Past Funded Projects

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 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 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.

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 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.

Support for Molly Montgomery of Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine to attend ALA Midwinter 2019.

The HSCL will host five events and three ongoing activities associated with this exhibit. One external speaker a 127 of nursing will be brought to campus to speak on the history of the nursing profession its role in society. Two events will feature panels of UF faculty and local practitioners: one focused on the nursing in wartime/military nursing, and one focused on popular depictions of nursing in media.

This project will expand library services for people with Alzheimers and Dementia through the Missoula Public Library Memory Caf. The goals of the Memory Caf is to create a safe, welcoming and supportive space for individuals experiencing memory loss and their caregivers and family members.

The goal of this funding would be in two parts - the first is training a certified instructor for CPR/First Aid and the purchase of a defibrillator for the library to increase the health of an individual needing immediate emergency care. The second part is to increase the health literacy of the patrons and community members visiting the library through print and digital information in easier to understand materials on current health topics.

Exhibit at the 95 Health Association of Tennessee RHAT, Annual Conference, November 20-22, 2019

Exhibit at the Remote Area Medical RAM Clinic, Gray, TN November 2019

NNLM contribution to Pittston Memorial Library Annual Health Fair. A community based event featuring many health partners including Early Intervention, Area Agency on Aging, PA Department of Health, Cawley Physical Therapy, Geisinger Hospital, CONCERN for Kids, Comfort Keepers, Gift of Life, Griswold Home Care, Pathway to Recovery, Live Well Luzerne, Family Service Association of NEPA, Northeast Highway Safety Program, Caregivers America, Bayada Home Health Care, Victims Resource Center, and many others. MedlinePlus and Research Program informational materials were distributed.

This session will highlight the importance of libraries as partners in public health initiatives and programs. Presenters will discuss public health projects they have implemented in partnership with libraries and the positive effect these programs had on their respective communities. The audience will also learn how these projects incorporated free, trustworthy resources from the National Library of Medicine and how they can use these resources alongside their own public health initiatives.

At the APHA annual meeting, Alison Wessel will be presenting a session titled "Improving Health through Collaboration: Libraries and Public Health" with Erin Seger of NNLM Mar as well as other regional members. Alison will be sharing how the Delaware Health and Social Services library conducted a health information needs assessment of Delaware public libraries and applied NLM resources to help meet those needs.

This presentation will highlight four public health preparedness collaboration projects completed by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia between 2014 and 2019. Project initiatives included the recruitment of Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers, training of Free Library staff and the 125 in emergency preparedness, development of library emergency response roles, development and dissemination of public health bookmarks, and incorporation of National Library of Medicine online resources.

Describe how public libraries serve as novel venues for opioid overdose reversal trainings. Demonstrate the effect of a library-based opioid overdose reversal training on self-efficacy for responding to opioid overdose.

Exhibit at the North Carolina Veterinary Conference from November 1-3, 2019 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC

Exhibit at Veterans and Military Families Day in Ward, SC

Through a partnership with National Library of Medicine GMR, the Taubman Health Sciences Library has created a systematic review course utilizing both online and in-person instruction with an emphasis on student participation. There are eight online learning modules that cover relevant topics for health sciences librarians, along with learning activities that seek to stimulate thought and conversation. The second part of this course involves a two-day, face-to-face workshop. The in-person workshop will cover key steps and processes involved in conducting systematic reviews.

Health Online: Finding Information You Can Trust will help persons from underrepresented populations better access, identify and use reliable health information on the internet. With todays focus on obtaining information online or going mobile, there has become a digital divide for individuals with low health literacy, many of whom are represented among vulnerable populations, using online and other digital tools for health Pew, 2015.

The Community Health in the Library CHIL: Reinvigorating Outreach at the UIC Crawford Library of the Health Sciences project will improve access to high quality, reliable health information for the city of Rockford, Illinois and the surrounding Winnebago County community. UICs Crawford Library of the Health Sciences, hereafter referred to as the Crawford Library, has had a long history of participating in community outreach, educating the community on the National Library Medicine NLM resources, and housing a Consumer Health Collection specifically for the community.

Enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host a recommended and well recognized speaker and host Continuing Education courses on meeting the evolving needs and expectations of library users during the annual meeting in Savannah, GA Oct. 10-12, 2019, for the benefit of all members of the Southern Chapter/MLA who are able to attend the regional conference.

Exhibit at the Georgia Libraries Conference October 9-11, 2019

The Professional Development Committee for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association would like to use this funding to support honorariums and travel expenses for continuing education instructors who will teach professional development classes as part of the MAC-MLA Annual Meeting.There will be four classes offered.

This years theme is We are Local Connect, Create, Contribute. This will be quite appropriate as I work closely with the University of South Alabama hospitals and elderly communities promoting and creating an awareness of the rich and freely available resources from NLM contributing to better health among our community. The exhibit will consist of two tables in a corner booth that maximizes visibility. Resources will be displayed in acrylic displays to enhance the visual presence of the materials on the tables.

The Public Library Association PLA will educate PLA members and other public library staff about implicit bias's connection to health equity and foster a deeper understanding of health literacy as a tool to address health equity within vulnerable communities. We will do this through multiple continuing education and promotional activities, including an Institute at the ALA 2019 Midwinter Meeting, a webinar, a Public Libraries journal article or other publication such as Quick Reads and podcast, and more.