Librarians and poets usually have this in common: a love of the written word and a reverence for the art and literature of the past. A preservationist librarian by day and a poet by night, Walter Cybulski excels in both fields. When Cybulski came to the National Library of Medicine in 1996, one of the…
It’s April 25: DNA Day! NLM is celebrating by making our Genetics Home Reference easier to use. We have a new look with better navigation, educational images, and mobile responsive design. To learn more about the site, NLM in Focus talked with the coordinator of the site, Stephanie M. Morrison, MPH. Why was Genetics Home…
This quarterly publication of NIH and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine brings accurate and timely information on health topics to patients and consumers. The current issue covers— Star of TV’s “Empire” Ta’Rhonda Jones and Heart Disease TV Crime Reporter’s Missed Clues to Heart Disease Health Disparities: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, of the…
Smoking in the boardroom. Card catalogs. Keypunch equipment. Get a blast from the past in this 1963 film about the National Library of Medicine. You can hear Senator Lister Hill and catch a glimpse of famed heart surgeon Michael DeBakey and former NLM director Frank Bradway Rogers. Back in the day, questions came in each…
NCBI Hackathons Produce Multiple Software Products Start with a group of data scientists. Divide them into teams of about five. Give each team specific research questions and goals. Tell them to collaborate and be prepared to make their results publicly available. Then lock the doors for three days. That’s basically a hackathon NCBI-style—except the part…
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