This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
For awards made during the previous NNLM award period (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021) please visit Past Funded Projects.
To browse our open funding opportunities please visit Funding Opportunities.
| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collection Equity | New York College of Podiatric Medicine | The New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) is committed to raise its’ organizational health literacy level among faculty, staff, and students to step up the organization’s ability to meet Healthy Objectives 2030, specifically targeting the Health Literacy Related Objectives. The New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) is committed in improving patient communication skills among the podiatric medical student and strengthening ways for patients to be more involved in decisions about their health care. We would like to train our faculty, staff, and… | |||
| Collection Equity | Maine Medical Center - MaineHealth | We would review our collection and also the statewide catalog to find gaps in available print book or ebook, video and ejournal resources on issues of health equity, particularly in regards to Native American, rural health, immigrant and refugee and LGBTQ populations. Items will be made available via our statewide catalog for checkout to our health system community and to all Maine residents. Our collection goals will be to include titles that emphasize marginalized voices in memoir, fiction, narrative and graphic depiction. | |||
| Collection Equity | University of Southern Maine - Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library | Our goal in seeking this award is to improve the resources available to students of the University of Southern Maine to learn about health equity narratives, stories, and issues, especially as they pertain to clinical practice and care challenges affecting Maine. To this end, Glickman Library would use this award to add resources to our collection that are centered on issues of rural healthcare, health of refugee and immigrant communities in Southern Maine, and indigenous health, focusing on both academic texts and personal stories. USM graduates students in the… | |||
| Collection Equity | Moultonborough Public Library | We plan on purchases books related to aging, general health, retirement, and longevity. These resources will be placed on a special shelf and highlighted in our catalog so they are easy to find. We also plan to purchase multiple copies of the three books found on the NNLM website specifically to use for book discussions. We will be contacting health providers to see if they would like to be part of the discussions and to answer questions related to the topics found in those books. Our goal is to engage seniors with resources related to health topics and to start… | |||
| Collection Equity | University of Connecticut - Lyman Maynard Stowe Library | The University of Connecticut has made diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority throughout all campuses. The UConn Health Sciences Library shares this deep commitment to DEI. As we look towards our future, we envision the growth of the library, including improved re-organizational goals. DEI is a central component to making the growth and restructuring of our collections happen in order to make positive changes for our library. We will increase representation of historically underrepresented groups. With this grant in mind, we are seeking financial assistance through the… |