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Jul
23
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NLM has joined the Digital Library Federation http://diglib.org (DLF), as its thirty-sixth Strategic Member. DLF members include the Library of Congress, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the British Library, Oxford University, and major U. S. research libraries. The membership is engaged in collaborative initiatives to identify strategies for building sustainable digital collections and… Read More »
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May
10
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From 5/11/07 Library Journal Academic Newswire: A coalition of scholarly publishing groups this week released a “position paper” on balancing author and publisher rights in scholarly journals. The paper Author and Publisher Rights for Academic Use: An Appropriate Balance, was assembled by the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM), along with the… Read More »
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Apr
23
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Request for Quotations: AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects 2007 The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce the solicitation of quotations from community-based organizations and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to HIV/AIDS related health information for patients, the affected community, and their caregivers.
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Apr
02
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Far too often, ordinary citizens are placed at risk for unsafe care because important health care information is communicated using medical jargon and unclear language that exceed their literacy skills, according to a call to action released in February 2007 by The Joint Commission in its newest public policy white paper, “What Did the Doctor… Read More »
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Mar
16
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Announcing DREAM ANATOMY Catalogue, a new publication from the National Library of Medicine Some 500 years ago, a new science of anatomy emerged, based on dissections of the human body and spectacular illustrated texts. Anatomical imagery proliferated, detailed and informative but also whimsical, surreal, beautiful and, at times, grotesque. This catalogue, based on the National… Read More »
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