10,000 Records!

February 2008

MGL passed the 10K milestone.

We have officially been "live" for one year since launch date January 24, 2007 . Time sure flies when you're having fun!

Fast Facts:

• Approved Records = 10,131
• Audited Records = 2,932
• Visits in January = 859
• Average per day = 27
• Most popular = Arthritis (30 hits) and Clinical Trials (23 hits)

(Source: National Library of Medicine Go Local Database and WEBSTATS, selected data summary by DEBORAH CHARBONNEAU)

January 2008

Welcome Royal Oak librarians: MARGIE KOWALCZYK and MARY ANN DEKANE.

They are part of the Royal Oak Health Information Portal (ROHIP) ropl.org/health project. LINDA DRAPER, MGL project director trained and will follow-up with Margie and Mary Ann as new selectors. They will review health services in the Royal Oak area, to audit existing records and add new records to the database.

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

ANNETTE HEALY is lead author on an article about Michigan Go Local. It's published electronically in the January issue by the Michigan Library Association.

Healy, A.M., Draper, L.A., Turner, J.A., Van Pelt, S.M., Marks, E.B. (2008). Michigan Go Local: Connecting Michigan Residents with Health Services [Electronic Version]. MLA Forum, 6 from www.mlaforum.org/volumeVI/article1.html

November 2007

MGL exhibited a poster, Michigan Go Local: Online Statewide Directory of Public Health Services and More at Michigan's Premier Public Health Conference in Dearborn MI.

Public health professionals were greeted by LINDA DRAPER, JILL TURNER and DEBORAH CHARBONNEAU of Shiffman Medical Library.