This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
For awards made during the previous NNLM award period (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021) please visit Past Funded Projects.
To browse our open funding opportunities please visit Funding Opportunities.
| Name | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | Juneau Public Library | The Juneau Public Libraries, in Juneau, Alaska intends to buy books to develop a health collection for Shéiyi X̱aat Hít (Spruce Root House), a brand new emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth ages 10-18. In… | Alaska | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | North Bend Public Library | $1,000 of the award would be used to refresh the adult nonfiction collection with health information titles targeted at senior adults. Our goal for this portion of the award is to increase access to current information so that library users are better equipped to manage their own care and interact with medical providers. Many senior users still seek print resources. A goal is to purchase titles by… | Oregon | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | Oregon Health & Science University Library | Graphic medicine and narrative medicine are two disciplines used to create empathy and understanding between patients and health care providers.The Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Library is home to a 35-item collection of graphic medicine titles. The Library started this collection to provide OHSU’s community with a greater range of materials to use in their studies, instruction, and practice. We want to expand the scope and access by adding zines. A zine, short for fanzine or magazine, is a self-publication, usually made on paper and reproduced with a… | Oregon | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | Pacific University | Our Collection Equity Outreach Award will focus on collection building around BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ issues for the following reasons: the collections in these areas are out of date; and there is a high demand for such materials. | Oregon | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | Providence St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center | With ongoing social justice initiatives and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, the health sciences library commits to meet the information needs of health care providers at Providence who strive to serve historically marginalized and vulnerable… | Oregon | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | Redwood City Public Library | The RCPL CARES (Cultivating and Advancing Racial Equity Systemically) team will be selecting books for the library collection that further our equity and inclusion goals. These materials will be on a variety of health topics and will be both fictional and non-fiction selections. Materials will be selected for the young adult and adult collections. The library has a current Health collection that… | California | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | San Diego State University | Our plan is to purchase materials related to student/young adult health and wellness, specifically in underrepresented populations. Resources purchased with these funds will include graphic medicine, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, and oral histories representing diverse people, illnesses, and other health related concerns. We… | California | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | Springfield Public Library | This award will be used to increase the Springfield Public Library current biomedical/health collection, primarily in Spanish and English by: … | Oregon | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | University of Portland Library | The School of Nursing has increased their focus on health issues related to this population and the library has been active in creating displays on LGBTQIA+ topics and celebrating events like Pride. This award will allow us to increase our materials supportive of LGBTQIA+ community members.… | Oregon | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | Kenai Community Library | Approximately 78% of the health-related titles the library currently owns are more than 5 years old. This includes adult, young adult, and juvenile titles. While we recently weeded these sections, we still have much work to do to provide our patrons access to recent and reliable information and to replenish what we removed.If we are awarded this grant, we will purchase titles in various formats (e.g., print, audio, and DVDs) for all age groups. We believe that now more than ever libraries must promote the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. If we are awarded this… | Alaska | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Background The UNLV Health Sciences Library (HSL) primarily supports the education and mission of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine… | Nevada | ||
| Collection Equity Outreach Award | University of Alaska Anchorage Medical Library | The Collection Equity Outreach Award would allow the UAA/APU Consortium Library to purchase books for the physical and electronic health sciences collection to support the diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives of the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Strategic Plan for 2025. Specifically, the Library would purchase materials that support College of Health students to meet the health care needs of the state’s Alaska Native, Hispanics/Latinos, Asian, Black/African American and Pacific Islander demographics. Since College of Health students make up a large… | Alaska | ||
| Collection Equity, Quinnipiac University | Quinnipiac University - Arnold Bernhard Library | We propose using the funds from the Collection Equity Award to expand our collection of books related to the intersection of health and diversity, with a focus on books that will educate about personal stories of those experiencing marginalization or oppression in our society. We will also include titles that provide guidance on being an advocate for health equity. | Connecticut | ||
| Collection Equity: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library | Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Central Library | This award will provide access to address health information with in the community. | New York | ||
| Collection Equity: Cushing/Whitney Medical Library | Yale University - Cushing/Whitney Medical Library | The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library seeks funding to create a Graphic Medicine collection in support of the health science professions at Yale and Hill Regional Career High School, a New Haven Public School with a focus on the health sciences that is within .25 miles of the academic medical library and the hospital. Graphic Medicine collections provide medical libraries with the opportunity to reach a wide audience. This project expands that reach and provides access to materials that showcase patient and practitioner medical experiences in the hopes of inspiring students to enter… | Connecticut |