1. From Health Professionals to Health Consumers: New Opportunities for the Medical Library Network Becky J. Lyon CRICS V April 27, 2001

2. Web access to NLM services National and international partners NLM/PAHO/CRID project Health information for the public

3. www.nlm.nih.gov

4. MEDLINE First available in 1971 1976 contained 3.5 million citations 1980 became available to several other countries 11 million citations back to 1966 Covers 4300 journals (158 in Spanish) 150,000 citations in Spanish

5. NLM International MEDLARS Centers AustraliaChinaFranceIndiaJapanMexicoSweden BrazilEgyptGermanyIsraelKoreaRussiaSwitzerland CanadaEnglandHong KongItalyKuwaitS. AfricaTaiwan

6. MEDLINE Usage 1997 7 million searches 2001 330 million searches

7. International Usage

8. PubMed

9. PubMed Tutorial

12. Request & Delivery PubMed: Access to MEDLINE DOCLINE: Online ILL system for 3,200 US & Canadian libraries; now international Loansome Doc: Article ordering feature in PubMed

14. DOCLINE – FY 2000 Total Requests 3 million US libraries2,720,127 Canada 236,988 International 33,194 DOCLINE libraries US libraries 2,911 Canada 273 International 37

15. Loansome Doc Users Search PubMed Send Orders Using LD PubMed and Loansome Doc Servers PubMed and Loansome Doc Servers DOCLINE Request User Registers with Library Document sent to User NLM Libraries

16. Loansome Doc Requests FY 1997311,447 FY 1998406,264 FY 1999448,752 FY 2000820,777 US92% Canada 4% International 4%

17. National Network of Libraries of Medicine 8 Regional Medical Libraries 140 Resource Libraries in academic medical centers 4500 Primary Access Libraries

18. “Strengthen and expand global access to the world’s health-related knowledge”

19. January 2001 Expanding partnerships 37 organizations using DOCLINE 15 organizations providing LD service ~ 3,000 LD articles supplied/month 27 US Universities provide Loansome Doc to international requesters

20. International Loansome Doc Providers

21. NLM Associate Fellowship

23. Hurricane Mitch (1998)

24. PAHO / NLM / CRID 1999 : Special project Support Rebuild Improve Honduras & Nicaragua Health information infrastructure

25. PAHO/NLM/CRID Medical School of the Autonomous National University of Honduras- Tegucigalpa Centro Universitario Region Norte-San Pedro Sula Centro de Investigation y Estudios de la Salud-Managua Medical School of UNAN-Leon

26. SIS/CRID FundaCRID Funding $250,000/yr X 2 Training Costa Rica, NLM Technical support Computers Connectivity

27. MEDLINE Usage 1997 7 million searches 2001 330 million searches 30% by the public

28. M+homepage

29. Health Information for the Public: Scope of NLM Program Policy approved by NLM Board of Regents in May, 1999 Improve the national infrastructure that supports access to electronic health information for the public –includes technical, organizational, and intellectual infrastructure

30. MEDLINEplus Today Comprehensive health resource –445 topics (diseases, wellness issues) –links to organizations, libraries, directories –Drug information –Encyclopedia –News Over 6 million page hits/month

31. MEDLINE Searches “Canned” searches created by NLM Reference Staff Tailored for the consumer –current, English, clinical –20-70 references –on selected aspects of topic Search PubMed each time

32. Selection Guidelines Emphasize government resources - NIH Authoritative, accurate and well maintained Contact organizations about –technical issues (frames) –displaying advisory boards Links checked every night

34. Links to International Sites

35. blyon@nlm.nih.govblyon@nlm.nih.gov