What is the most famous house in Washington, DC? What is the most famous theater in Washington, DC? What is the most famous name in museums in Washington, DC? The National Library of Medicine was located at three prestigious places in Washington, DC, before moving to the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda in…
Every August, NLM Associates who have been with the Library for a year prepare to leave. Every year, we wonder, “Where will they be in 10 years?” This year, we decided to find out. NLM reached out to the NLM Associate Fellows from 2007-2008 to ask about their current positions, how their Fellowship helped them,…
We think the result is even better than happily ever after. Because now more people than ever before have more access to credible, evidence-based information on rare diseases. The anticipation had been building for weeks when medical librarians from all over the country joined forces through NLM’s National Network of Libraries of Medicine for an…
We figure it’s not many institutions that can boast the big numbers the National Library of Medicine can. We decided to share a few that keep us busy during the day—and even at night. (Who wants to count sheep when you can count journal citations?) We’ll start small and work our way up. We’re #1!…
It’s never dull in the RefSeq world. Whenever we check in to see what’s new in NCBI’s Reference Sequence Database (RefSeq), we’re always surprised. In releasing genome annotations, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) makes it possible for researchers and scientists all over the world to download more genetic information than ever before about…
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