# 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 · $159,946

## 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. 
The RML will expand access to biomedical and health information by training information 
providers and consumers in the effective use of products and tools that facilitate resource 
sharing. The National Library of Medicine’s DOCLINE and MedPrint services will be promoted to 
increase access to research material and health information. A network of libraries will be 
designated and funded to serve as Resource Libraries (RL) within the each of the five states 
served. These Resource Libraries will receive funding to provide outreach programming within 
their designated geographic areas of responsibility. Educational programming will be offered to 
all audiences served by the RML to increase awareness and use of National Library of Medicine 
research tools. Educational programming in the management, curation and sharing of ‘big data’ 
will be offered to information professionals and researchers to increase access and stewardship 
of research data.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9918977
- **Project number:** 5UG4LM012345-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Lisa Smith
- **Activity code:** UG4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $159,946
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9918977

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9918977, Creating Solutions for a Healthier Community: A Proposal to Host NN/LM's SCR RML (5UG4LM012345-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9918977. Licensed CC0.

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