In an era when digital info rules and high tech is titan, an emerging approach in health communication is leading us literally back to the drawing board. “Graphic medicine”—a field using comics to convey messages about wellness and illness—has burgeoned over the last decade and a new installation at the National Library of Medicine is…
May 6-12, 2018 is Public Service Recognition Week. NLM in Focus reached out to a variety of NLM staff and asked, “What does public service mean to you?” This annual week to honor people who serve in federal, state, or local government has been celebrated since 1985. The week is organized annually by the Public…
NLM in Focus is pleased to welcome the newest member of the NLM Board of Regents: Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD. When the National Library of Medicine’s Board of Regents meets on May 8-9, it will benefit from another perspective as Dr. Jaén joins the distinguished group. Dr. Jaén is chair of the Department of…
NLM has long been in the business of information innovation, but did you know it played a key role in a legal precedent that would have national impact and result in a new copyright law? In 1968, photocopying was a fast way to duplicate information. It was also the source of controversy. And NLM was…
We’re celebrating a decade and a half of bringing quality, understandable information about human genetics to patients, their families, and the public. The Genetics Home Reference website was first launched on April 25, 2003, at NLM’s Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications. The creation of Genetics Home Reference coincided with the completion of the Human…
