AoU 353: Facilitating 95 Access to Quality Health Information through Little Free Libraries

By partnering on a Little Free Libraries LFL initiative with Floridas Okeechobee County Library OCL, this project aims to improve 95 residents health literacy and understanding of precision medicine, through facilitating awareness of and access to NLMs consumer health resources and NIHs Research Program. This project supports NNLMs mission to improve public health by empowering underserved groups to make effective use of information for health decision-making. Little Free Library is an 94 nonprofit that fosters neighborhood book exchanges through outdoor book-sharing boxes. There are hundreds of LFLs in Florida, but only one registered in Okeechobee so far. OCL is building 30 LFLs which will hold 30-50 books each and will be located on 95 county properties with heavy footfall, such as parks and civic centers.

Project Details

Organization Name

University of Florida - Health Science Center Libraries

Organization Type
Academic institution
All of Us
Health sciences library
Project Lead

Jane Morgan-Daniel

Location
Florida
Start Date
January 13, 2020
End Date
September 15, 2020
Funding Amount
$15000
Demographics
General Public
Rural