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Hours
Hours of operation, self-service photocopy hours.

Holiday Hours
Special hours for 2008, 2009, 2010.

Directions & Maps
Directions to the NIH campus and maps of the Metro system and the NIH campus.

Address
Mailing address for the NIH Library.

For the Public
Description of services available to the public.

Library Privileges
NIH ID cards are required to borrow books, use staff photocopiers, request computer searches, and receive other Library services for NIH-related work.

Phone Numbers of Key Personnel and Services
Contact numbers for service areas in the Library.

Library Staff Presentations and Publications
Presentations and publications given or authored by NIH Library Staff.

Staff By Name
Contact information for individual staff members listed alphabetically.

Staff By Specialty
Contact information for individual staff members listed by area of expertise.

Hours
Monday - Thursday 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday 7:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Holiday Hours

Directions & Maps
From Baltimore and All Points North of Washington, DC
Take I-95 south toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway), head west toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 34 which is Rt. 355 (Wisconsin Ave./Rockville Pike) and head south toward Washington/Bethesda. At the fourth traffic light, turn right onto South Drive and follow the signs to Visitor Parking.    
OR
Take I-95 south toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway), head west toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 36 (Old Georgetown Road), heading south for about 2 miles. Turn left into the NIH campus at Center Drive.

From Virginia and All Points South of Washington, DC
Take I-95 north toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway), head north toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 34 which is Rt. 355 (Wisconsin Ave./Rockville Pike) and head south toward Washington/Bethesda. At the fourth traffic light, turn right onto South Drive and follow the signs to Visitor Parking.
OR
Take I-95 north toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway), head north toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 36 (Old Georgetown Road), heading south for about 2 miles. Turn left into the NIH campus at Center Drive.

The Library is located in the Clinical Center (Building 10). From the South entrance the Library is the only door down the left corridor. From within Building 10, the Library is located toward the Masur auditorium. When standing in front of the Masur auditorium, the Library will be located down the right hand corridor.Campus Map

From Metro
The NIH Library may be reached via the Washington, D.C. Metro underground railway system (see Metro map). The Library is 2 blocks west of the Medical Center stop on the Metro red line. Upon exiting the escalator proceed west toward the end of the Bus pickup. The last bus stop area is a Campus Shuttle pickup area. The Campus shuttle will bring you directly to the Clinical Center (Building 10).

Address
NIH Library
10 Center Drive
Building 10, Room 1L-25, MSC 1150
Bethesda, MD 20892-1150

Library Privileges
NIH ID cards are required to borrow books, use staff photocopiers, request computer searches, and receive other Library services for NIH-related work. Only permanent staff and Summer Students are pre-authorized for Library services. All other users need their Administrative Officers to authorize Library services through the NIH Enterprise Directory (NED). An Administrative Officer can authorize a user for NIH Library services by checking the box marked "Authorize" under the "Services" tab in the NED system. The NIH Library system will be updated within 48 hours of authorization and Library services will be granted at that time.

Phone Numbers of Key Personnel and Services
Book Renewals  301-496-5611
Computer Searches  301-496-1080
General Information  301-496-5612
Document Delivery Requests  301-496-4651
Reference & Information Services  301-496-1080
Translations  301-496-2257

Library Staff Presentations and Publications

Presentations

2008

Livinski, A.A., and B.T. Brown. "Are We Meeting Our Customers’ Needs? Evaluation of Information Desk Services and Staffing." Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. Chicago, 2008.

Livinski, A.A., P.C. Sieving, and S.F. Rudy. "Are We Making a Difference? Citations to Articles Published in ORL-Head and Neck Nursing." Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. Chicago, 2008.

Whitmore, S.C. "Informationist Services at the NIH Library." Presented at the 2008 Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association. Seattle, 2008.

Whitmore, S.C. "Making a Commitment to EBLIP: the Role of Library Leadership." Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. Chicago, 2008.

2007

Dudley, K.E., and R.R. Robison. "Treemaps in the Library: Making Data Appetizing." Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Medical Library Association 2007 Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, 2007.

Joubert, D. J., A. E. White-Olsen, A. A. Livinski, J. Welsh, B. W. Otterson, B. B. Brown, and B. E. Hope. "Clicking Past Google: Clicking Past Google: A Qualitative Research Approach to User-Centered Design." Presented at the 2007 NIH Research Festival. Bethesda, MD, 2007.

