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Mar
27
0 comments Tags: Alzheimer's Speaks, Community conversations, Success Stories
Written for Midwest Matters by Karyn Witt For months our local ‘Community Conversations’ group was grappling with how to get funding to bring Alzheimer’s Speaks Founder, Lori LaBey to our area. We had been seeing an increase in the number of patrons that were attending our Alzheimer’s Association programs here at Westchester Public Library and… Read More »
Posted in: Public Libraries
Jan
03
0 comments Tags: Akron-Summit County Public Library, Success Stories
I’m pleased to announce that the Akron-Summit County Public Library (Ohio) Science & Technology Division lead by Monique Mason has been awarded funding for a great community physical fitness project! Background: Twenty-nine percent of Summit County residents are obese, slightly lower than the state-wide average of 30% 1. The obesity rate in the City of Akron… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, Public Libraries
Dec
12
0 comments Tags: Success Stories
The Joint 2017 Midwest Medical Library Association and Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association Conference received the Professional Development Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region to offer two continuing education courses focused on data management. We selected this topic based on the vision of the new Director of the National… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, News from the Region, Success Stories, Training
Oct
30
0 comments Tags: Success Stories
In late July 2017, 66 science librarians gathered together from across the United States at Michigan State University for a 2.5-day science boot camp. Organized around session themes of Sports Research & Kinesiology, Biogeochemistry & Ecology, and Agriculture and Natural Resources the Boot Camp featured MSU faculty members discussing their research in engaging and understandable… Read More »
Posted in: Conferences and Meetings
Oct
05
0 comments Tags: Success Stories
The GMR is pleased to announce that Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) has received funding in the amount of $4,642 in the form of an NNLM Technology Enhancement Award to implement resource sharing management software at the WMed Library. Congratulations to WMed and applicants Elizabeth R. Lorbeer, EdM, MLS, Founding Library Director,… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, Resource Sharing, Technology