The National Library of Medicine (NLM) sits on the southeast corner of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
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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.
Profiles in Science: Exploring the Stories of Scientific Discovery
More than 30,000 digitized primary source materials in 40 collections celebrating twentieth-century leaders in biomedical research and public health.
Remembering Elizabeth Fee, PhD, 1946-2018
Dr. Fee served most recently as NLM Senior Historian and previously as Chief of the NLM History of Medicine Division for over two decades. On October 17 Ted Brown, Professor of History and Medical Humanities at the University of Rochester, will offer a special public lecture in honor and memory of Dr. Fee.
Revealing Data: Concepts and Controversies in Modern Medicine, 1969–70
By Sarah Eilers ~ A host emerges from the shadows of a video production set. In measured tones, he introduces the viewer to a series
Five Years in Circulation…and Counting!
Free things like air, Vital things like blood, Living things like ideas… Circulate. With this introduction, we launched Circulating Now five years ago this week.
NLM in Pictures—Read it This Summer
Putting together a summer reading list? Images of America: U.S. National Library of Medicine, published a two years ago this month in the popular series by Arcadia Publishing, is sure to please.
NLM becomes an official part of NIH—April 1, 1968
By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine (NLM) (formerly the Armed Forces Medical Library) was transferred to the U. S. Public Health
HPCC Archived at NLM: Evolution and Assessment
By Sally Howe ~ This third and last blog post associated with announcing the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) archival collection has three topics. First
Field Trip: NLM visits the National Agricultural Library
By Rebecca Warlow ~ As the holidays approach, you may be getting ready for a trip to see family and enjoy good food. Recently several
The Hero in the Library: Colonel Paul Frederick Straub
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Lewis L. Barger III, who shares the story of Medal of Honor Recipient and Surgeon General’s Librarian Colonel Paul Frederick