MAR and NLM Holiday Schedule
Monday, December 20th, 2010The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region and the National Library of Medicine will be closed on December 24 and December 31, 2010
Archive for December, 2010
Journals Database Now Merged with NLM Catalog
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010From the NLM Technical Bulletin announcement:
“On December 13, 2010, NLM launched a redesigned NLM Catalog that implements new search and display options related to journal searching. Most of these options were originally available in the now retired Entrez Journals Database. The new options are available either from Limits or directly in the search box. In addition, NLM Catalog has a new display format available for those journals cited in Entrez databases, called Journal, that will include all the MEDLINE® indexing related data from the old Journals Database…”
Read more at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd10/nd10_mms_nlm_catalog.html
Year End Changes to MEDLINE and News about UMLS
Friday, December 3rd, 2010From the NLM Technical Bulletin:
NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2010, Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) News: UMLS Terminology Services (UTS) Beta Launch, 2010AB DVD Requests, 2010 Annual Report
Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:14:04 -0600
The UMLS Terminology Services (UTS) beta version is available at https://uts.nlm.nih.gov. The UTS, which will soon replace the UMLSKS, includes a new license request interface and incorporates the browsing and API features of the UMLSKS.
NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2010, MEDLINE Data Changes – 2011
Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:12:48 -0600
At this time each year the NLM Technical Bulletin traditionally includes information about changes made to MEDLINE during annual National Library of Medicine (NLM) maintenance known as Year-End Processing (YEP). This article collects, in one place, the notable data changes for 2011.
ARL Releases New Guide and Launches Online Forum for Libraries Supporting the NSF Data Sharing Policy
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010Here’s the text of today’s press release from ARL:
ARL Releases New Guide and Launches Online Forum for Libraries Supporting the NSF Data Sharing Policy
December 2, 2010
For more information, contact:
Karla Strieb
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a new resource for libraries supporting the recently revised NSF Data Sharing Policy. The Guide for Research Libraries: The NSF Data Sharing Policy, by Patricia Hswe and Ann Holt, is a set of Web-based resources that introduces and explains the policy. Hswe and Holt also offer advice for library professionals who work with researchers seeking funding and provide links to a range of resources that have been created by ARL member libraries and others.
The Guide’s authors are actively seeking information on additional resources libraries are creating. The Google group, ARL Data Sharing Support Group, has been established as a contact point for librarians interested in sharing and exchanging information on their efforts to advance and support researchers creating data management and sharing plans. Individuals can join the group by emailing http://groups.google.com/group/arl-data-sharing-support-group.
The Guide for Research Libraries: The NSF Data Sharing Policy is freely accessible at http://www.arl.org/rtl/eresearch/escien/nsf/index.shtml
