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    <title>Virtual Training for Real-World Disaster Management</title>
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    <published>2013-06-14T15:30:00Z</published>
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    <summary>When staff at a hospital in Bethesda, Md. recently practiced disaster preparedness, they sat down at a computer and entered a virtual world, a world of 3-d characters and interactive role playing developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM)....</summary>
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    <title>Spring Break at the NLM</title>
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    <published>2013-05-07T16:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-05-07T14:57:03Z</updated>
    <summary>Caitlin Kelley says she wants to be a librarian to &#8220;connect people with information they need to live their best lives.&#8221; On the way to her goal, she spent a week at the National Library of Medicine. Kelley was one...</summary>
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        Caitlin Kelley says she wants to be a librarian to &#8220;connect people with information they need to live their best lives.&#8221; On the way to her goal, she spent a week at the National Library of Medicine. Kelley was one ...
        
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    <title>NLM Genetics Home Reference Celebrates a Decade of Service</title>
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    <published>2013-05-01T15:00:00Z</published>
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    <summary>George W. Bush was president, gas cost $1.59 a gallon and the Human Genome Project had just officially ended on April 25, 2003, the date that the National Library of Medicine&#8217;s Genetics Home Reference (GHR) debuted. GHR is a free...</summary>
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    <title>2013 NLM Informatics Lectures Announced</title>
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    <published>2013-02-20T20:14:52Z</published>
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    <summary><![CDATA[The National Library of Medicine Division of Extramural Programs announces the 2013 NLM Informatics Lecture series showcasing NLM-funded research in biomedical informatics. The program kicks off March 6 when Chunhua Weng, PhD,&nbsp; presents "Bridging the Semantic Gap Between Research Eligibility...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[The National Library of Medicine Division of Extramural Programs announces the 2013 NLM Informatics Lecture series showcasing NLM-funded research in biomedical informatics. The program kicks off March 6 when Chunhua Weng, PhD,&nbsp; presents "Bridging the Semantic Gap Between Research Eligibility]]> ...
        
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    <title>Emergency Backup Communications: The Old Meets the New</title>
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    <published>2013-01-10T18:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-11T21:38:47Z</updated>
    <summary>When the Bethesda Hospitals&apos; Emergency Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP) began searching in 2008 for an emergency backup communication system to support its three allied hospitals in emergencies, they turned to one of the oldest electronic communication technologies in the world&#8212;radio, pioneered...</summary>
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    <title>Health and Medicine Blogs Collection: A 21st Century Twist</title>
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    <published>2013-01-03T15:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-03T14:49:24Z</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA["What wondrous things my four working limbs were once able to accomplish!" writes Marc, a 48-year-old New Yorker diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis in 2003, in his blog,&nbsp;"Wheelchair Kamikaze." You can tap into Marc's "Rants, Ruminations, and Reflections of...]]></summary>
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    <title>Water Emergency: Tips to Protect and Recover Precious Items </title>
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    <published>2012-12-07T14:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-02-19T21:50:11Z</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Holly Herro has dealt with a lot of disasters in her career as a conservator&#8212;hurricanes, tornadoes and&nbsp;burst pipes, to name a few. She knows that when the precious belongings in a library, museum or home are threatened by water, people...]]></summary>
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    <title>A Day in the Desert: Librarians Engage in Extreme Outreach</title>
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    <published>2012-11-16T15:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-11-15T19:23:01Z</updated>
    <summary>In the course of doing their jobs, librarians Brian Bunnett and Dick Carr found themselves in the middle of the desert and in the midst of one of the most grueling marathons&#8212;the Bataan Memorial Death March. It was, they say,...</summary>
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    <title>New Web Page Lists Hurricane Sandy Health-Related Resources</title>
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    <published>2012-11-06T16:50:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-11-06T16:45:47Z</updated>
    <summary>The National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) has compiled a list of health information resources for Hurricane Sandy. The Hurricane Sandy: Health-Related Resources page has links to overviews; state specific pages; cleanup and recovery information; mental...</summary>
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    <title>A Passion for Helping: Librarian Raises Awareness About Disabilities</title>
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    <published>2012-10-22T14:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-10-22T13:15:51Z</updated>
    <summary>Anna Schnitzer has what she calls her &quot;dream job.&quot; And a lot of people benefit because of it. Schnitzer is the Disability Issues and Outreach Librarian at the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library. The title, she says, is...</summary>
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    <title>Meet the Future: NLM Welcomes 2012-2013 Associate Fellows; Accepts Applications for 2013-2014</title>
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    <published>2012-10-12T13:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-10-11T19:35:47Z</updated>
    <summary>People throughout NLM recently had a chance to meet and mingle with the new class of Associate Fellows&#8212;a diverse group whose backgrounds and interests include professional counseling, teaching biology, sleep research, and Islamic art and architecture. In keeping with tradition,...</summary>
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    <title>Disaster Preparedness Partnership Sparks New NLM Technologies</title>
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    <published>2012-10-01T17:14:18Z</published>
    <updated>2012-10-02T13:12:44Z</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Two new technologies in development and being tested by the National Library of Medicine may help transform the way hospitals keep track of patients during emergencies.&nbsp; The People Locator™ and the Patient Tracking and Locating System research projects are part...]]></summary>
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    <title>Celebrating Service and Leadership: FNLM 2012 Awards Gala</title>
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    <published>2012-09-17T14:24:22Z</published>
    <updated>2012-09-17T14:20:54Z</updated>
    <summary>Four outstanding contributors to public health, medicine, and health communications were recognized at the Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) 2012 Awards Gala. The annual event, which brings together people from throughout the health care community, was held...</summary>
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    <title>Humanitarian Crises Are Focus of 2012 Leiter Lecture </title>
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    <published>2012-08-31T14:15:56Z</published>
    <updated>2012-08-01T14:21:37Z</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[When Dr. Frederick&nbsp;"Skip" M.&nbsp;Burkle, Jr. delivered the 2012 Leiter Lecture he started with an apology.&nbsp;"It's not that uplifting," he said of the topic of his talk, "but it is all quite accurate." Dr. Burkle addressed challenging public health issues, and...]]></summary>
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    <title>Dr. Lucy Ozarin, NLM Volunteer Extraordinaire! </title>
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    <published>2012-08-24T13:00:00Z</published>
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    <summary>Lucy Ozarin, MD, MPH, has spent much of her life devoted to books, science, and helping others, so it was no surprise when one day in 2004 she asked to volunteer at the National Library of Medicine in the History...</summary>
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