Past Funded Projects

Medical Library Association CE passport

The American Library Association ALA has led the response and recovery effort for libraries in the U.S. Virgin Islands damaged by Hurricane Maria and Irma in 2017. ALA has coordinated with the Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums DLAM in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Many libraries still need resources to help provide their communities information on health and other topics as they rebuild their lives. Thanks to an earlier grant from NNLM in 2017-18 1600679, ALA was able to provide new computers at the Florence A. Williams Public Library on St.

Darien Library proposes the creation of 11 Graphic Medicine Book Club Kits, modeled after those offered by NNLM NER. The Librarys Strategic Plan challenges us to connect our patrons discreetly with experts and information to improve our communitys well-being. Graphic Medicine Book Club Kits will allow us to purchase graphic novels that speak to the health and wellness needs of the community, provide readers with reliable health information from the National Institutes of Health, and spark further discussions on these health topics within the community.

This exhibit takes place at 95 Health Association of Tennessee RHAT annual conference, November 2020, Music Road Hotel and Inn, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863. RHAT provides an opportunity for clinicians, 12s, and nonprofits to gather annually and discuss topics and legislation that impact 95 health on a state and national level. It provides networking and education opportunities for librarians to promote NNLM products as well as searching practices to physicians working in 95 areas, public health workers, and 12s who attend on behalf of their school systems.

The goal of this project is to increase the number of public library staff with a Consumer Health Information Specialization CHIS certification and equip them to provide health information to their communities. The work of the CHIS trainer will increase the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Regions capacity to enroll students in online and in-person classes.

Program will be provided by Leiden Universitys Centre for Science and Technology Studies and Northwestern University's Galter Health Sciences Library. Provides instruction in citation analysis, tools for bibliometric visualizations, and other research impact methods to help evaluate scientific research.

The Public Health Museum is a non-profit educational and cultural museum located in a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places on the grounds of Tewksbury Hospital founded in 1854. The mission of the Public Health Museum is two-fold: to educate the public about the achievements and contributions of public health in preventing disease and improving the health of individuals and communities in Massachusetts and worldwide; and to inspire students, 133s, health care workers and 131s to build upon the past and continue to advance the future of public health.

To enable the Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host two well-known keynote speakers and several continuing education courses during the annual meeting in Montgomery, AL, Oct. 22-24, 2020. It is hoped that the speeches and CE courses will meet the evolving needs and expectations of conference attendees.

The MAC/MLA 2020 Annual Conference will bring together members of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library association for a virtual meeting. Members of MAC/MLA include librarians and information professionals who fill a number of roles and work in a variety of settings including hospitals, academic medical centers, consumer health libraries, and research and association libraries. This event will provide a number of professional development opportunities including networking events and continuing education classes.

The Professional Development Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association MAC-MLA will be coordinating and offering three continuing education courses that will be held at the MAC-MLA Annual Meeting, October 18-20, 2020.

BioData Club is an established data science education initiative at OHSU, formed in 2016. A collaboration of the OHSU Library, the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, research staff and graduate students, BioData Club hosts monthly science skills, tools, and best practices. In 2019, there were 7 workshops covering topics such as linear regression, git and Github, data manipulation with pandas, ontologies, and ggplot, with an average of over 50 registered attendees per session.

To improve access to authoritative health information resources via programming and engaging technology, the Atlanta University Center AUC Woodruff Library seeks funding for a one year project to increase health information literacy among students from four Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Staff and faculty from these institutions, as well as the broader Atlanta community will also benefit from information literacy training, programs and an easily accessible kiosk containing health information.

Fit & Lit: Health Literacy for 87 and Librarians, will teach 87 living in poverty and experiencing homelessness at Dishman Hills High School healthier lifestyle choices and stronger health literacy skills. Upon completion, students will demonstrate new proficiencies to improve their personal well-being and complete high quality biomedical and healthy living related research. Newly trained library staff will increase their abilities to provide a higher-quality service to library customers in need of health-related resources.

This project proposes to purchase 8 virtual reality VR headsets along with a portable charging dock to bring VR into classrooms where health information is being studied. Having this portable VR setup will meet a growing demand to have students use VR together to learn about issues such as bias, health information literacy, functions of the human body, and the on-demand use of counseling using VR. This VR equipment will provide more equitable access of such technologies to those in the health professions.