This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
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Current Projects
| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State Sort descending |
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| Health Literacy Supports Resiliency: Support for BIPOC Women and Families | The Children's Home Society of New Jersey | The goal of the project is to increase health literacy of participant Ocean and Monmouth County families about COVID-19 preventive measures such as vaccination and consistent mask use; and emotional health, anxiety and depression related to the pandemic and other social determinants of health, using medically accurate, bilingual health information sources such as Medline Plus and other vetted sources from the National Library of Medicine. The project’s intended audience is primarily Black and Hispanic families born in the US and myriad other countries of origin, especially… | NJ | ||
| The Human Dimension Health and Digital Literacy Initiative | Seton Hall University, Health Sciences Library and Information Commons | Our goal is to: (1) increase the health information literacy and digital literacy of community members from historically underserved areas in northern New Jersey; (2) lessen the “digital divide” in these areas through increased access to WiFi-enabled technology in order to better access health information; (3) train the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM) medical students, faculty, and community programs team, through a partnership with HMSOM and their Human Dimension (HD) program, to… | NJ | ||
| Southwest Community Engagement Ambassador Project | University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center | The Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center at the University of New Mexico (HSLIC) seeks to develop intentional, culturally relevant strategies for successful engagement outreach with diverse, underserved populations. These efforts will be informed by [1] a review of academic health sciences libraries’ experiences in community engagement with underserved populations; and, [2] an exploration of past community engagement projects conducted by UNM HSLIC. We will collaborate with NNLM Region 4 continuously as we identify community partners throughout New Mexico. We plan… | NM | ||
| Trauma Informed Care Training | University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center | A free virtual training on trauma informed care will inform health science and information professionals on how to incorporate trauma-informed care in their educational settings. During this three-hour training Nisha Mody will utilize evidence based practice and her years of experience to explain the concept of trauma-informed care and… | NM | ||
| Native Health Database Community Engagement Studios | University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center | To meet the needs of multiple stakeholders, the Native Health Database (NHD) has necessarily evolved numerous times since its initial creation in the early 1990s. A recently-funded NNLM-SCR project (January-April 2021) saw the migration of its former platform to one now served through Mukurtu CMS, a database that provides numerous pathways for content creators, Indigenous communities, users, and providers to collaboratively—and respectfully—exchange information. To ensure it continues meeting the needs of its myriad stakeholders, this project will engage the… | NM | ||
| NFPL Create Your Healthy Life: Bringing Digital Technology and Telehealth Access to Niagara for Learning, Communication, and Building Your Healthiest Future | Niagara Falls Public Library | The goal of the Niagara Falls Public Library (NFPL) Create Your Healthy Life: Bringing Digital Technology and Telehealth Access to Niagara for Learning, Communication, and Building Your Healthiest Future project is to provide its library community a private environment and supportive resources to access telehealth and personal health information by providing private computers and sound-proof, 1 – 4-person meeting booths. The Niagara Falls Public Library is part of the NIOGA Library System, which serves Niagara, Orleans, and Genesee… | NY | ||
| Mindful Eating for the Beloved Community | Black Culinarian Alliance | We will work with the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) and one or more local community organizations to implement culturally appropriate healthy eating curriculum that goal is focused on sustainable well-being inthe U.S. Virgin Islands. | NY | ||
| Mindful Eating for the Beloved Community (Y2) | Black Culinarian Alliance | We will work with the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) and one or more local community organizations to implement culturally appropriate healthy eating curriculum that goal is focused on sustainable well-being inthe U.S. Virgin Islands. | NY | ||
| Collection Equity | New York College of Podiatric Medicine | The New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) is committed to raise its’ organizational health literacy level among faculty, staff, and students to step up the organization’s ability to meet Healthy Objectives 2030, specifically targeting the Health Literacy Related Objectives. The New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) is committed in improving patient communication skills among the podiatric medical student and strengthening ways for patients to be more involved in decisions about their health care. We would like to train our faculty, staff, and… | NY | ||
| Collection Equity | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Lake Public Library | Develop collections to address health information needs in the community. | NY | ||
