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____________________________________ Do you find yourself providing health information at the library? Would you like to be better prepared to help people with health reference? Would you like to have funding to reach outside your walls to provide better health information? Or do you need to improve your computers or Internet connection so that you have better access to health information? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region has just posted a number of funding opportunities. Many of these awards can be used for outreach in the areas of consumer health. Some are simply to improve your organization's access to health information on the Internet. For a complete list of current funding opportunities: http://nnlm.gov/scr/outrch/fundopp.htm. Some awards which may be of interest to public libraries are: Express Consumer Health Outreach Award http://nnlm.gov/scr/conhlth/echo_may05.htm Express Outreach Award http://nnlm.gov/scr/outrch/expo_may05.htm Express Special Populations Outreach Award http://nnlm.gov/scr/outrch/expspec_may05.htm Information Access Improvement Project http://nnlm.gov/scr/outrch/iaipapp_may05.htm Mobile Health Education Project http://nnlm.gov/scr/outrch/mhepapp_may05.htm In order to be eligible to receive these awards, the institution must be a member of the NN/LM SCR. Membership is free, and is available to public libraries as well as other organizations that provide health information. A membership application is available at: http://nnlm.gov/scr/netwk/membership.htm All applications for awards must be received by July 15, 2005. All projects must be completed by April 30, 2006. Information about previously awarded recipients of funding from the NN/LM SCR is available at: http://nnlm.gov/scr/outrch/scrfunded.htm For more information, please contact: Karen Vargas, MS Consumer Health Coordinator NN/LM South Central Region HAM-TMC Library 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston TX 77030-2809 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.799.7198 800.338.7657 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX Only) 713.790.7030 (F) http://nnlm.gov/scr
