This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
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Current Projects
| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State Sort ascending |
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| Enhancing disaster Relief through Amateur Radio and Health Education in St. Thomas US Virgin Islands. | Healthdove, Inc. | Emergencies and disasters in the US Virgin Islands include earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, riots, marine and terrestrial search and rescue operations, landslides, bomb threats, chemical spills, nuclear radiation, and war. Some are caused by natural forces, some result from human error, and some are deliberate acts of violence. There is no place that is safe from a threat of disaster. There are multiple disasters occurring in the world today. Closer to home hurricanes Erma and Maria in the territory in 2017 and prior hurricanes. Fortunately, loss of life from… | VI | ||
| Locating Latino and Hispanic American’s Consumer Health Information in the Metaverse | Universidad de Puerto Rico | This proposal aims to enhance health information equity for Latinos/Hispanics in the metaverse, specifically through applications from the Second Life (SL) Platform. The project will create an immersive environment on the three dimensional space in the Second Life digital metaverse, where a learning space on health information will be created for Hispanic residents. The main purpose of this SL space will be to target the most frequent diseases in their communities and… | PR | ||
| Strengthening the Emergency Response Capacities of Older Latino Adults Exposed to Disasters | HCI | The project Strengthening the Emergency Response Capacities of Older Latino Adults Exposed to Disasters seeks to meet the knowledge needs expressed by a group of people over 55 years of age who live in housing projects in three municipalities in southwest Puerto Rico. This shall be done through the development of an educational curriculum in emergency preparedness. Through the curriculum, it is expected to train on family and community preparedness, while being exposed to the use of the… | PR | ||
| Understanding Post-Disaster Community Needs in Three Municipalities of the Southwest Region of Puerto Rico | HCI | Through a need assessment, identify the needs that can lead to a knowledge gap in emergency preparedness among elderly people living in urban conglomerations in three Puerto Rico municipalities that were adversely impacted by public health emergencies in the last five years. The audience are latinos with an average age between 55 and 70, with an annual household income of $12,000,… | PR | ||
| Health Literacy & Digital Learning in Rural Affordable Housing Developments | Libraries Without Borders | With the support of NNLM, Libraries Without Borders US (LWB US) will develop a model for quality health and digital learning for rural communities living in affordable housing developments. LWB US is a national nonprofit that designs programs that meet people where they are, providing the resources they need most. Since 2016, LWB US has led the Wash and Learn Initiative (WALI), which delivers library services in laundromats. Services include digital skill-building, early childhood literacy, and through the support of NNLM, a carefully… | DC | ||
| Mid Atlantic Chapter Medical Library Association Annual Meeting | Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association - MLA MAC | The Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association holds an annual meeting that brings together information professionals from across the region for networking events, speakers, and learning opportunities including supplemental continuing education offerings. The theme for our virtual conference this year is Pivot! Resilience and Unity in the Face of the Unknown. In addition to papers and posters, our featured speakers will discuss the information needs of diverse communities, open science and open data during the COVID pandemic, and privilege and equity in library and information… | DC | ||
| Moby Bookmobile of the Wind River Reservation | Moby Bookmobile | Moby Bookmobile’s main goal is to distribute literature and print resources to the tribal populations of the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming. COVID-19’s impact has interrupted the usual services of schools, libraries and other information centers and this proposal fills a gap in access to reading, health and other information… | WY | ||
| Moby Bookmobile at Arapaho Indian Health Services (IHS) | Moby Bookmobile | Moby Bookmobile is continuing its outreach to the Wind River Indian Reservation community with this proposal, bringing book distribution to Arapaho’s Indian Health Service clinic. Being a convenient and often visited location, a rack of free books will be set in the IHS waiting area. Families can select and keep books for their homes, and staff at the clinic will have books in reserve to place on the racks each day. The project succeeds with the cooperation of Arapaho clinic staff and administration. | WY | ||
| Region 6 POP | Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries | The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program 2021 is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6 by the formation and practice of the Partner Outreach Program (POP). Built upon the successful Partner Outreach Library (POL) program of the previous Cooperative Agreement with the National Library of Medicine, POP is intended to fund small outreach events within the POP organization’s state. The period of performance is 01 October 2021 – 30 April 2026. | WI | ||
