The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) office for Region 6 is located at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa. By collaborating, training, and funding over 1,100 health centers, health departments, community organizations, as well as medical, public, and school libraries in a seven state region, the office supports the mission of NNLM: to provide U.S. researchers, health professionals, public health workforce, educators, and the public with equal access to biomedical and health information resources and data.
Region 6 serves the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
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NLM Request for Information
NLM has released a Request for Information (RFI) seeing comments about the future of the National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Data Science Extramural Research Programs. The RFI invites input to inform the NLM’s science vision for extramural research, ensuring that NLM's funding priorities are forward-looking, impactful, and positioned to accelerate/support groundbreaking discoveries in biomedicine and health. Learn more.

Region 6 Highlight 
NNLM Reading Club: Loneliness and Isolation
On behalf of the NNLM Reading Club team, we are pleased to announce the June 2025 theme, Loneliness and Isolation. Anyone can experience loneliness and isolation. Factors include the quality of your personal relationships, your community, and society in general. Books and health information resources are available now!

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Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
600 Newton Road
Iowa City, IA 52242
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