Betsy L. Humphreys, MLS Associate Director for Library Operations National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Working on the Next 50 Years: The NLM Update Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA 50 th Anniversary Meeting Saturday, October 19, 2002

2 Estelle Brodman, Ph.D ( 1951 ) Army Medical Library Ida Marian Robinson ( 1964 ) University of Maryland Scott Adams ( 1947 ) NIH Library MAC’s Illustrious Founders

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8 NLM Strategic Plan u Organize and provide access to health- related information u Encourage use by health professionals and the public u Strengthen the informatics infrastructure for biomedicine and health u Conduct and support informatics research

9 NLM Collection Development Manual u Major review and revision underway u Multidisciplinary outside advisory committee includes: l Alison Bunting (also chair, NLM Board of Regents) l Jonathan Eldredge u Send any thoughts to: l Duane Arenales, Chief, Technical Services Division,

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17 ~3,300 full text journals and many other resources

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19 LinkOut Libraries in MAC States (as of Oct. 4, 2002)

20 u Current size: ~ 72,000 articles from ~80 journals u Recent additions: l All American Society of Microbiology Journals u Pilot project: Scan and OCR complete backfiles of participating journals, including BMLA.

21 The Archiving Forum: preserving digital content (and the opportunities it holds) for the Long Haul u Joint NLM-American Medical Publishers Associaton (AMPA) event u March 4, 2003, Philadelphia (in conjunction with AMPA annual meeting) u Limited size, so therefore invitational u Will be broadcast via the Internet

22 FY ,257 DOCLINE libraries 3,038,934 requests; 91% filled

23 Growth of Electronic Document Delivery FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 NLM 28% 44% 59% NN/LM (excluding NLM) 11% 15% 19%

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Easy Electronic Access vs Hospital Security Concerns( in the HIPAA Era) Easy Electronic Access vs Hospital Security Concerns( in the HIPAA Era) NLM and the RMLS are seeking best practices to promote.

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34 May 2002 May 2002 (netScore data) Unique visitors Total visits Pages viewed PubMed + NCBI 2.5M 5.8M 47.4M MEDLINEplus 1.6M 2.2M 6.9M Clinical Trials 0.14M 0.18M 0.8M Other nlm.nih.gov 0.97M 1.26M 3.5M NLM Totals 5.21M 9.44M 58.6M NIH-wide Totals 10.36M 16.28M 74.6M NLM as % of NIH 50% 58% 79%

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NLM Customer Service -- ~ 50,000 remote inquiries in FY 2002 u Current priorities: l Replace CustQ with Seibel software n Greater ability to analyze inquiries, provide timely feedback to product developers n Potential use by RMLs l Implement NativeMinds “Vrep”

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40 NLM Strategic Plan u Organize and provide access to health- related information u Encourage use by health professionals and the public u Strengthen the informatics infrastructure for biomedicine and health u Conduct and support informatics research

41 Librarian recruitment, education, and career development u Scholarships for MLS students from minority groups – via MLA and ALA u Post-masters NLM Associate Fellowship program u Opportunities for practicing health sciences librarians l Leadership development l New NLM CE courses

42 YOU are our best recruiters … 2002/03 NLM Associate Fellows

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