[OPLINLIST] State Library of Ohio Announces 2006 NCLIS Health Awards State Winner

[Sean Hughes]

DATE:  March 27, 2006                                                                                                       
  Contact: Sean Hughes
  614.644.6875
  shughes at sloma.state.oh.us
  For Immediate Release                                                                                                    
                                                                   
  State Library of Ohio Announces 2006 NCLIS Health Awards State Winner
  
Ohio NetWellness, University of Cincinnati and partners was awarded Ohio’s 2006 National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) Award for Libraries. 
   
  The Awards are designed to encourage library programs that address one or more of the following: dietary choices; exercise; smoking cessation; alcohol and/or drug abuse prevention or cessation; immunizations and health screenings; and improved health literacy, that is, the ability to understand and make use of health information. In each state, a panel of judges selected the state winners based on how well the program encouraged lifestyle improvement among the target population, the program’s adaptability, collaboration with other community organizations, and how successfully the program was able to reach out to people with low information literacy skills.

Most of the winning programs have partners and collaborators who contribute significantly to fulfilling their mission.
   
  The following Ohio judges participated in selecting the Ohio winner: Dr. George Paulson, professor emeritus of neurology at OSU; Mari-jean Siehl, director of Healthy Ohioans at the Ohio Department of Health; and Roni Greenberg of the Community Health Branch of the Barberton Public Library.
  
ABOUT NCLIS

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) is a permanent, independent agency of the Federal government charged by Public Law 91-345 to advise the President and Congress on national and international library and information policies, to appraise and assess the adequacies and deficiencies of library and information resources and services, and to develop overall plans for meeting national library and information needs.
   
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  The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist state government and libraries in providing the best service to all.

		
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