The Science & Technology Division of the Akron Summit County Public Library developed and implemented a program to loan out wearable fitness trackers to low-income residents in the city of Akron. This program sought to get residents more active and also teach them about library health resource, so participants were required to attend two training sessions on National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources.
The program, which also included a research component to track effectiveness, was a collaboration with the University of Akron Department of Sport Science & Wellness Education and all funding came from the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM).
Akron Summit County Public Library received a grant to loan out wearable fitness trackers to low-income residents of their city.