to computer based technology and training to help them identify accurate, quality health and prevention information and education. |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Partner Outreach 2018-2021: University of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences 2019-2020 | Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM resources on behalf of the GMR. |
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2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 273 Mobile Health Literacy Model | P.I.Advocates will provide a mobile hands-on computer workshops in health literacy, computer literacy and web navigation strategies. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| AoU 340 North Carolina Engage for Health - Phase 2 | 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 usi |
Funding Amount: $9599 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Outreach 339 North Carolina Engage for Health - Phase 1 | 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 usi |
Funding Amount: $10802 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Outreach 329 Providing Consumer Health Information to the Underserved Public Seeking Health Care at Remote Area Medical Clinic Events in East Tennessee | University of Tennessee Preston Medical Library staff with other members of the Knoxville Area Health Science Libraries Consortium will provide consumer health information packets to patients attendin |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Outreach 297 Stories of Recovery: Finding Hope and Help | In the past several years Appalachian Regional Library (public libraries of Ashe, Watauga, & Wilkes Counties, North Carolina) has emphasized health & wellness topics in its programming. |
Funding Amount: $12000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Outreach 321 Pediatric Mental Health Literacy: Improving Library Service Delivery and Integration of Resources | This project proposes to develop a mental health literacy program designed for the pediatric patients in a crisis center in Florida. |
Funding Amount: $2245 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Library Project 293 - Center for Disability Resources Library Video Production Studio | Through the purchase of video and lighting equipment and a dedicated computer station equipped with editing software, a small video production studio will be set up allowing for the Center for Disabil |
Funding Amount: $4964 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Library Project 288 Promoting Library Resources to Encourage Health Literacy Advancements within the Appalachian Community | The Health Information Center (HIC) is looking to increase interdepartmental partnership within the hospital community as well as promote access to library services. |
Funding Amount: $4775 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Library Project 326 Duke Digital Health Device Library | Mobile devices are changing the landscape of healthcare and research by empowering patients and extending the reach of clinicians. |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Technology 341 Development of a Registration and Request System for Non-affiliated Health Care Practitioners to Acquire Full-text Articles from PubMed. | News of the discontinuation of the Loansome Doc service through NLM prompted many of our current Loansome Doc clients to inquire about our future intentions. |
Funding Amount: $5000 |
2019 to 2020 |