| Using Trans-Specific ACEs to Build Trans Health Literacy and Empowerment | FORGE, Inc. | FORGE is a 27-year-old transgender/nonbinary (“trans”) organization focused on addressing violence, mental health, and health issues. Many trans people believe their health disparities and victimization are solely due to societal transphobia and/or are inherently linked to being transgender. Since individuals cannot easily change either their gender identity or others’ transphobia, many trans people feel hopeless about their futures, leading to further adverse mental and physical health conditions. FORGE&rsquo… | WI | ||
| Wisconsin Dental and Oral Care Health Information Project: Outreach to Amish and Mennonite Communities | D.R. Moon Memorial Library | In alignment with the NLM mission to improve access, use, and understanding of health information for a priority health need, the Wisconsin Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) proposes to improve dental and oral care hygiene and preventive care with the Amish… | WI | ||
| Project CORDS-Making Health Happen | South Central Educational development, Inc | Making Health Happen is a pilot program designed to provide health education and health screenings to rural, underserved and marginalized communities in Southern West Virginia. Making Health Happen goals are to increase access to health screening and referrals for health services, build a Culture of Health and Health literacy among rural populations and rural residents. Making Health Happens recruit health resource vendors, social services agencies, and community resources to participate in these health screening events with the goal of creating… | WV | ||
| Project "TORDS) Technology Outreach to Reduce health Disparities and Stigma-Making Health Happen | South Central Educational development, Inc | Making Health Happen”, is a pilot program that promotes health screening and use of telehealth in rural communities and has leveraged community resources to promote their health services/screenings at these events. Making Health Happen is similar to a health fair, but provides health screenings, such as HIV/Hep C, A1C screening,COVID-19 screenings, Etc. We currently are collaborating with Southern Highlands Mental Center, Connection to the Connections-Senior Service, Open Heart Ministries-Homeless Services, Tug River Clinic, Stop Abusive Family… | WV | ||
| ¬A Cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence Tool to Improve Chronic Kidney Disease Care in West Virginia | West Virginia University Research Corporation | Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects more than 1 in 7 adults in the United States (US) and leads to significant morbidity, mortality, and use of scarce healthcare resources. Despite the high prevalence of CKD, as many as 9 in 10 people with CKD are unaware of their disease. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System, West Virginia (WV) is ranked as the least-healthiest state in the U.S. with 4.6% of the… | WV | ||
| Rural Library Public Health Collection Update and Expansion | Upper Skagit Library | For this project, the Upper Skagit Library will be updating and diversifying our current public health collection. Our current collection is out of date and was haphazardly put together through donations, and lacks any diverse voices or identities. This award would allow us to create a collection that reflects our current community and it's health challenges, as well as allowing us to work with the community to create a collection that reflects community need. | WA | ||
| Community Partnerships to Address Mental Health Literacy and Stigma in Rural Northeastern Washington | Washington State University - Spokane | The aims of the Community Partnerships to Address Mental Health Literacy and Stigma in Rural Northeastern Washington project are to increase mental health literacy, reduce stigma regarding mental illness, and ultimately improve mental health outcomes among adolescents in Ferry, Stevens, and Pend Oreille Counties in rural areas of Eastern Washington. Working with the Northeast Tri-… | WA | ||
| Collection Equity Award | Everett Public Library | In the city of Everett, as well as all of Snohomish County, addiction issues continue to have a large impact on the daily life of the community and are a major health crisis. At the Everett Public Library, staff and customers need quality informational materials on addiction, recovery, and emotional support to deal with this crisis. | WA | ||
| Public Health Information Kits | Walla Walla County Rural Library District | WWCRLD is in the midst of strategic planning and two community focus groups have indicated the need for health information and all-ages programming for the public in a variety of areas. While we have development partnerships with other educational agencies in the county, developing and strengthening our engagement with area organizations with a focus on health and wellness will be one of… | WA | ||
| Collection Equity Award Y3 - Clover Park Technical College | Clover Park Technical College | Utilizing the Diverse Voices in Health & Medicine Collections toolkit provided by the NNLM, we will purchase health information books with focuses on Addiction/Recovery, Body Systems and Diseases (with a focus on HIV/AIDS), Health Topics for People of Color, Mental Health and Psychology, Sexual and Reproductive/Women’s Health, and Social Issues. We will choose from both the | WA | ||
| Educating dental health students through simulation, active learning, and virtual modalities. | Lake Washington Institute of Technology | To increase active learning for dental students and create a library of hand skills videos for future cohorts and the public who are interested in the subject matter. A high speed camera and special router will be used for filming, streaming, and uploading to the cloud. The project products will become part of the college library of Open Educational Resources (OER). | WA | ||
