Building better connections: the National Library of Medicine and public health.
Purpose: The paper describes the expansion of the public health programs and services of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the 1990s and provides the context in which NLM's public health outreach programs arose and exist today.Brief Description: Although NLM has always had collections and se...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 95; no. 3; pp. 293 - 301 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jul2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105835190&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105835190 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15365050 PI8 jtl: Journal of the Medical Library Association issn: 15365050 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2007 vid: 95 iid: 3 pid: 60406 pub: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 105835190 2009631209 10.3163/1536-5050.95.3.293 NLM17641764 105835190 ppf: 293 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Building better connections: the National Library of Medicine and public health. aug: au: Humphreys BL affil: Betsy.Humphreys@nih.hhs.gov , Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894. sug: subj: National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Administration Public Health Community-Institutional Relations Cooperative Behavior Data Collection Standards Health Education Administration Health Policy History Libraries, Electronic Administration National Library of Medicine (U.S.) History United States Human ab: Purpose: The paper describes the expansion of the public health programs and services of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the 1990s and provides the context in which NLM's public health outreach programs arose and exist today.Brief Description: Although NLM has always had collections and services relevant to public health, the US public health workforce made relatively little use of the library's information services and programs in the twentieth century. In the 1990s, intensified emphases on outreach to health professionals, building national information infrastructure, and promoting health data standards provided NLM with new opportunities to reach the public health community. A seminal conference cosponsored by NLM in 1995 produced an agenda for improving public health access to and use of advanced information technology and electronic information services. NLM actively pursued this agenda by developing new services and outreach programs and promoting public health informatics initiatives.Method: Historical analysis is presented.Results/Outcome: NLM took advantage of a propitious environment to increase visibility and understanding of public health information challenges and opportunities. The library helped create partnerships that produced new information services, outreach initiatives, informatics innovations, and health data policies that benefit the public health workforce and the diverse populations it serves. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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