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WNY Library Resources Council Receives Award

The Western New York Library Resources Council recently received a $16,000 NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region.

The grant is to enhance health information literacy skills among librarians in the region who, in turn, will use their skills to provide quality health information access services and outreach programs to the public in the six-county region of Western New York.

Thirty libraries from across the six-county region will have an opportunity to apply to be part of the program that runs through April 2020. During that time, each participating library will receive free training and certification in Consumer Health Information Specialization for a designated staff person and will receive a modest sum of money to be applied towards community health programming.

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