| Feed, Read, and Grow: Pediatric Anxiety Management Videos | Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia Campus | Feed, Read, and Grow is a multi-agency project focused on improving access to health services, food, and literacy resources in the community. We will produce videos with content developed by the creative wellness company JOI NEURON based on recommendations from pediatricians and mental health professionals and delivered through original characters and educational songs in English and Spanish. These videos will be freely available on YouTube and Vimeo. The goal is to engage caregivers and their children in a fun learning experience about the important topic of anxiety. Through a… | VA | ||
| In This Together - Digital and Health Literacy with York County Public Library | York County Public Library | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several deficits within the York County, VA community, specifically the lack of digital literacy among seniors ages 65+. As our communities shut down during the pandemic and began relying on virtual connections, many of our seniors were shut out from everyday resources due to the digital divide. Simple tasks, such as purchasing groceries and setting up appointments to receive healthcare, suddenly became overwhelming obstacles in the form of online grocery ordering and virtual doctor’s appointments. It became obvious that digital… | VA | ||
| Mobile Medical Outreach: Increasing Health Literacy, Education and Care in Richmond, VA | Richmond Public Library - Richmond, Virginia | Decreasing or when possible, eliminating barriers to care, is one of the most effective ways to engage people in taking steps toward better health and well-being. Daily Planet Health Services (DPHS) provides primary care, behavioral and mental health, substance use, oral health, case management, pharmacy counseling, and health education/outreach via an integrated care model to some of the most vulnerable in the Greater Richmond community – the homeless and those experiencing housing instability. DPHS is uniquely positioned to be able to treat patients of all ages across… | VA | ||
| Help Your Library Patrons Understand Clinical Trials | Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health Sciences Library | This program, a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries Health Sciences Library (Health and Wellness Library) and the VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research aims to provide local public librarians with the skills to increase the health literacy of community members. This outreach project will be accomplished through consumer health information/clinical trials training workshops, a book discussion session, and an invited speaker event focusing on… | VA | ||
| Veteran Telehealth | Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center - White River Junction | The South Burlington (VT) Library is planning to open in a brand-new facility shortly. A number of VA staff (named in the attached Project Proposal) have been meeting periodically with South Burlington Library Director Jennifer Murray to discuss the inclusion of a Veterans' telehealth space in the new library, as well as the details of how it would work. | VT | ||
| Collection Equity Award Dana Medical Library | University of Vermont - Dana Medical Library | Expand Access to Graphic Medicine | VT | ||
| Our Community Window: A Library Website for Access and Inclusion | Charlotte Library | Our library has witnessed an ever-increasing demand for health information. Unfortunately, our current website does not allow us to provide the information to our community as quickly as we should. This means our friends and neighbors do not get timely news about weather emergencies or find the mental health resources they need. The problem is two-fold: the outdated site does not support updates and does not meet the accessibility standards. This means that users may not find the information… | VT | ||
| Focused Outreach: Collection Development | Champlain Valley Union High School | The Medical Library at CVPH is requesting funding for the purchase of six titles for use by the hospital staff to continue the NNLM book club programs. Prior to the pandemic, the kits were obtained and were popular with staff. CVPH would like to resume book clubs virtually to promote awareness and educate staff about resilience, LGBTQ+ issues, DEI topics and other pertinent public health topics such as vaccination. … | VT | ||
| Community Empowerment in Health: Increase Access via Technology | Enosburgh Public Library | The Enosburgh Public Library in Enosburg Falls, VT requests funding to upgrade and add computers, laptops and software to make information and access available to the entire community. This will include information from NNLM, NLM and about the Research Program. The Enosburgh residents have a great need to research reliable and up-to-date sources about health and particularly regarding addiction, disabilities and lifestyle. The library is a safe space to access sites and apply for programs. | VT | ||
| Esteemed Elders: Bridging the Digital Divide, Moving Well, Connected with Community | Georgia Public Library | To create a program to support holistic health in seniors; addressing physical health, the digital divide, and social isolation through varied, and consistently offered programming over a one-year span. The structures we will create, the assets we will gather and the relationships we will nurture will insure the long-term sustainability and growth of this initiative. The program is comprised of three components; Bridging the Digital Divide, Supporting Physical Health, and… | VT |