The Creation of Lone Star Go Local for South Texas A Star Is Born

• Published in: Journal of consumer health on the Internet Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 13 - 34
• Main Authors: Howell, Lynda M., Prentice, Katherine A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Binghamton, NY Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2007; Haworth Press
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Consumer health information; Electronic information services; Exact sciences and technology; General aspects; Go Local project; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Lone Star Go Local; Medical sciences; MedlinePlus; Miscellaneous; National Library of Medicine; online directories; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Sciences and techniques of general use; South Texas; Texas; United States; North America; Texas; America; Medicine; National Library of Medicine; Go Local project. South Texas; Consumer; online directories; South; Internet; Web site; Lone Star Go Local; MedlinePlus; Public health; Directory
• ISSN: 1539-8285; 1539-8293
• DOI: 10.1300/J381v11n03_02

In the four years since the first MedlinePlus Go Local site, NC Health Info, was launched in January 2003, more than two dozen Go Local projects have sprung up to link MedlinePlus visitors to health-related services in their own local areas. 1 Each Go Local site reflects its own region's special characteristics and the choices made during its development. This article describes those characteristics and choices for Lone Star Go Local < http://golocal.uthscsa.edu >, the Go Local site for South Texas, tracing the background, circumstances and decisions that shaped it, and providing insights for other libraries and consortia planning Go Local projects of their own.