Congratulations to Dr. David Palm, Go Local Nebraska Advisory Committee member

Dr. David Palm received the Chancellor Robert D. Sparks, M.D. Award in Public Health and Preventive Medicine from UNMC's College of Public Health on May 1, 2008.

From the University of Nebraska Medical Center Public Affairs story: "Dr. Palm has more than 30 years of experience in working on various health planning and policy issues for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services including serving as administrator of the Office of Community Health Development in the Division of Public Health since 2000. " A link to the entire news story: http://app1.unmc.edu/PublicAffairs/TodaySite/sitefiles/today_full.cfm?match=4611

Congratulations, Dr. Palm, and we are so glad you serve on the Go Local Nebraska Advisory Committee!

Recent exhibits for Go Local Nebraska

The Go Local Nebraska team has been fairly busy with exhibiting services to librarians, health professionals, and consumers. Marie Reidelbach and Teri Hartman attended the Republican Valley/Meridian Library Systems' Joint Annual Meeting in Hastings, Nebraska on June 6. They presented information on Go Local Nebraska, the Consumer Health Information Resource Service [CHIRS], and other support offered by the McGoogan Library of Medicine to all public librarians in the state.



Marie and Teri also exhibited Go Local Nebraska and the CHIRS program at the 2008 Cattleman's Ball on June 7 near Albion, Nebraska. The Ball is a major fund raiser to support cancer research at the Eppley Cancer Center at UNMC. Meeting and talking about high quality health information sources such as Go Local Nebraska, CHIRS, and MedlinePlus with some of the 3000 attendees was exciting. This exhibit was held outdoors in a tent! Lucky for the team, the weather was beautiful that day.

CHIRS and Go Local Nebraska were discussed at the Nebraska Libraries Future Search event that was held in Schuyler, Nebraska on June 10 and 11. Nearly 100 Nebraska citizens, elected officials, librarians, and trustees agreed that having quick access to evaluated, reliable, local health information is and will continue to be important to Nebraskans.

Go Local Nebraska and CHIRS teamed up with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to exhibit at the Washington Branch of the Omaha Public Library on June 18 in Omaha, Nebraska. The Omaha World Herald published a story about the event at this site: http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3940&u_sid=10362060 . Health information resources were presented to the adults in the crowd as they watched the kids and young people ride the rides. This was a great community event!

The Go Local Nebraska team also exhibited at the Eastern Library System Annual Meeting, held in Bellevue, Nebraska on June 20. Public, school, and special librarians attended the meeting, and stopped by the booth to catch up on the news about Go Local Nebraska and CHIRS. This was also a great opportunity to show the Go Local/CHIRS display that can be checked out by any library in Nebraska. Additionally, brochures were given to representatives of the Soul Desires and Confluence bookstores, so their customers would know about the health information services offered to them. You too can request promotion materials for your library or community facility in Nebraska by going to this webpage on the McGoogan Library site: http://app1.unmc.edu/forms/library/chirs_order.cfm , or by emailing golocal@unmc.edu .