Past Funded Projects

The project will provide equipment to participate in weekly virtual lessons on nutrition and using MedlinePlus.gov as the primary resource for reputable health information. The project focuses on increasing the practical knowledge of culinary skills and nutrition needed to promote positive behavior change related to selecting foods to feed a family.

CoxHealth Library Services will collaborate with Springfield-Greene County Library District SGCL to provide interactive online consumer health education. SGCL will host a page on the SGCL website dedicated to health information and literacy. The Health Information Page will display links to grant fund created modules and, as deemed appropriate, additional resources will be added to the page with a primary focus on including content from NLM.

The purpose of this proposed project is to develop an online course that teaches public library staff to have a deeper understanding of citizen science programming and crowdsourcing concepts and learn how to bring citizen science activities and programs to their communities through a partnership with the team at scistarter.org.

MLA CE Passport- There are several classes that I am interested in that would enhance my value to my organization. These include Grey Literature, active learning, leading decision making meetings, marketing and strategic communication, survey questions, and critical health librarianship.

"The HarvardX Data Science program prepares you with the necessary knowledge base and useful skills to tackle real-world data analysis challenges. The program covers concepts such as probability, inference, regression, and machine learning and helps you develop an essential skill set that includes R programming, data wrangling with dplyr, data visualization with ggplot2, file organization with Unix/Linux, version control with git and GitHub, and reproducible document preparation with RStudio."

The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative PNTC offers a full curriculum for patient navigators, care coordinators, community health workers, and other healthcare professionals working in navigation. There are two course levels with both in-person and online options 3.5 day hybrid or 8 weeks online with live learning sessions. Level 1 courses provide the fundamentals of patient navigation skills. New navigators learn how to address patient barriers, maintain professional relationships, and acquire health promotion skills.

CAIFL is a fully online course that consists of: assessment; self-directed learning through video, readings, and problem sets; small group facilitated exercises; and plenary talks by physician and librarian experts in evidence based practice and critical appraisal.

CAIFL is a fully online course that consists of: assessment; self-directed learning through video, readings, and problem sets; small group facilitated exercises; and plenary talks by physician and librarian experts in evidence based practice and critical appraisal. Goal: To develop librarians critical appraisal skills including enhanced understanding of research design, biomedical statistics, and clinical reasoning to apply knowledge in teaching target populations. Prerequisite: Experience and prior training in EBM fundamentals.

Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians: This is a multi-work course aimed at developing a librarians critical appraisal skills including enhanced understanding of research design, biomedical statistics, and clinical reasoning to apply knowledge in teaching target populations.

An online course that consists of assessment; self-directed learning through video, readings, and problem sets; small group facilitated exercises; and plenary talks by physician and librarian experts in evidence-based practice and critical appraisal.

In 2018 the South Carolina State Library began a statewide food literacy initiative called SC Read Eat Grow. This project was inspired by the Culinary Literacy Center of the Free Library of Philadelphia and their work with food programs of all types. As a state we struggle with high rates of heart disease and obesity, while at the same time we have a large number of 86 experiencing food insecurity.

The American Library Association ALA has been leading the response and recovery effort for libraries damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and is beginning to also assist those libraries that were additionally impacted by the recent earthquakes. There are dozens of libraries needing support. ALA continues to work with the local library leaders in Puerto Rico to provide computers and other resources needed to restore access to communities in need of information on health and a multitude of other topics as they rebuild their lives.

Medical Library Association CE passport

MLA CE Passport. Full access to MLA online courses through December 31, 2020. Extend your virtual learning experience and access all of MLAs online curriculum through December 31, 2020, by subscribing to the new CE Passport.