The Keene Memorial Library in Fremont was presented the first Go Local Nebraska Recognition Award last week by Marie Reidelbach, associate director of the McGoogan Library of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The librarians and staff of the Keene library received the award for their work on completing a comprehensive listing of the Fremont community health services in the Go Local Nebraska database [http://medlineplus.gov/Nebraska].
"Thanks to their work, Fremont and Dodge County area residents can access up-to-date health services information directly through Go Local Nebraska," Reidelbach said during a ceremony on Wednesday at the Keene library.
Jennifer Wright, a library aide at the Keene Memorial Library, was the principal staff member involved with the 2007 project.
Go Local Nebraska was launched in 2006 and contains health services directory information for the state of Nebraska. It was created by staff at the McGoogan Library. The directory is managed by a team of librarians and a citizen advisory group.
In addition to funding through UNMC, Go Local Nebraska also is supported by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and the Nebraska Library Commission.
Nebraska public libraries in Blair, Oakland, Hooper and Wahoo are currently reviewing and updating their community’s health services information for the Go Local Nebraska database.
The McGoogan Library of Medicine is directed by Nancy Woelfl, Ph.D., and has served Nebraska consumers with access to free health information since 1984. The library’s mission is to serve the biomedical information needs of UNMC faculty, staff and students and to support quality health information access for all Nebraskans.
UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s research funding from external sources now exceeds $80 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 2,400 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu.