# NN/LM Grater Midwest Region (3)

> **NIH NIH UG4** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2020 · $232,145

## Abstract

Access to Biomedical and Health Information Core
Access to biomedical and health information for all health professionals and consumers
in the region will be a priority for the GMR. The Network Librarian will work with the
Network Membership Workgroup to establish priorities for working with new network
members to expand NLM programs and services in the Region including Resource
Libraries, general membership, DOCLINE, Loansome Doc, MedlinePlus, Resource
Libraries, and MedPrint. The RML will actively partner with the NDCO to implement the
NN/LM Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan Plan. An assessment will be done of
those network members not active in NLM programs and services and strategies for
more network involvement will be developed. The GMR has several agreements with
publishers that facilitate reasonable licensing costs for electronic resources for
hospitals, this program will continue. The Network Librarian will conduct an analysis of
MedPrint titles for which NLM reports fewer than 12 permanent print holdings. A call will
go out to the Region asking libraries, particularly Resource Libraries and the RML, to
assess their print collections to see if they can commit to permanently holding some of
the titles on the list. Through a subaward, the University of Michigan Taubman Health
Sciences Library (THL) will serve as the Data Management Education Center (DMEC)
for the region. The DMEC will be the region’s center for expertise and dissemination of
information on biomedical big data and data management throughout the research
lifecycle, providing resources and a variety of training, programming, and networking
opportunities to libraries and health researchers. The DMEC will provide a point of
contact for the region’s librarians, health information professionals, and researchers for
training and resources related to all aspects of data management.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9920208
- **Project number:** 5UG4LM012346-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** LINDA J WALTON
- **Activity code:** UG4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $232,145
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9920208

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9920208, NN/LM Grater Midwest Region (3) (5UG4LM012346-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9920208. Licensed CC0.

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