Through select grant funding, the New Mexico State Library’s Digital Equity Program is working to bridge the digital divide by building partnerships, conducting outreach, and providing educational resources and training to librarians.
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In partnership with GetSetUp, the New Mexico State Library has launched an online learning platform for library patrons. Popular classes include From Novice to Tech Savvy: Computer Skills for Beginners, Email Scams and How to Recognize Them, Passkeys: The End of Passwords, Yoga for Arthritis and Inflammation, and Conversational Spanish. More than 80 libraries across the state have their own custom link to track patron progress and tailor classes. You can visit the GetSetUp partner portal on the NMSL website for live classes, Medicare and Medicaid information, and more. – New
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center has created two new exhibits: Contagion: An Introduction to Infectious Disease and New Mexico Health History and Diabetes in New Mexico: The Story of the New Mexico Insulin Pump. The exhibits will be available for display starting May 1st.
The New Mexico State Library has secured Congressionally Directed Spending funding from Senator Martin Heinrich to support distance learning and telemedicine initiatives in libraries. We are currently delivering 179 new desktop computers to public, community, tribal, nonprofit, and Navajo Chapter libraries in need.
With a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, the New Mexico State Library is helping libraries support telehealth by shipping and setting up “Whisper Booths” at Aztec Public Library, Mescalero Community Library, Fort Sumner Public Library, and Octavia Fellin Public Library. Libraries have also started their first cohort, led by Deirdre Caparoso from the UNM Health and Information Science Library, to build skills for telehealth services and community health partnerships. In the second round, booths have been awarded to Hobbs Public Library, Bayard Public Library, and Columbus Public Library. These booths will be shipped once administrative approval is complete.
