The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) exhibit at the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Meeting in July was a popular attraction, especially since the news of free access to IGM and PubMed spread quickly among the veterinarians in attendance. The NLM booth was a major center of attention, with all kinds of visitors.some of them quite unexpected!
Joan Zenan (University of Reno, Nevada) and Rebecca Davis (UC Davis) assisted PSRML staff at the booth. Working at a health professional exhibit is a good way of practicing your demonstration/training skills; it's also a great way to meet people and even non-people! If you'd like to work with us at an up-coming exhibit, check out our Web page (http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/psr/outreach/exsched.html) for future meeting dates.
Beethoven, one of the many visitors to the NLM booth - when asked how much he thought NLM had reduced the price of MEDLINE searching, he replied "Arf!". We were happy to be able to tell him it was free!