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Posted by Marco Tamase on December 7th, 2020
Posted in: Announcements, DOCLINE, Document Delivery, Emergency Preparedness and Response, MedlinePlus, NLM Products
DOCLINE: Connecting Medical Libraries for 35 Years
It’s been 35 years since NLM’s interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing system, DOCLINE®, was launched with a goal of enabling medical libraries to get biomedical literature into the hands of people who need it as efficiently and quickly as possible.
Changes to Disaster Information Management Resource Center (DIMRC) and Disaster Lit
NLM is implementing changes to make it easier for online health information seekers to find and navigate trusted disaster health information. As of November 2020, NLM has begun the process of transitioning DIMRC programs to other parts of NLM, integrating them into other NLM resources, making them accessible on partner sites, or eventually discontinuing them.
NIH Preprint Pilot Librarian Toolkit
NLM has created a new resource for librarians: the NIH Preprint Pilot Librarian Toolkit. This toolkit provides information and resources about the NIH Preprint Pilot, NLM’s latest project to increase the early discoverability of NIH-supported research results.
MedlinePlus Social Media Toolkit
MedlinePlus now has a social media toolkit available in both English and Spanish. Use the toolkit to share MedlinePlus resources on your social media or other communication channels to connect your community to high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted and easy to understand.
The National Library of Medicine has a new Twitter handle! You can find all of our content and news under a new name – @NLM_NIH. NLM will be retiring our old handle, nlm_news.
NLM Musings from the Mezzanine: 10 Tips After 10 Months of Video Calls
Dr. Patti Brennan, National Library of Medicine Director, shares a few tips on online engagement garnered from years of in-person and virtual meetings.