| Laws, leaders, and legends of the modern National Library of Medicine. | |
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PMID: 18379667 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: The paper is an expanded version of the 2007 Joseph Leiter National Library of Medicine (NLM)/Medical Library Association Lecture presented at MLA '07, the Medical Library Association annual meeting in Philadelphia in May 2007. It presents an historical accounting of four major pieces of legislation, beginning with the NLM Act of 1956 up through the creation of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The transition from the United States Armed Forces Medical Library to the United States National Library of Medicine in 1956 was a major turning point in NLM's history, scope, and direction. The succeeding landmark legislative achievements--namely, the 1965 Medical Library Assistance Act, the 1968 Joint Resolution forming the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, and the 1988 authorization for the National Center for Biotechnology Information--transformed the library into a major biomedical communications institution and a leader and supporter of an effective national network of libraries of medicine. The leaders of the library and its major advocates--including Dr. Michael DeBakey, Senator Lister Hill, and Senator Claude Pepper-together contributed to the creation of the modern NLM. |
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Authors:
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Kent A Smith |
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Type: Historical Article; Lectures |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA Volume: 96 ISSN: 1558-9439 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Libr Assoc Publication Date: 2008 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-01 Completed Date: 2008-04-11 Revised Date: 2011-08-25 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101132728 Medline TA: J Med Libr Assoc Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 121-33 Citation Subset: IM |
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National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. ksmith@kasenterprise.com |
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Government Regulation
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history History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Information Storage and Retrieval / history*, utilization Library Materials / history*, utilization Library Services / history*, utilization National Library of Medicine (U.S.) / history*, utilization United States |
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