Below is an opportunity to work with IMLS and OCLC on a special Health Happens in Libraries program. Please see the links and information they provide for more information.

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Shannon D. White

Continuing Education Coordinator

Library of Michigan

702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507

Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700

Toll free:  877-479-0021

whites29@michigan.gov

http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan

From: WebJunction.org [mailto:webjunction@e.oclc.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:12 PM
To: White, Shannon (MDE)
Subject: Build your healthy community - collaborate with Health Happens in Libraries!

We are writing to tell you about an exciting opportunity for your library to receive guidance and financial support for developing and enhancing its health information services, resources, and programs in 2015.

We are writing to tell you about an opportunity for your library to receive guidance and financial support for developing and enhancing its health information services, resources and programs in 2015.

As part of its IMLS-funded Health Happens in Libraries program, OCLC is seeking up to five public libraries with which to collaborate to develop and implement community health activities with a local partner. These activities, to be conducted in the spring of 2015, will support the goals of each participating library and their partners; and may include a range of services, such as a workshop on healthy family meal planning, or training to patrons seeking reliable online health information.

Please review the included Participant Overview for a full description of this opportunity, including how to submit a statement of interest for your library to be considered for this exciting work. If your library is interested in participating in this 7-month project, please submit a statement of interest by 5 pm Pacific time on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Selected libraries will be notified by December 31, 2014. 

Consideration for participation in this project is open to any U.S. public library, and you may forward this invitation to your colleagues in the field. Thank you for joining the effort to magnify the role of public libraries as key contributors to community health!

We invite you to email us at any time with questions, suggestions, or ideas for supporting libraries in connecting communities to reliable health information services.