Blue Hill Library will receive funding to provide instruction on healthy cooking and nutrition for 86 and their parents. The programming will incorporate training on health information resources to research healthy eating and nutrition information and offer ways to incorporate all recommended food groups into their eating habits.

Independence Public Library will provide programming on physical, mental, and financial health to underserved families in the librarys service area.

With Utah leading the nation in incidences of skin cancer, Summit County Library will receive funding to raise awareness of skin cancer and provide resources for prevention.

According to a 2011 Nutrition & Health Sciences Study done under the Supervision of Professor Julie Albrecht in July, 2011 More than 25% of school 86 in the U.S. are overweight. Attitudes about food preparation were examined. A likert-scale survey was distributed. Concerning factors included: cooking techniques, student food choices, classroom activities, and local support. Many of these same 86 making poor school choices are learning these choices from home as well.

Goal: 1. Increase knowledge and resources for RFLES teachers to teach students how the body functions, processes food and is affected by exercise to reinforce the need for healthy eating and exercise. 2. Make nutrition and healthy eating fun, tasty, and accessible for families. Objective: 1. Contract 2 health professionals and/or chefs knowledgeable on healthy eating to offer at least 2 classes at the RFLES and/or the RFLCL after school programs. Each health professional will bring their own supplies for their classes. 2.

The centerpiece of this program will involve public screenings of the documentary movie More Than Skin Deep: Skin Cancer in America. These movie screenings will take place at the 3 branches of the Summit County Library System.

During a 4- to 6-hour mini-academy lesson at the American University of Health Sciences AUHS, young people will learn about First Aid, CPR, blood pressure, and body mass index BMI. Participants will learn the fundamentals of behavior change and develop a personal project to address how they can become 'health advocates' in their own home and community. Participants will have the opportunity to show how information learned during the lesson could be used to reduce healthcare disparities in their community.

Janet Masud-Paul is requesting funding to attend the University of Pittsburgh's Systematic Review Workshop: the Nuts and Bolts for Librarians. I am attending this workshop to understand the underlying framework for systematic reviews and improve the Libraries' ability to collaborate with our College of Nursing and Health Professions faculty/students working through this process.

Funding will directly support honorariums and/or travel expenses of members of the leadership panel who will speak at the 2018 MAC Annual Meeting in Ocean City, MD.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host multiple CE courses and offerings during the annual meeting in Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-28, 2018, for the benefit of members who register for the courses. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in CE instructors and thus allow SC/MLA to lower the CE registration costs for attendees. These courses will also have MLA approved CE points offered for members to count toward AHIP certification.

To enable the Southern Chapter of MLA to support and host a speaker on diversity and inclusion. The Chapter has invited Derrick Jefferson of American University in Washington, D.C. to come speak on the last day of the conference - Sunday, October 28th, 2018. As noted in the 2018 Janet Doe lecture by Elaine Martin and in the Plenary Session #5 featuring former Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher, diversity and inclusion are important topics to libraries and librarians. Derrick Jefferson, MLIS, MFA, main research area is diversity and inclusion.

Gale Medical Library at Littleton Regional Healthcare in Littleton, New Hampshire, requests funds from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine-New England Region's Sub Award Request for Proposal to establish health sciences library services across a 4-hospital affiliation in 95, underserved Coos County in northern New Hampshire. Among the four North Country Healthcare hospitals the affiliation, Littleton Regional is the lone hospital with a full service health sciences library.

Access to reliable health information for vulnerable populations: Vulnerable populations often reflect diversity from a number of perspectives. Diversity is frequently defined by social and demographic characteristics such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. As PPL considers those segments of our patron and user base who are most vulnerable, we believe this initiative can serve the needs of Portland's teen population, homeless population, and the Immigrant/refugee segments of our community.

Funding will directly support honorariums and/or travel expenses of instructors who will teach MLA CE classes for the 2018 MAC Annual Meeting in Ocean City, MD.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host a recommended and well recognized speaker on data management, Shirley Zhao, during the annual meeting in Orlando, FL Oct. 25-28,2018, for the benefit of all members of the Southern Chapter/MLA who are able to attend the regional conference. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in Mrs. Zhao as well as covering her speaking fee.

