Past Funded Projects

In the Show Low, AZ, region there are barriers in receiving relevant, factual information that relates to overall health and wellness. Those barriers primarily exist due to a lack of internet connectivity, access to computers or mobile devices or lack of knowledge on where to find relevant health information.

In public libraries, Black Girls with Green Thumbs @blackgirlswithgreenthumbs will host a series of community workshops centered on gardening, nutrition, and plant-based cooking. The adaptation of their typical programming for public library audiences in 98 and 97 neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties will be largely influenced by timing. Rather than starting the workshop series with the development of a garden, they will end the programs with the development of a Spring/Summer garden.

This project builds upon the recent successful collaboration between the Albany Medical Colleges Schaffer Library of Health Sciences SLHS, the Division of Community Outreach and Medical Education DivCOME and local public libraries and community based organizations. SLHS and DivCOME will jointly create and promote educational videos focused on the collection and evaluation of health information and patient-provider communication.

The Dementia & Research Awareness project embodies the NNLM Public Library Partnership Award mission in two vital ways. One, by focusing on one group of underserved individuals that libraries are just beginning to serve those living with dementia and their care partners the project promotes the use of public libraries to support community health information needs through the use of National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources.

The Healthy Communities in Fulton County, Illinois HCFCI project is a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Chicagos Library of the Health Sciences in Peoria UIC LHSP, the Western Illinois Universitys School of Nursing WIU SON, and public libraries in Fulton County. In this project, librarians, nursing professors, and nursing students will work with public libraries to provide health fairs for the public.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.