HealthLinks, November 2006

• A renewed contract as the Regional Medical Library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR), serving Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
• Two national center contracts serving all eight regions of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, including:
  • Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (OERC), which provides assistance in developing well-planned evaluation to help target and measure health information outreach success.
  • Web Services Technology and Operations Center (Web-STOC), which provides the IT infrastructure to operate the NN/LM website.

Regional Medical Library staff provide training, technical assistance and funding to enhance health information access for underserved health professionals and communities in the NN/LM PNR. Funding awards support local health information outreach and partnerships, such as:

• African American Reach and Teach Health Ministry (WA)
  • The Access to Wellness Project provides AARTH with the tools and resources necessary to access culturally relevant health information.
• Outside In (OR)
  • Staff learned how to find and evaluate health information on the Internet and to teach the skills to the population they serve.
• Voices of Hope (MT)
  • This planning award considered how health information resources could be part of a comprehensive suicide prevention plan.