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Alabama “Go Local” Initiative

Alabama “Go Local” Initiative. Linking MedlinePlus to Alabama Health Resources through Health InfoNet of Alabama. Description Library-based cooperative network with ties to local health community Public libraries are primary access points for consumers seeking health information

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Alabama “Go Local” Initiative

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  1. Alabama “Go Local” Initiative Linking MedlinePlus to Alabama Health Resources through Health InfoNet of Alabama

  2. Description • Library-based cooperative network with ties to local health community • Public libraries are primary access points for consumers seeking health information • UAB Lister Hill Library and now USA Biomedical Library (as of 6/04) serve as backup/referral and consultant resources • Website: www.healthinfonet.org

  3. Go Local in Alabama - Timeline Health InfoNet wins 2004 NCLIS Consumer Health Information Award • Accepted by NLM as GoLocal participant • 2004 Statewide expansion with addition of University of South Alabama and other partners • 2005 Summer GoLocal Alabama to go live (projected)

  4. Partnerships

  5. ImplementationJune 2004-April 2005 • Organization/Standards • Communication • Funding-NLM, APLS • Training/outreach/promotion • Advisory Board

  6. Decisions ! • Organization • Selectors • Reviewers • Administrators • See Definitions Handout

  7. More decisions… • Standards • Experiment: adding entire databases • Seek funding from NLM!

  8. Communication http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/alhela/

  9. Promotion/ Outreach/ Training • 7-15-04 APLS Presentation to library directors • Training Grant applied from ALLA • 11-04 Consumer Health Workshop (JCLC) • 11-04 LHL Intern trained SLIS students and created training CD • Ongoing: Selectors recruited and trained informally

  10. Promotion/ Outreach/ Training ...ongoing… • Promotion on Listservs, in newsletters • Exhibit and recruit selectors at ALLA • Spot on Birmingham ABC evening news • 5 Train-the-Trainer sessions scheduled for May, continued in summer

  11. Advisory Board

  12. Target: Go Live in Summer 2005 • Selectors recruitment and training continues. • Selectors and reviewers add local service terms and topics to facilities records imported into the system. • Selection of local resources through Alabama continues.

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