NIH Request for Information Yields Important Public Input on Value of NLM Products and Services
How is the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest biomedical library, viewed by its users and stakeholders? Which programs and services do they consider most important? What is NLM’s value to them, personally and professionally? A researcher himself, NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, was interested in establishing several mechanisms to find out. In January… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - February 1, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Advisory Bodies Source Type: blogs
NLM’s Wizard of Ahs: Steve Greenberg
You never know what Steve Greenberg will pull out of his bag of tricks or, more precisely, off the shelves of the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) History of Medicine Division (HMD). Displaying treasures to guests visiting the division’s rare book room, he may show a first edition of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - December 22, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
How NLM Technology and Alertness Saved a Life in South Asian Earthquake
A Pakistani man is alive today because of the quick thinking of NLM experts and their use of NLM’s PEOPLE LOCATOR® system, part of its Lost Person Finder Project. The drama began with a fortuitous discovery during a routine data check. NLM software developer Tehseen Sabir spotted a “cry for help” among the missing person… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - December 18, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Products Source Type: blogs
NLM Tool, RxMix, Provides New Insights into Questionable Use of Psychiatric Drugs
RxMix, a digital tool developed by the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications at NLM, was one of the keys used in an investigative report to unlock concerns about the use of psychiatric drugs in juvenile correctional facilities in Pennsylvania. A multi-part story by PublicSource, a Pennsylvania-based news organization, found that young adults sent… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - November 30, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Products Source Type: blogs
Papers of Congressman John Fogarty Added to Profiles in Science
New Resource for Researchers on the Historic Expansion of Federal Medical Research and Libraries An extensive selection from the official papers of the legislator known as “Mr. Public Health” is now available online for researchers, historians and the public. These materials provide insights into past congressional battles to win vital funding to fight heart disease,… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - November 20, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Collections Source Type: blogs
