The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the solicitation of quotations from organizations and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to HIV/AIDS related health information for patients, the affected community, and their caregivers. Projects must involve one or more of the following information access categories: (more…)

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce a new web resource about its Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC). The DIMRC web site seeks to provide access to quality disaster health information at all stages of preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. Initially, the site will focus on NLM and NLM-supported resources and activities. It will then expand to include other sources of authoritative disaster health information. (more…)

The April 2008 issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online at http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/ with new access features. Topics in the April Issue: (more…)

A redesigned version of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway, based on two rounds of usability testing, went live on Monday, March 10, 2008. Gateway allows users to search simultaneously in multiple retrieval systems at NLM. Visit the new Gateway homepage at: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/.

The NLM Gateway Basics tri-fold brochure has also been updated and is live in .pdf version at: http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/gwtri.pdf . For the Word document version, visit our Handouts page for this and other downloadable resources: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/handouts.html.

For a full description of the changes in Gateway, visit the NLM Technical Bulletin:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_gateway_redesign.html

A new Web resource providing scientists and consumers with the latest information on significant topics in women’s health research from scientific journals and other peer-reviewed sources is now available through the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The NLM Division of Specialized Information Services, Office of Outreach and Special Populations has partnered with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) to create this one-stop resource. (more…)

The new NIH Public Access Policy, which becomes effective April 7, 2008, calls for mandatory deposit in PubMed Central of peer-reviewed electronic manuscripts stemming from NIH funding. The change from a voluntary to mandatory policy creates new expectations, not just of funded investigators, but also of the grantee institutions that support those investigators.

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The National Library of Medicine
NLM Announces: Week of Jan 28, 2008

Announcements
Job Opportunities at NLM, NIH, DHHS
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html

NLM Technical Bulletin
29 Jan 2008 NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2007, Consumer Health Journal Subset Clarification http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd07/nd07_cons_health_j_subset.html

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The National Library of Medicine
NLM Announces: Week of Jan 21, 2008

Announcements
NIH Announces New Initiative in Epigenomics http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2008/od-22.htm

21 Jan 2008 MedlinePlus: Granulomatosis de Wegener http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/wegenersgranulomatosis.html

Genetics Home Reference
22 Jan 2008 *Genetics Home Reference: Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=dystrophicepidermolysisbullosa

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The National Library of Medicine
NLM Announces: Week of Jan 14, 2008

NLM Web Site
14 Jan 2008 Job Opportunities at NLM, NIH, DHHS
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html

15 Jan 2008 *NLM Technical Bulletin, Jan-Feb 2008, Updated Training Materials Available
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_updated_training.html

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The National Library of Medicine
NLM-Announces: Week of Jan 7, 2008

Specialized Information Services (SIS) Web Site
10 Jan 2008 News from the Specialized Information Services Division
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/news.html#a1

NLM Web Site
8 Jan 2008 *NLM Technical Bulletin, Jan-Feb 2008, OLDMEDLINE Content Continues to Extend Back in Time
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_oldmedline.html

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