Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about vaccines.
Category: About Us
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has been a center of information innovation since its founding in 1836.
COVID-19 Web Collecting: Reflections at One Year
The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
NLM Collections Tour: Epidemics
Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about epidemics.
Director Jones: Laying the Foundation for the National Library of Medicine
By Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie J. Kronenfeld ~ People familiar with the National Library Medicine (NLM) may not be aware of its long history and
Archiving at a Distance
By Danielle Calle ~ I’ve just joined the National Library of Medicine (NLM), one of a cohort of emerging library, archives, and information science professionals
Fletcher: The Forgotten Founder
By Nicole Baker ~ If you’re familiar with A Brief History of NLM, or you’ve followed our series A New History of NLM, you’ve heard
Al Gore, the Internet and the National Library of Medicine
By Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie J. Kronenfeld ~ Since the late 1990, Al Gore has been ridiculed for supposedly claiming to have invented the Internet.
“The World’s First Public Health Emergency of International Concern”
On April 25, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2009 H1N1 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Archiving Web Content on the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Living Content: Digitizing Magnetic Media at NLM
By Sarah Eilers ~ “A whole collection of medical films, that sounds pretty interesting…and all the material is digitized?” Nearly every archivist has been asked