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The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) serves all health professionals-- clinicians, allied health professionals, researchers, administrators, students-- who need access to biomedical information. The NN/LM provides linkages to vital information for hospital managers, dentists, nurses, pharmacists-- as well as for physicians in all specialties. The NN/LM reaches out to all health professionals, no matter where they are located, and provides options for their personal access to information.
The NN/LM, formerly the Regional Medical Library Program, has been serving the biomedical information needs of the nation for over twenty years. Established in the Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965, this Network of libraries has matured into a thriving organization consisting of primary access libraries, resource libraries, regional libraries (RMLs) and the National Library of Medicine.
The Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs)are eight institutions that coordinate health sciences information services regionally. They are under contract to the National Library of Medicine. The National Network Office, located at the National Library of Medicine, oversees these contracts.
How to Contact the Regional Medical Libraries
The NN/LM is dedicated to making the world's biomedical information available to all U.S. health professionals. If you are a health professional without access to a medical library, the NN/LM can help you. Contact your RML at 1-800-338-7657.
National meetings where NLM is exhibiting.
The purpose of the projects is to stimulate medical libraries, local public libraries, and other organizations to work together to provide new electronic health information services for all citizens in a community.
The Project's Goal is to provide public health professionals timely, convenient access to information resources to aid them in improving the health of the American public. Project Partners include the
Angela Ruffin, Head, angela_ruffin@nlm.nih.gov
Renee Bougard, Outreach Librarian, bougardr@mail.nlm.nih.gov
Lisa M. Boyd, Consumer Health Librarian, boydl@mail.nlm.nih.gov
Barbara Nicholson, Technology Librarian, nicholsba@mail.nlm.nih.gov
Joanna Mayo, Secretary, joanna_mayo@nlm.nih.gov
Sophary Sim, Program Assistant, sophary_sim@nlm.nih.gov
A complete list of NLM Fact Sheets is available at:
(alphabetical list) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/factsheets.html
(subject list): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/factsubj.html
Or write to:
FACT SHEETS
Office of Communications and Public Liaison
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20894
Phone: (301) 496-6308
Fax: (301) 496-4450
email: publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov
For more information about NLM programs, contact the Office of Communications and Public Liaison (see address above); E-mail: publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov. World-Wide Web site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Last reviewed: 27 April 2009
Last updated: 01 April 2008
First published: 25 February 2001
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