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These posts serialize the 2017 book “US National Library of Medicine” in the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing.

The book Images of America: The US National LIbrary of Medicine sits on a collage of archival images.

NLM in Pictures—Read it This Summer

June 24, 2018 Circulating Now

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.

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Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, is sworn in as the 19th director of the Library on September 12, 2016.

A New History of NLM: The Library in the 21st Century

August 4, 2017 Circulating Now

By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the final post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US

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NLM Staff gathered on the steps of the Library for a photograph.

A New History of NLM: Celebrating 150 Years of Public Service and Looking to the Future

August 2, 2017 Circulating Now

By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This is the eighth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine

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The Lister Hill Center for Biomedical Communication highrise building underconstruction alongside the National Library of Medicine

A New History of NLM: Information Age

July 31, 2017 Circulating Now

By Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the seventh post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine

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An areal view of the National Library of Medicine building on the NIH campus when it was new.

A New History of NLM: A New Name and A New Home

July 27, 2017 Circulating Now

By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the sixth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US

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A man works in a book binding shop.

A New History of NLM: World War II and Relocation

July 25, 2017 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ This is the fifth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine

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A street mat of Washinton DC showing the location of the Army Medical Library.

A New History of NLM: The “Old Red Brick”

July 20, 2017 Circulating Now

By Anne Rothfeld ~ This is the fourth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine in

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Handwritter: I am trying to form a great National Medical Library here - a work of great labor - which I am satisfied can only be done under Government.

A New History of NLM: Civil War and the Era of John Shaw Billings

July 18, 2017 Circulating Now

By James Labosier ~ This is the third post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine in

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Detail of a handwritten budget estimate with a line for $150 for Medical Books for Office.

A New History of NLM: Origins and Early Years

July 13, 2017 Circulating Now

By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the second post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine

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detail from the cover of a new illustrated history of the National Library of Medicine.

Introducing A New Illustrated History of NLM

July 11, 2017 Circulating Now

By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Ken Koyle ~ This is the first post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National

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