Aspirations for the Future

June 19, 2015 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Aspirations for the Future

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest biomedical library. There are those that believe it should become an “epicenter for data science” across the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The American Association for the Advancement of Science brought this to our attention in their article, “National Library of Medicine urged to take on broader role.” This isn’t to say that they shouldn’t continue its current program. The plan encourages new directions for the library without mentioning anything being cut, which comes as a relief to many.

This stems from a working group appointed in January by NIH Director Francis Collins, who invited them to re-envision the future of NLM.

The NLM has a 179-year history and became part of NIH in 1962. In the beginning, it was a paper collection, but the library soon added digital resources.

 

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.