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The National Library of Medicine Announces the 2015 Association of Health Care Journalists-NLM Journalism Fellows
The 2015 Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)-National Library of Medicine (NLM) Fellows class features nine reporters and editors representing diverse media backgrounds, NLM announced today. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - August 18, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NIH approves strategic vision to transform National Library of Medicine
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Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - June 11, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM and FDA Launch Public Access to Global Unique Device Identification Database
The FDA, in partnership with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), announced today that data submitted to FDA’s Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) is now publicly available through a website called AccessGUDID (http://accessgudid.nlm.nih.gov/) (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - May 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Classification Updated, April 30, 2015
The online National Library of Medicine Classification, available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/, has been issued in a newly revised edition as of April 30, 2015. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 30, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Announces OAI-PMH Service for its Images from the History of Medicine Database
NLM is pleased to announce an Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) service for its Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) database, which provides access to over 70,000 images from the NLM’s world-renowned historical prints and photographs collection that illustrates the social and historical aspects of medicine from the Middle Ages to the present. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 29, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

New NLM Funding Opportunity: Disaster Health Information Outreach and Collaboration Project 2015
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces a funding opportunity for small projects to improve access to disaster medicine and public health information for health care professionals, first responders and others that play a role in health-related disaster preparedness, response and recovery. Beginning in 2011, the NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center has funded 21 of these disaster outreach projects. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM and Publishers Launch Emergency Access Initiative, Granting Free Access to Books and Journals for Healthcare Professionals Responding to Earthquake in Nepal
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and publisher Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) has been activated to support healthcare professionals working on the response to the earthquake in Nepal. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

National Library of Medicine Announces the Addition of the Michael E. DeBakey Papers to Profiles in Science
Michael E. DeBakey (1908–2008) was a legendary American surgeon, educator, and medical statesman. During a career spanning 75 years, his work transformed cardiovascular surgery, raised medical education standards, and informed national health care policy. Born to Lebanese immigrants in Lake Charles, Louisiana, DeBakey was inspired to study medicine by physicians who visited his father’s pharmacy. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM to host Public Program "A History of the Food and Drugs Act Notices of Judgment - From the First Case of 1908 to the Digital Archive of 2014" on May 7, 2015
On May 7, 2015, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host a public program – in collaboration with the FDA History Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – to mark NLM's recently released final addition to its digital archive of the Notices of Judgment published between 1908-1966. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 24, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Project to Improve Malaria Diagnosis Wins HHS Funding (NLM in Focus)
Researchers at the National Library of Medicine are collaborating on a software tool to speed up the diagnosis of malaria. They've developed an automated system for detecting and counting parasites in blood films. The goal is to develop a version for smartphones so it can be used in the field. The project, "Watch it, Parasite!," is an idea so promising, the US Department of Health and Human Services will provide support from the HHS Innovation Ventures Fund Program to take this early-stage idea to the next level. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 23, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Launches Two New Traveling Exhibitions: "Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures & Medical Prescriptions" and "Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Collection"
The National Library of Medicine has launched two new traveling banner exhibitions, Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures & Medical Prescriptions and Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Collection. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 22, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

The End of an Era: Director Lindberg Retires After 31 Years Leading NLM (NLM in Focus)
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Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 17, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Announces Pill Image Recognition Request for Information (RFI)
Responses, to Help with Project Planning Purposes, Due May 15, 2015 (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 16, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Betsy L. Humphreys named Acting Director of the National Library of Medicine
Betsy L. Humphreys was appointed the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Acting Director effective April 1, 2015, following the retirement of Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 6, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Cooperative Agreement Funding Opportunities for Regional Medical Libraries Open until July 24, 2015
We are pleased to announce that the Regional Medical Libraries (RML) and supporting offices cooperative agreement funding opportunities are open for applications until July 24, 2015: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-LM-15-003.html (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - April 3, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news