| Better Access for the Best Care: Increasing Medical Professional Awareness and Access to Library Resources | Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Staff Library, Bon Secours Health System | The Medical Staff Library at Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH) would like to increase awareness and access to electronic resources, both within the physical library and remotely by 15% in 6 months. This includes resources provided by the National Library of Medicine as well as other electronic resources in which the library subscribes. Access to these resources are extremely valuable for medical professionals in continuing their medical education resulting in the best possible healthcare and services for our community. To achieve our goal and improve access to healthcare educational… | NY | ||
| Health Information Programs | Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is pleased to be invited to partner with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 7 to deliver health information outreach programs. BPL respectfully requests a $40,000 grant to support an 11-months of health information programs serving library patrons. Programs include a series of workshops on health topics conducted with community partners, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes, and a graphic medicine program. | NY | ||
| Community Unconference: Let’s Talk About Black Maternal Health | University at Buffalo, Health Sciences Library | Our project aims to increase awareness, and to educate the community by amplifying the voices of community members around the health disparities and inequities related to Black maternal health The project activities are three community events: 1) a webinar to feature the ENAHEC and the All of US Program, 2) an in-person screening of a documentary about Black maternal health that will feature resources from the All of Us program and NLM, and 3) an in-person Community Unconference where… | NY | ||
| ESLN Technology: Tablet Kits for Health Information | Capital District Library Council | This NNLM grant funded project will enable the Capital District Library Council (CDLC) to preload and provide tablets to our three public library systems to distribute to their member libraries equitably. Primarily, these tablets will provide easy access to high quality online health information from the National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine including PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov and MedlinePlus. Links to other curated health information sites endorsed/vetted by the NIH will also be provided. | NY | ||
| Online Health Information Program Platform | Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) | The Long Island Library Resources Council will improve its capacity for providing health information services to member libraries. Currently, we provide sessions throughout the year in order for hospital and health sciences librarians to stay current on health information services. This technology would enhance our ability to provide hybrid sessions and meetings bringing librarians together. | NY | ||
| ESLN Technology: High-speed Scanner | METRO - Metropolitan New York Library Council | The proposed project is to enable the NYAM to purchase a high-speed scanner, which will allow quicker access to the medical-related materials in our library. | NY | ||
| ESLN Technology: Mobile Telepresence Education Platform | Northern New York Library Network (NNYLN) | The shift to 100% virtual learning events during the pandemic taught us that as much as our members value getting together in person, online events allow for much more participation. The Northern NY Library Network’s region spans 11,000 square miles, making travel significant for some of our members with any in-person event. Going forward, we want the best of both worlds: we want to resume meeting up in person for training events to promote long-term relationship-building and collaboration, but we want events to remain accessible to remote attendees. The equipment purchased… | NY | ||
| ESLN Technology: Improving Access to Information and Training for Libraries and Community Members in the Rochester Region | Rochester Regional Library Council (RRLC) | The Rochester Regional Library Council will improve and upgrade our technological capacity in order to provide a better experience for in person, online, and hybrid meetings and training and to provide better access to information. This will enable the council to provide a more engaging experience for people attending our events, and will allow us to travel to offsite locations with technology kits to support online and hybrid events at member locations. We expect this upgrade to increase access to health information and strengthen communication and connectivity for health. Training… | NY | ||
| ESLN Technology: Telehealth for All in South Central New York State | South Central Regional Library Council (SCRLC) | In Fall 2021, SCRLC conducted a telehealth survey among the region's public libraries. Thirty-four of 130 participated, and the survey demonstrated interest in offering telehealth, but privacy was a barrier to some of the respondents. Others may not have responded because they, too, lacked space and privacy. The survey also demonstrated a need for health information literacy education on the part of library workers. In that space is a challenge, we would like to use our technology grant to provide telehealth kits to our public libraries/systems. Patients/patrons will then… | NY | ||
| ESLN Technology: Expanding Southeastern Training | Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC) | The Expanding Southeastern Training project will allow our council to offer professional development trainings simultaneously remotely and in-person. Consequently, this will expand access to these trainings for the library workers and healthcare professionals who attend them—including those who serve underrepresented populations. In fiscal year 2020/2021, Southeastern hosted 83 programs that served 1,462 people. Since the onset of the pandemic, all of these programs have been remote because of safety reasons. It is also increasingly difficult for people to leave their… | NY | ||
| ESLN Technology:Assisting Afghans to Relocate, Educate, Assimilate (AAREA) | Western New York Library Resources Council | This project will provide Afghan and other refugee families recently relocated to Buffalo, New York, with assistance to navigate the healthcare system and locate health information in their native languages. WNYLRC will purchase equipment to provide to refugee families through the International Institute of Buffalo. Caseworkers and volunteers at the IIB will distribute 39 devices to participants already enrolled in IIB programs. The devices can be used at the IIB or at public libraries for the most secure connections. Assisting families to apply for free Internet service through the… | NY | ||
| Repurposing data from NIH's iCite to dynamically provide bibliometric-based decision support | Weill Cornell Medical College | Leaders at academic medical institutions regularly need bibliometric analyses to inform their decisions, but are often forced to settle for crude metrics such as journal impact factor or raw citation counts for individual articles. To meet this need, we will use publications authored by a given person, harvest relevant statistics from NIH's iCite service, and dynamically generate a sophisticated report for that person. The report will include a bibliometric summary of a person's scholarly output, listing that individual's most influential publications,… | NY | ||
| Health Information Programs for Immigrants | Brooklyn Public Library | rooklyn Public Library (BPL) will develop and implement a 12-month project of expert-led health information programs targeted to Brooklyn’s immigrant populations with a special focus on addressing the needs of library patrons for whom English is not their primary language. Health Information programs will address known social determinants of health specific to Brooklyn; the programs will address the topic areas of: Mental Health, Maternal Health, Health Insurance and Access to Care Navigation, Nutrition, and Positive Aging. The 50 planned programs will increase 750 patrons… | NY | ||
| Identifying barriers to effective tobacco cessation consultation in an inpatient NY regional hospital setting | Albany Medical College | Despite local and national attempts to promote prevention and curb accessibility and use, approximately one in five Americans continues to use tobacco products [1]. The majority of tobacco users are interested in quitting, yet fewer than one-third report using evidence based cessation methods, and fewer than ten percent report a successful quit attempt in the past year[3]. One intervention method is the integration of tobacco cessation into clinical care in an inpatient setting[5]. Recent results from inpatient programs highlight the value to patients, but also indicate the presence… | NY | ||
| Connecting Rural Paramedic Education Classrooms | Elizabethtown Community Hospital | The Elizabethtown Community Hospital Paramedic Education Program aims to support a pipeline for emergency medical professionals certified as paramedics, the highest level of pre-hospital care certification and licensure. The education and skills students of the program receive allows them to adapt to any given situation and to make informed decisions about the health of the patients and communities they serve. Updated distance learning equipment will enable program faculty… | NY | ||
| Culture and Health for Refugee Adolescents | The Upstate Foundation | The proposed project, “Culture and Health for Refugee Adolescents”, is an initiative to establish community resources for refugee adolescents aged 15-21 years old, preferably within 5 years of arrival, in the Syracuse area. We plan to meet a month, to help educate and engage our refugee adolescent population on various health topics based on the schedule that was implanted. Students will also be able to choose discussion topics. Due to various cultural and economic limitations that many of these… | NY | ||
| Preserving Access to Tuberculosis History Through Wiki Migration | Historic Saranac Lake | Historic Saranac Lake (HSL) maintains a local history wiki website that includes thousands of pages documenting the history of the tuberculosis (TB) industry in our community. The wiki is available for free to the public, and anyone can contribute information and photographs. The wiki has been featured in AASLH magazine, many in-person and virtual presentations, and several conference sessions. HSL proposes to migrate the wiki website to a more secure, sustainable in-house hosting solution to continue to provide… | NY | ||
| Building A Healthy BKLYN | Brooklyn Public Library | Through the Building A Healthy BKLYN program, Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)’s goals are to: 1) Partner with the NNLM All of Us Program Center and Weill Cornell/NewYork-Presbyterian to provide monthly engagements, pop-up enrollment events, presentations, and staff trainings to connect with community members and encourage enrollment and retention in the All of Us Research Program; 2) Improve the health outcomes of Brooklyn’s 2.7 million residents through education and access to reliable, trustworthy information. 3) Increase the… | NY | ||
| A Resilience-building Interprofessional Partnership in an Academic Health System Museums, Libraries and Nurses Working Together | NYU Health Sciences Library | This project will provide nurses continuing education through workshops led by museum educators, both on site at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and virtually. The project will introduce a discussion and activity format centered around images of museum works that can be adapted for use in clinical and workplace settings. | NY | ||
| Collection Equity Award | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | The Levy Library is a central place for learning and dialogue in the Mount Sinai community. A Collection Equity award would provide an amazing opportunity to invite our students, faculty and staff throughout the Health System to recommend titles and authors so that we can purchase additional print and electronic resources that will impact their lives as learners, care providers, and teachers. While we currently offer print and digital “Special Topics in Medicine” collections which invite our community to learn through access to emerging and historically marginalized voices and… | NY |