Past Funded Projects

The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. Brief, pre-created education modules will be delivered to staff as part of regularly scheduled onsite meetings. Modules will include instruction on accessing NLM resources appropriate for the selected training topic. Staff will also be provided with handouts, links for additional resources, and e-mail follow-ups linking them to more information.

Health literacy is the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information in order to make informed health decisions. Limitations in health literacy are associated with ineffective care, poor compliance, increased use of health services and poor health outcomes. Evidence suggests there are disproportionate health literacy limitations among Latino populations, 88 with limited English proficiency, immigrant status, and minority status.

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. Brief, pre-created education modules will be delivered to staff as part of regularly scheduled onsite meetings. Modules will include instruction on accessing NLM resources appropriate for the selected training topic. Staff will also be provided with handouts, links for additional resources, and e-mail follow-ups linking them to more information.

Through the proposed project, Healthy Acadia will work across Washington County, Maine, to plan and conduct community engagement activities, centered on increasing access to and awareness of National Library of Medicine NLM resources, with a particular emphasis on research/clinical trials, the project, and the role of the community in advancing medicine.

The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. Brief, pre-created education modules will be delivered to staff as part of regularly scheduled onsite meetings. Modules will include instruction on accessing NLM resources appropriate for the selected training topic. Staff will also be provided with handouts, links for additional resources, and e-mail follow-ups linking them to more information.

The Arvin A. Brown Library in Richford VT requests funding to upgrade computers and software so as to make information and access available to the broader community. This includes information from NNLM, NLM, and about the Research Program. Richford residents have great need to research government sites and other reliable sources about health particularly regarding addiction, lifestyle, and disabilities and the library serves as a safe, private space in which to access these sites and apply for programs.

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.

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.

Health Careers Awareness Workshops developed by the Southcentral Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center SC PA AHEC will be open to the public, targeting high school students who have an interest in the health care field. Participants will be offered three Saturday workshops from 10 AM- 3 PM at the Cambria County Public Library in Johnstown, PA and another three Saturday workshop segments at the Cambria County Public Library in Patton, PA. This will allow participants from both the Johnstown City and surrounding areas, and the northern part of the county to attend.

This project will build upon a successful 5-year evolving partnership between the New Haven Free Public Library NHFPL and Liberty Community Services, Inc. LCS by integrating resources and references in case management services provided onsite at NHFPL. The services focus on people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing. Libraries, as default front doors to homeless services, are in a unique position to engage community members in need of information, support services and referrals related to health, housing and potential sources of income.

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

Congratulations to Ellie Svoboda for receiving a Professional Development Award for LIS students to attend MCMLA 2019 in Omaha, NE!

Congratulations to National Jewish Health for receiving a Diversity and Inclusion Award to present a Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Series. Library & Knowledge Services supports the clinical, research, and educational programs of National Jewish Health NJH, a preeminent health care institution in Denver, Colorado. In 2016, employees of NJH founded a Diversity and Inclusion Council in order to promote a climate of respect, understanding, and value for members of the NJH community.

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.

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. Due to the demand, need, and obligation we began exploring possible solutions to continue this valuable service. Since this is considered library operations, we are eligible to utilize REDCap software to create a registration form and a request form. All clients will register in the new system. Once approved, we will provide them with a link to the request form, process the request, and email the articles to the requestor.

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 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.

95 areas in Maine have limited access to health information. While the local library is one place to access health information, the 95 libraries have limited open hours, outdated materials, and staff inexperienced in provided access to online information. Balsam supports the addition of a web page for library patrons to access the library's newly automated card catalog. Patrons with access to a web based catalog are more likely to view the library web page and then visit their library for help in using web pages.

The Research Data Management Best Practice Implementation project supports the National Network of Libraries of Medicine NNLM goal of building capacity in data management practices, services and tools to support FAIR data guiding principles 1. This program will increase graduate student knowledge of data management best practices, promote student understanding of how data management integrates into their research work, and determine if these practices are adopted long term.

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh HACP is requesting grant funding to expand its existing digital literacy program, which is designed to bridge the digital divide among low-income public housing communities. HACP is proposing to incorporate health literacy programming by incorporating MedlinePlus and other online health tools into the curriculum of its existing digital literacy program.

95 areas in Maine have limited access to health information. While the local library is one place to access health information, the 95 libraries have limited open hours, outdated materials, and staff inexperienced in provided access to online information. Many patrons in 95 areas of Maine do not have 24/7 online access to their libraries. These libraries do not have an automated card catalog nor a library web page. Balsam provides training on the implementation and use of an automated card catalog and supports the addition of a web page for library patrons to access the catalog.

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.

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

Reach Up, Inc. will host its 5th annual health fair in partnership with the Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale on June 22, 2019. Organizations from the local community who provide health information and services will be invited to participate as the goal of the health fair is to involve the entire community. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn about MedlinePlus and NIH Environmental Health Sciences from the National Library of Medicine through informational sessions held during the health fair.

The Mother Goose on the LooseGoslings program Goslings was developed to address the need for early language and literacy intervention for medically complex infants and the need for additional parental support in the neonatal intensive care unit NICU.1 The program has two primary goals: 1 provide parents with the knowledge, skills and tools to promote early language and literacy through talking, reading, singing and reciting nursery rhymes to their infants; and 2 emphasize the bidirectionality of parentinfant communication by informing parents how to interpret and sensitively respond to infa

Staff at Dahlgren Memorial Library DML, Georgetown University Medical Center GUMC will coordinate purchase of 5 Apple iPad Mini 4 devices using funding from the Express Grant. These devices will be deployed for use at the HOYA Clinic. The HOYA Clinic is a student driven free clinic located in Ward 8 in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. The clinic is managed by medical students at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and provides free health services to D.C.s homeless and uninsured populations.

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.

A one-day conference introducing digital and print health resources to librarians and library professionals throughout the St. Louis Region. The conference will include the introduction of digital resources such as MedlinePlus, Pubmed, NNLM, and many more, as well as print resources by health and medical librarians. Attendees will not only be introduced to health/medical resources, but will also be shown how to utilize and promote said resources to their patrons and communities.