# Creating Solutions for a Healthier Community: A Proposal to Host NN/LM's SCR RML

> **NIH NIH UG4** · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · 2020 · $309,649

## Abstract

The Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library of the University of North Texas Health Science 
Center (UNTHSC) proposes to serve as the Regional Medical Library for the National Network 
of Libraries of Medicine’s (NN/LM) South Central Region. The Regional Medical Library (RML) 
of the South Central Region (SCR) will serve health providers, public health professionals, 
researchers, community-based organizations, libraries and the general public within the states 
of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Outreach programs, educational 
sessions, and funding opportunities will be made available throughout the region. The primary 
goal of the RML will be to offer programing, services, and resources that increase access to 
authoritative health information and help to create solutions for healthier communities across the 
South Central Region. 
Successful administration of a Regional Medical Library requires a strong organizational 
structure, collaborative relationships with regional stakeholders and a commitment to 
organizational effectiveness. The SCR RML will build and support the infrastructure needed to 
successfully represent NN/LM through the use of effective planning and evaluation, multi-tiered 
communication and fiscal accountability. Evaluation plans and procedures will be developed 
and a continuous process improvement program driven by regional stakeholder input will be 
implemented. Additionally, the RML will seek to increase network membership to ensure 
outreach and educational services are widely distributed throughout the region. The RML will 
also develop a robust disaster management program to ensure resources are available without 
interruption throughout the five-state region during any emergency.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9918976
- **Project number:** 5UG4LM012345-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Daniel Eric Burgard
- **Activity code:** UG4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $309,649
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9918976

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9918976, Creating Solutions for a Healthier Community: A Proposal to Host NN/LM's SCR RML (5UG4LM012345-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9918976. Licensed CC0.

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