If you are looking for ways to connect your community members with available health resources take a look at the item below from WebJunction about efforts from other libraries around the country.
http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/library-community-health-contributions-on-display-at-ala.html
Library Community Health Contributions on Display at ALA
Five libraries from
across the United States have collaborated with the Health Happens in Libraries team
to develop and deliver community health activities. As a result of their vision and leadership, these libraries have established or deepened local partnerships to bring meaningful health services to their communities, through programs such as a local cooking
competition and a multi-week health management series, among others.
WebJunction, along with our partners from ZeroDivide,
recently had the opportunity to highlight the motivating work of each library through a poster session at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual
Conference in San Francisco. We were thrilled to be joined by representatives from two of our participating libraries, St.
Charles Parish Libraryand Wilkes County Public Library. We will soon produce comprehensive case studies of all
five library engagements for publication at WebJunction.org during the summer. In the meantime, we invite you to review
and share the poster itself for inspiration on activities and partnerships that can engage your community in health. Feel free to also access the complementary resources that accompanied our poster at ALA.
These include a communications guide about
the role of libraries in supporting community health, as well as learning pathways on how to develop
health literacy, support
healthy communities, and understand
ethics and privacywhile providing health information and services at your library.
If your library is supporting community health, or if you have questions or ideas about this topic, shoot us an email or
share your ideas on Twitter using the hastag #libs4health!
sdw
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Shannon D. White
Library of Michigan
702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507
Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700
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