Health Resource: Go Local Kansas

Go Local Kansas (www.golocalkansas.org) allows consumers to find contact information for health care providers such as hospitals, county health departments, support groups, nursing homes, and community clinics. Users can search by location, type of facility, or a specific disease or condition. Information from all counties in Kansas will be available.

Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a proclamation declaring January 29th, 2009, Go Local Kansas Day and encourages residents to visit the site “today and every day in 2009 to locate health resources in their community”.

Go Local Kansas is part of a statewide health information initiative encouraging Kansans to take charge of their health. Kansas Health Online (www.kansashealthonline.org) is a health information web site, which launched last year and is sponsored by the Kansas Health Policy Authority and developed by biomedical librarians at Dykes Library. It includes information on diseases and conditions, tools and tips to make healthy lifestyle decisions, and a guide to health policy in Kansas.

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Symposium

Check out the activities planned at ESU and around town for the 200th celebration of Lincoln's birth.
http://www.emporia.edu/lincoln/index.php

Cheers!
Janet

Peanut Butter Recall site

Peanut Butter Recall Info at: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html

Janet

Obama and Technology

From Wired - Read about the opportunities and challenges Pres. Obama faces bringing the White House into the 21st century through social networking technology.

"America Online"
http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/magazine/17-02/ff_obama

The paper copy is available in the library.

Janet

Katy Couric gives libraries thumbs up!

Check out this clip from Katy's notebook:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4692037n%fsource=search_video

Yet another reason to use your library! Did you know there are VHS movies avaliable for check out right here at FHTC? Come by and check out our 'oldies but goodies' collection of great movies.

Cheers!
Janet