Past Funded Projects

Attend and participate in the 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

Attend and participate in the 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

Participate and attend the 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in 2018, Gathering all Peoples: Embracing Culture & Community

Health sciences librarians have been involved with systematic reviews since this publication type was first introduced in the 1990s. A recent article published in the January 2018 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA identifies 18 roles where librarians can be involved in the systematic review process. Additionally, this article acknowledges that library and information professionals play an integral role in systematic review support beyond the traditional expert searching role at their institutions.

Funding will directly support honorariums and/or travel expenses of members of the leadership panel who will speak at the 2018 MAC Annual Meeting in Ocean City, MD.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host a recommended and well recognized speaker on data management, Shirley Zhao, during the annual meeting in Orlando, FL Oct. 25-28,2018, for the benefit of all members of the Southern Chapter/MLA who are able to attend the regional conference. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in Mrs. Zhao as well as covering her speaking fee.

This project undertakes outreach activities to further development of, and facilitate access to, a public knowledge repository of information on Indigenous nutritional health. The Research for Indigenous Community Health RICH Center at the University of Minnesota is building a curated database of reliable information resources relevant to Native nutritional health, accessed via a public website.

The proposed pilot project seeks to promote awareness and demonstrate the use of National Library of Medicine 101 health information resources and MedlinePlus. At Charles Drew University CDU, 101 is one of five major areas of research, and this project will provide an avenue to disseminate reliable health information to many people who are impacted by 101 in South Los Angeles. The Library Director will partner with two CDU 101 faculty members who have a long history working in the local community.

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.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host multiple CE courses and keynote speakers during the annual meeting in Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-28, 2018. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in CE instructors and thus allow SC/MLA to lower the CE registration costs for attendees. These courses will also have MLA approved CE points offered for members to count toward AHIP certification. The Chapter has invited Derrick Jefferson of American University in Washington, D.C. to come speak on the last day of the conference - Sunday, October 28th, 2018.

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.

Dahlgren Memorial Library at Georgetown University Medical Center is seeking funding for a project designed to assess the utility of iPad Mini tablet devices for use by neonatal intensive care unit and pathology residents at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. Research has been conducted in the use of the iPad in several clinical point of care and training settings including with physical medicine and rehabilitation residents Niehaus, et al, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident Use of iPad Mini Mobile Devices. PM R. 2015 May;75:512-8.

The Martin & Gail Press Health Professions Division Library at Nova Southeastern University NSU in collaboration with The Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine NSUMD will host a healthcare hackathon, a multi-day event, in which a large number of students will meet to engage in a collaborative environment to address community health issues, stimulate university-wide inter-professional partnership and promote a culture of exploration and innovation.

The Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell library, in collaboration with the medical school and Northwell Health research branch, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, will implement a local instance of the open source data catalog created by the NYU Health Sciences Library. The pilot project will meet the immediate need for the research enterprise of a frontend interface for discoverability of the data located in the Feinstein Institute public data repository.

Funding is requested for Jovy-Anne O'Grady to attend Digital Commons + Great Lakes User Group DC+GLUG 2018 Meeting. The conference will improve her ability to convince 1100 faculty members to deposit their author manuscripts into Touro Scholar; thereby, facilitating public access to health and medical research especially to those who cannot afford journal subscriptions.

The goal of this project is to develop accurate health information concerning the effects of systemic diseases on the oral health of 86 and/or how the oral health of a child can affect the prognosis of a systemic disease, and to make this information available to families in a user-friendly format. Having this information will encourage parents to seek dental care for their 86 with systemic diseases. Dental health professionals will create this information, written at an appropriate level for a consumer, and build a dynamic website devoted to providing such information.

The Tennessee Public Health Association 2018 Annual Conference - September 12-14, 2018, Franklin, Tennessee Opioid Misuse and Addiction Resources .In response to the current opioid crisis, the National Library of Medicine partnered with Healthy Roads Media has produced a collection of materials that teach people about 103 and opioid misuse. The collection has 22 easy-to-read handouts, videos, and audio recordings in English and Spanish. Also resources from American Health Informatics Association on training in resources in Health informatics will be exhibited.

133s producing data face unique challenges in data management, data sharing, reproducible research and preservation. The University of Cincinnati's annual Data Day event began in 2015 to highlight these challenges and to provide opportunities for 133s to engage with those who can offer credible information on data related services. Data Day presenters have included 133s, scholars, scientists, GIS experts, faculty and students who come together to speak about the work that they do as it relates to data.

Attend and participate in ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Attend and participate in ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Attend and participate in ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Attend and participate in ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Attend and participate in ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Attend and participate in ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Participate and attend ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Attend and participate in ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Data discovery is becoming an increasing trend with the availability of public data sets as a part of the open access movement. Data sharing is developing norms and establishing standards to increase research reproducibility. Data management skills are required to execute the data life cycle steps, including creating, accessing, sharing, and re-using data. As health care begins to harness big data and other data sets for discovery purposes, scientists need to understand data management and incorporate best practices into their research.

The Maryland and Delaware Library Associations offer this annual conference to bring together library staff and partners from Maryland and Delaware for professional development and networking opportunities. This year's theme is "Evolve." The conference will be held in Cambridge, Maryland May 2nd to Mary 4th, 2018.

Attend and participate in Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Participate and attend ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity