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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
May
22
0 comments Tags: funded partner, Funded Projects, Health Literacy, public libraries
NNLM has been in the midst of conference season and have had a wonderful time connecting and getting to know many of you! We have loved hearing about the great work happening in our member states and in the library and public health professions. At the 2023 CLA Conference Connecting to the Core, four public… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, NLM Resources
Nov
09
0 comments Tags: Berkshire County, Focused Outreach, public libraries
This September, I took a drive out to Western Massachusetts to meet with library workers. Region 7 is conducting Focused Outreach to Berkshire County for 2022-2023. Several weeks earlier, I attended a meeting of library directors at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield. I conducted a virtual visit with Annie Pecor, Director of the Northern Berkshire… Read More »
Posted in: Public Health
Sep
26
0 comments Tags: Member Spotlight, public libraries
The following article was contributed by the C.H. Booth Library in Newtown, Connecticut. The C.H. Booth Library’s dedication to health literacy was advanced significantly thanks to funding from a 2021 NNLM Region 7 Technology Improvement Award. In 2021, the library began an initiative to bring greater awareness and understanding of medical resources to the… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, NLM Resources, Technology
Jul
15
0 comments Tags: Funded Projects, Member Spotlight, public libraries
Julie Holden is the Assistant Library Director at Cranston (RI) Public Library. Over the years, Cranston Library has been a great partner that participated in several NNLM R7 opportunities including funding, training, and borrowing a Graphic Medicine Book Club Kit. Would you rather travel back in time to meet your ancestors, or to the future… Read More »
Posted in: Blog