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Dec
12
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The NNLM PNR is pleased to invite applications for a new funding opportunity to support health science library partnership projects. Applications will be reviewed on a first come, first serve basis until January 11, 2019. Check this out if you want funding support to partner on research and data projects or events within a performance period ending… Read More »
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Oct
04
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The ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services, the Public Library Association, and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region are pleased to host the preconference Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity at ALA Midwinter in Seattle, WA on January 25, 2019 from 9am to noon… Read More »
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Oct
03
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It’s October – Health Literacy month. We’ve still much work ahead to improve how we deliver actionable health information for the nine out of ten U.S. adults who struggle to understand it. We know health literacy is complex and multi-faceted. It involves demands by the healthcare system which often surpass people’s ability to comprehend and appropriately… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Funding, Health Literacy, Health Observances, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries
Sep
10
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Under cooperative agreement with the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), and in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program, the NNLM PNR is pleased to request proposals for a new round of funding opportunities for projects involving public libraries. NNLM PNR public library member organizations in Alaska, Idaho,… Read More »
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Jul
09
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The Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon received a Community Health Outreach Award from the NNLM PNR to pilot the use of health information kiosks, aimed at people who are experiencing houselessness in Multnomah County. Here is a report of their project from Steph Miller, Programming Librarian — Technology and Workforce Development. Increasing Access to… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, News from Network Members, Public Libraries