TMC Library Receives Express Outreach Award

The Texas MedicalCenter Library is one of five recipients of the Express Outreach Award for the project: Shining a Light onto MedlinePlus: Collaboration with the Light and Salt Association

This award, funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region supports a wide range of outreach projects aimed at improving access to and use of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases.

This project will provide a dedicated desktop, laptop and printing capabilities for the staff at Light and Salt (an Asian American community-based organization) for use with their clients and visitors in order to promote the following NLM databases: MedlinePlus’ Health Information in Multiple Languages webpage, Asian American Health and NIHSeniorHealth.

Adela Justice, MLS, Consumer Health Librarian, is the principal investigator.

The TMC Library has provided community health outreach initiatives to the Asian community since 1998.

National Public Health Week: April 2-8, 2012

A Healthier America Begins Today: Join the Movement, is the theme of this year's National Public Health Week (NPHW), communities across the United States have observed NPHW as a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving the public's health.

Cheryl Rowan, Public Health Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and who has recently received an award in the library industry by the national publication, Library Journal, will be demonstrating free public health resources at the TMC Library on April 4 -5, 2012.

Among the resources that will be highlighted are:

• MedlinePlus
• Refugee Health Information Network
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Stop by the library for a free demonstration of these public health resources.