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LJ has received an Eddie award for its February 2024 cover story “Hungry for Connection: Addressing Loneliness Through the Library,” by Editor-in-Chief Hallie Rich. In May, 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory calling attention to loneliness, isolation, and a lack of connection as a public health crisis increasing the risk of mental health challenges and even premature death. LJ’s feature examined how library programs “can build the very relationships our nation’s public health experts say we most need to cultivate.”

Sharks and whales, the planet and plants, trees, astronomy, and volcanoes are just a few of the topics covered in this wide-ranging list, which also includes pets, health, and medicine.

Comics seem uniquely equipped to educate about health and medicine, as these stories of sickness and medicine demonstrate.

Two how-to guides for readers interested in alleviating physical or mental stress via a yoga or mindfulness practice.

Anyone needing a little more joy and relaxation in their lives will welcome a shelf full of books on mindfulness and self-care.

On April 2, the Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) in Florida officially opened the Westchester Library Health and Wellness Information Center. The branch is centrally located within Miami-Dade County, near the Westchester Regional Library, the county’s second busiest library location.

Following a successful pilot test at Delaware’s Seaford, Laurel, and Milford libraries, the Delaware Division of Libraries (DDL) is preparing to roll out a new, comprehensive telehealth program to nine additional locations throughout the state by the end of 2022. The program was discussed in depth during “The First Statewide Library-Led Telehealth Initiative in the First State” presentation on June 26 at the American Library Association’s 2022 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Washington, DC.

Over the past 16 months, COVID-19 has forced public libraries to consider how to contribute to their patrons’ health and well-being. Anythink Libraries in Adams County, CO, has developed Renew, a new initiative designed to offer its participants both helpful programs and an online method of tracking their progress developing a lifestyle that is healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally.

UPDATE: The Round Two application window is now open through October 29; awardees will be notified in mid-November. Register here for a webinar about the award program and how to apply for the current round on October 14 at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Build your library’s collection of resources about aging with this list, including popular science titles about biogerontology and longevity; memoirs; sociological and anthropological studies of aging around the world; reference books; and podcasts.

These offerings describe living with chronic illnesses that receive less attention and funding, as a starting point to heighten understanding.

With gyms and fitness studios across the United States closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a lot of resources to help keep active during this time of social distancing.

Public and academic libraries alike have been educating their users, holding seminars, and doing Q&As to help people learn about the disease as well as dispel misconceptions.

Anxiety around the coronavirus is high, stoked by media coverage, making authoritative information on health and infectious diseases more important than ever.

Nineteen titles on mental health and wellness.

The opioid crisis in this country has reached epic proportions, with more than 47,000 American deaths in 2017 attributed to opioid overdose. These 27 resources will offer background and some help if not overall solutions.

 In this true story, a spirited young woman's brilliant mind is caught in the grip of mental illness, known as bipolar disorder.