Livinski, A.A, P.C. Sieving, and S.F. Rudy. "Are We Making a Difference? Citations to Articles Published in ORL-Head and Neck Nursing." Presented at the SOHN 31st Annual Congress & Nursing Symposium. Chicago, IL, 2007.

Robison, R. R. "Informatics, Informationists, & Information Management: How Modern Libraries Can Help Train and Support Modern Neuroscientists." Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA, 2007.

Robison, R. R. "Informationists: Bringing the Library to the Researcher." Presented at the 2007 NIH Research Festival. Bethesda, MD, 2007.

Sieving, P.C. "Web-Based Resources: Sources and Strategies for Glaucoma Specialists." Presented at the 11th Annual Yale Glaucoma Symposium. New Haven, CT, 2007.

Sieving, P.C. "The First Clinical Trials in Vision: A Brief and Incomplete History." Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. New Orleans, LA, 2007.

Publications

2008

Cooper, I.D. "Cervical Cancer Community-Based Research Project in a Native American Community." National Council of Chief Clinical Consultants (CCC) Corner 6, no. 2 (2008): 5.

Cooper, I.D. "Cervical Cancer Community-Based Research Project in a Native American Community." National Council of Chief Clinical Consultants (CCC) Corner 6, no. 1 (2008): 7.

Cooper, I.D. "Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity [Book Review]." National Council of Chief Clinical Consultants (CCC) Corner 5, no. 11 (2007): 8.

Grefsheim, S.F., J.A. Rankin, G.J. Perry, and K.A. McKibbon. "Affirming Our Commitment to Research: The Medical Library Association's Research Policy Statement: The Process and Findings." Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA 96, no. 2 (2008): 114-20.

Korzan, W. J., R. R. Robison, S. Zhao, and R. D. Fernald. "Color Change as a Potential Behavioral Strategy." Hormones and Behavior 54, no. 3 (2008): 463-70.

Levy-Clarke, G.A., D. Greenman, P.C Sieving, G. Byrnes, D. Shen, R. Nussenblatt, and C.C. Chan. "Ophthalmic Manifestations, Cytology, Immunohistochemistry, and Molecular Analysis of Intraocular Metastatic T-Cell Lymphoma: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature." Survey of Ophthalmology 53, no. 3 (2008): 285-95.

Rankin, J.A., S.F. Grefsheim, and C.C. Canto. "The Emerging Informationist Specialty: A Systematic Review of the Literature." Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA 96, no. 3 (2008): 194-206.

Robison, R. R. "Informationist Education." Medical Reference Services Quarterly 27, no. 3 (2008): 339-47.

Tsilou, E., M. Zhou, W. Gahl, P. C. Sieving, and C. C. Chan. "Ophthalmic Manifestations and Histopathology of Infantile Nephropathic Cystinosis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature." Survey of Ophthalmology 52, no. 1 (2007): 97-105.

Verma, V., D. Shen, P.C. Sieving, and C.C. Chan. "The Role of Infectious Agents in the Etiology of Ocular Adnexal Neoplasia." Survey of Ophthalmology 53, no. 4 (2008): 312-31.

Whitmore, S.C., S.F. Grefsheim, and J.A. Rankin. "Informationist Programme in Support of Biomedical Research: A Programme Description and Preliminary Findings of an Evaluation." Health information and Libraries Journal 25, no. 2 (2008): 135-41.

2007

Clark, C.L. The Embedded Librarian: NIH Informationists Click Into Chemistry and Tech Transfer. The NIH Catalyst. November-December 2007: 12-13.

Gonzales, D., K. Norsworthy, S. Kern, S. Banks, P. Sieving, R. Star, C. Natanson, and R Danner. "A Meta-Analysis of N-Acetylcysteine in Contrast-Induced Nephrotoxicity: Unsupervised Clustering to Resolve Heterogeneity." BMC Medicine 5, no. 1 (2007): 32.

Joubert, D.J., and T.P. Lee. "Empowering Your Institution through Assessment." Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA 95, no. 1 (2007): 46-53.

Sieving, P. C. "What Is a Cochrane Review?" ORL-head and neck nursing: Official Journal of the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses. 25, no. 4 (2007): 15.

Sieving, P. C. "I-Connect Workshop." Medical Library Association/International Cooperation Section Newsletter. 17, no. 1 (2007): 7-8.