In May, the National Library of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of Michigan Public Health Library & Informatics Division, and Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, released the Public Health Information and Data Tutorial, providing instruction for members of the public health workforce on issues related to information access and management.…
A new online version of the NLM’s popular Turning the Pages browser arrived in May, opening some of the National Library of Medicine’s oldest and rarest books to close-up, online enjoyment. The books include Conrad Gesner’s Historiae Animalium (Studies on Animals) and the 1585 edition of Ambroise Paré’s Oeuvres (Collected Works).
Patients, families and the public in Indiana, Massachusetts and South Texas join those in North Carolina and Missouri in being able to link from the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus Web site to local health services, courtesy of NLM’s MedlinePlus Go Local program.
Six National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows for 2005-2006 were named in May and started their training at NLM in September. They are (left to right) Cristina Horta, Lisa Massengale, Oscencio Tom, Elizabeth Whipple, Mellanye Lackey and Amy Harper. The Associate Fellowship Program is a one-year postgraduate training fellowship for students of library and information…
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