Past Funded Projects

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

Exhibit at the 2020 South Carolina Human Service Providers Annual Conference. This conference is expected to attract Department of Disability and Special Needs Administrators, professionals, teachers, direct care professionals, advocates, and individuals with disabilities and their families. Projected attendance is 400-450.

Exhibit at the The National Conference on Allied Health Education hosted by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools ABHES in Houston, TX

Congratulations to Kristen DeSanto who received an award to attend Diagnostic Error in Medicine 12th Annual 94 Conference.

Congratulations to Darlene Kilpatrick! She received a professional development award to attend Library Marketing & Communications Conference.

The FIU Library has a typical weekly gate count of 35,644 visitors https://library.fiu.edu/about/statistics, with the display located at the entrance, all visitors will view both exhibits and gain access to handouts and other NLM materials. FIU is situated in a large metropolitan area with a diverse student body: 61% Hispanic, 15% White non-Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% 110 or Pacific Islander, and 7% other minority group https://www.fiu.edu/about/index.html.

Congratulations to St. Louis County Library for receiving a Public Library Programming Award! The goals of this project are to provide patrons with an overall assessment of their current state of health, and to raise their awareness of authoritative health and wellness information resources. The library will host a community health screening event where participants will have their blood pressure, cholesterol, height, weight, body mass index, tobacco use, and exercise history checked.

Congratulations to Jefferson County Library - Norhwest Branch for receiving a Public Library Programming Award. This project will focus on community members experiencing, or interested in learning about, a general decrease in energy or suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD during periods of limited or low-level daylight. In addition to offering educational programming on mental health, the library will make available light therapy lamps for in-library use and for check out.

Congratulations to the American Fork Public Library for receiving a Public Library Programming Award! The goal of this project is to provide community members with tools and resources to manage their own mental and emotional health, as well as recognize the signs of mental and emotional health problems in loved ones.

The goals of this project are to promote data science literacy by providing resources, software, and Librarian assistance to Allied Health students and faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology OIT campuses. These goals will be supported through collection development in data science subjects, subscriptions to data science tools, "train the trainer" education in data science to support library services surrounding data science, and a partnership with an outside expert to teach a data science workshop.