To enable the Southern Chapter of MLA to support and host a speaker on diversity and inclusion. The Chapter has invited Derrick Jefferson of American University in Washington, D.C. to come speak on the last day of the conference - Sunday, October 28th, 2018. As noted in the 2018 Janet Doe lecture by Elaine Martin and in the Plenary Session #5 featuring former Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher, diversity and inclusion are important topics to libraries and librarians. Derrick Jefferson, MLIS, MFA, main research area is diversity and inclusion.

The 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in 2018, 'Gathering all Peoples: Embracing Culture & Community' will take place September 26-30, 2018 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico.

JCLC brings together a diverse group of librarians, library staff, library supporters, and community participants to explore issues of diversity in libraries and how they affect the ethnic communities who use our services.

This is the annual conference of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association. The keynote panel is ''Health Data in Research.' The CE courses are 'Advanced PubMed Techniques', 'Searching Effectively and Efficiently', 'Emerging Technologies for the Busy Librarian' and 'Statistics 101.' I am scheduled to give a lightening talk at this conference. I originally proposed a poster presentation but I offered to change to a lightning talk when I heard the conference organizers needed one more for the schedule.

PNC/MLA Annual Meeting 2018; October 14th-16th 2018 in Spokane, WA. The annual meeting of the regional MLA chapter is great opportunity for networking and knowledge exchange, with regional colleagues. Applicant's organization, Kaiser Permanente, is not currently funding travel for continuing education, so NNLM PNR funding would enable me to attend the conference, continuing education courses and participate in the poster presentation co-authored poster accepted to conference.

Award will help public librarian help her institution provide library and information literacy instruction services for students and faculty in the Bachelor of Science in Midwifery program. As a solo librarian, the conference will increase her knowledge and skills in order to provide better instruction, provide better research assistance, improve health information delivery and access, and advocate more effectively for the library.

HSLI wishes to offer several classes to attendees at the annual conference. The class list includes: Building Partnerships with Faculty, Clinicians, and other Stakeholders 4 MLA CE, presented by Gwen Wilson, MLS, AHIP, Health Informatics Coordinator/Librarian at Washburn University in Topeka, KS. This course is designed for those Interested in strategies on building partnerships that lead to collaborative projects. The class will discuss barriers to building partnerships and detailed plans to help overcome these obstacles.

The exhibit will be held at a table at TPHA and will include multiple handouts created by NLM that cover different relevant NLM databases and products. Specific handouts included will cover PubMed, NLM mobile resources, and more. The exhibit will also include a banner advertising medical library services.

Tennessee Public Health Association TPHA; Annual Conference; September 11-14, 2018; Franklin Marriott Cool Springs. The exhibit will be held at a table at TPHA and will include multiple handouts created by NLM that cover different relevant NLM databases and products. Specific handouts included will cover PubMed, NLM mobile resources, and more. The exhibit will also include a banner advertising medical library services.

The physical exhibit will have a tent, two tables, a standing display, a computer, IPAD, and a display board. We will have Medlineplus bookmarks and Medlineplus brochures on the tables.

Funding is requested to support travel to the 'Systematic Review Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians', July 16-18, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to to assist MSKCC clinical 133s using Systematic Review best techniques and highest standards available up to date.

To enable the Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host a speaker who will directly address the challenges for academic and hospital libraries in the future. To accompany our theme, 'Experience the Magic: Libraries of Tomorrow',Julie Esparza, MLS, AHIP, will discuss what she sees for libraries and librarians around the corner. Julie is not only the new President-Elect of MLA, but has also served a long career in academic, hospital, corporate, and public libraries before arriving in Shreveport, LA at LSU Health.

The professional development award will support travel and additional training at the Evidence Based Librarianship in Practice EBLIP 9 conference in Philadelphia, PA. As a mid-career faculty member, this conference presents an opportunity to expand my skillset into other areas relevant to health sciences librarianship. This conference is an 94 conference that rotates locations around the world. The overall organization stems from the University of Saskatchewan's Centre for Evidence Based Library & Information Practice.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.