Reaching Out by Going Local: Outreach Activities and My Health Minnesota → Go Local

Abstract

My Health Minnesota → Go Local is part of the MedlinePlus® Go Local initiative sponsored by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). NLM recently announced that MedlinePlus Go Local will end, beginning in spring 2010. Despite the imminent end to MedlinePlus Go Local, My Health Minnesota → Go Local and other Go Local projects still provide rich examples of outreach experiences that are relevant to other projects and other libraries.

KEYWORDS:

• MedlinePlus®
• My Health Minnesota → Go Local
• outreach

My Health Minnesota → Go Local received funding under a subcontract with the University of Illinois at Chicago and made possible by grant number N01-LM-6-3503 from the National Library of Medicine. The authors would like to thank Linda Watson, principal investigator, and Michelle Brasure, research associate, for their contributions to Minnesota's Go Local project. They would also like to thank Vicki Glasgow, former project manager; Dawn Littleton, Dottie Hawthorne, and Mary Parker, all members of the Go Local project team; and the staff and volunteers who helped build the project's database.

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Notes on contributors

Karla J. Block

Karla J. Block, MLIS ([email protected]) is My Health Minnesota → Go Local Project Manager, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota, 505 Essex Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

Anne M. Beschnett

Anne M. Beschnett, MLIS ([email protected]) is Liaison and Outreach Librarian; Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota, 505 Essex Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.