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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<a href="http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/library-community-health-contributions-on-display-at-ala.html">
http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/library-community-health-contributions-on-display-at-ala.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Library Community Health Contributions on Display at ALA<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/HHIL-community-engagement.html"><span style="color:#5A458D">Five libraries</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from
across the United States have collaborated with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/ehealth.html"><span style="color:#5A458D">Health Happens in Libraries</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">WebJunction, along with our partners from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.zerodivide.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#5A458D">ZeroDivide</span></a>,
recently had the opportunity to highlight the motivating work of each library through a poster session at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://alaac15.ala.org/"><span style="color:#5A458D">American Library Association (ALA) Annual
Conference</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in San Francisco. We were thrilled to be joined by representatives from two of our participating libraries,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.myscpl.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#5A458D">St.
Charles Parish Library</span></a>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.arlibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#5A458D">Wilkes County Public Library</span></a>. 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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/webJunction/Topics/hhil/health-happens-in-libraries-poster-75-by-35.pdf"><span style="color:#5A458D">review
and share the poster</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/webJunction/2015-04/communications-guide.pdf"><span style="color:#5A458D">communications guide</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>about
the role of libraries in supporting community health, as well as learning pathways on how to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/webJunction/2015-04/developing-health-literacy-through-health-information-and-services.pdf"><span style="color:#5A458D">develop
health literacy</span></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/webJunction/2015-01/supporting-healthy-communities-through-health-information-and-services.pdf"><span style="color:#5A458D">support
healthy communities</span></a>, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/webJunction/2015-02/understanding-ethics-and-privacy-in-health-information-and-services.pdf"><span style="color:#5A458D">understand
ethics and privacy</span></a>while providing health information and services at your library.<br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If your library is supporting community health, or if you have questions or ideas about this topic, shoot us an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:morrisl@oclc.org?subject=Health%20Happens%20in%20Libraries"><span style="color:#5A458D">email</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or
share your ideas on Twitter using the hastag #libs4health!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Shannon D. White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Toll free: 877-479-0021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:whites29@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">whites29@michigan.gov</span></a>
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