Utah Go Local Project

Abstract

In early 2005, a group of partner organizations submitted a successful proposal to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to create a Go Local database addressing health services within the state of Utah.

Project team members began building the database in April of 2006. Utah Cares donated a file of over 2,000 records on human services in Utah to the project. This file was edited and altered in accordance with NLM guidelines for exporting. Volunteers and other team members contributed hundreds of additional records. On January 26, 2006 the goLocalUtah (gLU) database and Website were released to the public. The database is hosted on the National Library of Medicine's server. On the date of release there were approximately 1,626 approved records in the database for public access.

Soon after the public launch of gLU, extensive outreach activities began. Project team members designed and purchased specialized pens and bookmarks. Outreach team members at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library began visiting libraries throughout the state. Arrangements were also made to advertise the new resource on public radio stations.