Past Funded Projects

The Wayne State University, Vera P. Shiffman Medical Library Shiffman recognizes a significant opportunity in partnering with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine NNLM and the NIH Research Program to provide increased and improved access to health related information and services to residents of the Detroit Metro area primarily engaging communities identified as Underrepresented in Biomedical Research UBR by NIH. In order to maximize that opportunity, Shiffman will use grant funding to 1 hire a 50% FTE library assistant, a.k.a.

The Lancaster Community Library is partnering with the Lions Club to present two programs for our community, series title Community Health Awareness Series. The first program on diabetes will be presented by Nurse Practioner Sheila Branson. The second program on antibiotic resistance will be presented by retired dentist Dr. John Tollner. With these two programs we plan to educate our citizens about diabetes prevention, and raise the awareness of the problem of antibiotic resistant infections.

The Penn State Dining with Diabetes Program is a research-based diabetes management program designed to help participants better understand Type 2 diabetes and its possible health related problems. This community-based education program is offered in 46 Pennsylvania counties and reaches residents, including those who are low-income and undeserved, in these 95, 97, and 98 counties.

In alignment with the goals of the National Network of Libraries of Medicines 2017-2027 strategic plan, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center will design and present personalized and actionable health information to inpatient addiction treatment and recovery providers on promising practices for treating LGBT clients, an underrepresented population experiencing profound disparities. This project will maximize NNLMs impact through enhanced engagement and anticipate the needs of a marginalized population LGBT people seeking addiction treatment.

Congratulations to Heather Brown for receiving a professional development award! She attended the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists CoSA and the Society of American Archivists SAA

The NNLM Community Engagement Center CEC will develop strategic, replicable projects that can be pushed out to NNLM members based on outreach projects that have been funded in the past and deemed successful. Strategic, replicable projects that demonstrate how NNLM sets a standard in health information outreach among libraries and stands apart from similar institutions, will be chosen.

The RCS Community Library will invite students to engage with high quality health information though MedlinePlus in the process of creating graphic novels using the Graphic Medicine Comic or zine Creation Program. This experience will improve their awareness of quality resources and allow them to share their new knowledge with family and community members in person and through a showcase of their work at the Library.

Request to attend the Copyrightlaws.com Copyright Leadership Certificate course. Subawardees main purpose of obtaining the Copyright Leadership Certification is to enhance and improve our best practices with copyright

An NNLM Community Engagement grant would support the delivery of Data Navigators 2.0, a high-impact data analytics and visualization course contextualized for healthcare careers and applications and be offered to Providence 87 through our partnership with the Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School.

This award is intended to help public libraries support the health information needs of their communities by providing funding for health-related program kits. Program kits should be comprised of health information and can be used for circulation purposes or in direct support of health programs.

Instruction is a growing responsibility of academic health sciences librarians, but we rarely have the time, space, and community to take our ideas and notes from the previous year, combine it with the literature, and brainstorm with colleagues. This grant will fund a much-needed opportunity for librarians doing instruction in health sciences, at academic institutions to step away from their day-to-day responsibilities and instead work on instruction-based projects that have built up over the year and intentionally focus on refining their pedagogy.

Congratulations to Taira Meadowcroft from University of Missouri - J. Otto Lottes Library for receiving a professional development award to attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference! The professional development award was available to librarians or library staff that support marketing efforts in their libraries or organizations. Award recipients will also work with a mentor to receive individualized coaching prior to, during, and after the conference is over to maximize the recipient's learning experience.

Pomperaug District Department of Health PDDH will leverage its vast network of community partners to implement a focused outreach program to connect underserved older 88 to MedlinePlus resources in order to curtail opioid dependence and provide alternative strategies for managing chronic pain.

Congratulations to Sara K Motsinger from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, DAngelo Library for receiving a professional development award to attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference which will be held in November 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. The professional development award was available to librarians or library staff that support marketing efforts in their libraries or organizations.