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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">October is Health Literacy Month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Whether your organization decides to highlight health literacy in October or all year long, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and the American Library Association
(ALA) have partnered through the Libraries Transform public awareness campaign to create a free toolkit for health literacy to assist libraries in guiding their patrons to quality health information so they are better equipped to engage in their health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#353432"><a href="https://youtu.be/C2_HZ8alIrs"><span style="color:#2E4E74">Watch the webinar</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#353432"> introducing
the toolkit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#353432"><a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/librariestransform/health-literacy-toolkit-intro"><span style="color:#2E4E74">Join the <i>Libraries Transform </i>campaign</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#353432"> to
download marketing materials such as posters and bookmarks, get key messages, and tips to promote health literacy at your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The toolkit is free but requires an account. Sign up today!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Your <a href="https://nnlm.gov/pnr">
NNLM PNR</a> (National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region) is posting information about health literacy on our blog, the
<a href="https://news.nnlm.gov/pnr/">Dragonfly</a>, during Health Literacy Month.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP / Consumer Health Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">NNLM Pacific Northwest Region<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">University of Washington Health Sciences Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Box 357155<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Seattle, WA 98195-7155<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">206-221-3449<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><a href="mailto:martinc4@uw.edu"><span style="color:#2E74B5">martinc4@uw.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><a href="https://nnlm.gov/pnr"><span style="color:#2E74B5">https://nnlm.gov/pnr</span></a>
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