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Four 16mm color film strips.

Collecting Roses: The Catholic University Film Collection Finding Aid

October 24, 2019 Circulating Now

By Ethan Cheng ~ I’ve always wanted to work in a library. As a student of the life sciences spending the summer doing neuroscience research

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Detail from an abstract artwork with cell and genetic elements and the name Dr. Stan Cohen.

Stanley N. Cohen Papers Open for Research

January 24, 2019 Circulating Now

By James Labosier and John Rees ~ An important new archival collection, the Stanley N. Cohen Papers (1948–2016), is now available at the National Library

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Stackes of film canisters on shelves.

Opening the Vault: Finding Aids for Film

January 10, 2019 Circulating Now

By Gabrielle Barr ~ Every day, staff at the National Library of Medicine are working to maintain and expand the online catalog that provides the

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Photograph of Bernadine Healy standing in a white lab coat holding lab equipment.

Bernadine Healy Papers (1958–2010)

March 13, 2018 Circulating Now

By Megan O’Hern ~ A new archival collection, the Bernadine Healy Papers (1958–2010) is now available at the National Library of Medicine. Though she was

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A pyramid diagram with the NGI Initiative at the top, agency programs in the middle, and the commercial Internet at the bottom.

HPCC Archived at NLM: Evolution and Assessment

December 14, 2017 Circulating Now

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

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A map of the southern hemisphere showing measurements of the antarctic ozone hole.

HPCC Archived at NLM: Collaboration and Creation

November 7, 2017 Circulating Now

By Sally Howe ~ In a blog post in September we announced the release of a finding aid for the HPPC archive. That post focused

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Map of U.S. with multiple connections spread nationwide.

High Performance Computing and Communications: Archived at NLM

September 25, 2017 Circulating Now

By Sally Howe ~ People today might use their smart phones without even thinking about how they work, let alone about the infrastructure that enables

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A map of the continental United States with blue dots.

The Power of Aggregation

February 21, 2017 Circulating Now

By John Rees We all appreciate the convenience of the modern shopping experience. Who doesn’t love visiting a local farmer’s market on a Saturday morning

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Joshua Lederberg (born #OTD in 1925) was an American geneticist and microbiologist whose path-breaking research into the molecular mechanisms of gene action made him one of the founders of molecular biology in the 1940s and 1950s. A prodigy who received the Nobel Prize at age 33, he helped lay the groundwork for genetic engineering, modern biotechnology, and genetic approaches to medicine. Visit https://loom.ly/2mPxN20 to explore the Joshua Lederberg Papers (1904-2003) collection on NLM's Profiles in Science site (🔗 link also in bio).
In The Art of Swimming (New York, 1846), James Arlington Bennett describes the frog as "the most perfect example for human swimming." Shown here are illustrations from Bennett's manual of flippers for the hands and feet made of light wood and leather straps. On page 37, he notes that after a slow and awkward adjustment phase, you can "swim and dive like a fish" with these appendages. Who came up with this splashy idea? It was none other than Benjamin Franklin, at only 11 years old. As an avid swimmer, he wanted to increase his speed and looked to the webbed feet of frogs as inspiration for his first invention.
For many NIH staff, everyday is #BikeToWorkDay. Donald Fredrickson, the 11th Director of NIH, was an avid supporter of bicyclists commuting to work during the oil crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s and rode a bike to work himself. In 1979, nearly 100 employees signed up to organize the NIH Bicycle Commuter Club (NIHBCC) which held its first meeting at the National Library of Medicine and has since grown to about 400 members.
Check out the Circulating Now blog today to take a virtual "NLM Collections Tour: Nutrition" featuring materials that document research and education about nutrition our bodies need to stay healthy. See the link in bio or visit https://loom.ly/mj2n1LU to explore!
This portrait was recently featured in a piece by @MilitaryHealth which explores the life of Army Maj. (Dr.) William W. Keen, Jr., a medical #surgeon during the Civil War who advocated & researched medical advances so the horrors of #CivilWar-era medicine would not occur again. See the link in bio to read "'America’s First Brain Surgeon' Served During Civil War and World War I" or visit https://loom.ly/jAsZHUE.
“If I fits, I sits,” says the lap unicorn as it climbs upon a young maiden for pets. With so many fantastic creatures in Ortus Sanitatis (1491), we couldn't choose just one to celebrate @IGLibraries #PawsomeLibraries today. Here, people interact with unicorns, birds, wolves, and dogs, all in the pages of this hefty leather bound book.

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