Two individuals from HSLIC were awarded Seed Funding Grants for the 2023-2024 HSLIC Seed Funding Grant Program this year.
The purpose of this internal mini-grant program is to help foster a variety of research and innovative projects by HSLIC employees. This program supports the library’s value of innovation, fostering an environment that values creativity, flexibility, open-mindedness, and informed risk-taking.
"HSLIC's seed funding grants provide an opportunity to explore new initiatives and experience a grant funding process in a supportive environment," said Ingrid Hendrix, Division Head for Research, Education, and Clinical Information Services. "They offer a chance to explore new initiatives and uncover novel research directions."
This year’s winning projects were:
- Cognitive Biases as Interrupters in Evidence Based Practice Decision Making, Jonathan Eldredge, Project Lead. This study seeks to identify and communicate common cognitive biases among health sciences information professionals.
- Improving Access to Special Collections Digital Resources, Abbie Weiser, Project Lead. This project will add previously digitized photographs and textual materials to the UNM Digital Repository, including the creation of accurate and context-rich metadata to make them discoverable and more accessible to researchers.
This is the third year of the HSLIC Seed Funding Grant program. "HSLIC's seed funding program offers more than financial support," said Laura Hall, Division Head for Resources, Access, and Discovery at HSLIC. "It's an opportunity for growth and learning among our HSLIC team members." HSLIC plans to continue to offer this opportunity to its employees next fiscal year.