Past Funded Projects

Award funds will support a representative from Margaret R Grundy Memorial Library to participate as a panel member for Engage for Health: A Health Program in a Box @ your Library' during the Pennsylvania Library Association annual conference. Panelists will promote the Engage for Health program, that was piloted through NN/LM MAR funding in 2015-2016. The program promotes health literacy and clinician/patient communication while providing education on health information resources produced by the National Library of Medicine, such as MedlinePlus and NIHSeniorHealth.

Reproducibility is one of the main principles of research. Rigor in the design of the research is another. The aim of the one-day symposium, Bringing Rigor and Reproducibility to Research, is to assist in highlighting these issues for the research community at the University of Pittsburgh. The day with feature a nationally know keynote speaker, a panel discussion with members of the University's research community, and a spotlight on library supported resources that will help 133s bring rigor and reproducibility to their own research.