Sep
01
0 comments Tags: Emergency Preparedness (EPP), resources, Seniors
September is National Preparedness Month. This year’s theme is “Take Control in 1, 2, 3” focusing on preparing older adults, specifically older adults from communities that are disproportionally impacted by all-hazard events. From ready.gov, “This theme empowers everyone, especially older adults, to 1) assess their needs, 2) make a plan and 3) engage their support… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Aug
28
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NNLM Region 7 (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) is excited to share that the Request for Proposals (RFPs) for funding in the upcoming year (2024-2025) have been released. RFPs have been posted on the website. Award categories include: Health Outreach: up to $20,000 Funding Period: July 15, 2024- March… Read More »
Posted in: Announcements, Blog
Aug
25
0 comments Tags: Focused Outreach, public libraries
Last year we developed some new partnerships and re-engaged with some long-standing members of the NNLM in northern Vermont. In this article I will share about some of the libraries and partners we met through out focused outreach work and some of the projects and work in health information outreach and technology developed as a… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, Weekly Newsletter
Aug
21
0 comments Tags: Emergency Preparedness (EPP), graphic medicine, Training
September is National Preparedness Month. And this year, NNLM is excited to present a slate of programming to support information and resource sharing around emergency preparedness in your communities. And you can promote preparedness all year long with information and resources from ready.gov. NNLM Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum Save the Date for NNLM’s Free Virtual… Read More »
Posted in: Trainings
Aug
14
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, Member Spotlight, National Library of Medicine, Rhode Island
If you had 25 hours in a day, what would you do with the extra hour? If I had 25 hours in a day, I would use it to figure out any of Chopin’s nocturnes on the piano, comb the beach for sea glass with my daughter, go bird watching, or (too obvious?) catch up… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest