About Us – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections

Celebrating the Publication of Circulating Now, Full Circle

Circulating Now — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:00:52 +0000

By Elizabeth A. Mullen and Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ Today—with deep appreciation of the time and talent of many individuals—we

NLM Collection Tour: Tobacco

Circulating Now — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:50 +0000

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Purple Coffins: Death Care and Life Extension in 20th Century American South

Circulating Now — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:00:12 +0000

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NLM Collection Tour: Sports and Health

Circulating Now — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:00:43 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about sports and health.

Archiving Sexual and Gender Minority Health Resources on the Web

Circulating Now — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:45 +0000

The National Library of Medicine launched a a new effort to archive web resources on the topic of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Health for future historical research.

Juneteenth: History and Healing

Circulating Now — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:00:13 +0000

On June 19, 1866, the first Juneteenth commemoration was held at Emancipation Park, on land in Houston that had been purchased by newly free African Americans, but freedom did not convey equality.

“St. John’s Court Is No More”: Code Enforcement and The Baltimore Plan for Housing

Circulating Now — Thu, 30 May 2024 18:00:14 +0000

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Mission and Mandate: Navigating the History of Science Administration at the NIH

Circulating Now — Thu, 23 May 2024 15:00:48 +0000

By Todd M. Olszewski ~ As a historian, I study the intersections among clinical medicine, health research, and health policy.

Preservation at the National Library of Medicine

Circulating Now — Thu, 02 May 2024 15:00:46 +0000

Preserving a collection of material objects that represents the knowledge of many individuals and creates meaning for diverse communities is

Archiving Rare Disease Organizations on the Web

Circulating Now — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:00:50 +0000

The National Library of Medicine launched a a new effort to document the landscape of organizations, programs, and advocacy efforts as part of a new Rare Diseases web archive.

NLM Collection Tour: Forensic Medicine

Circulating Now — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:00:31 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about Forensic Medicine

Making the Greatest Medical Library in America

Circulating Now — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:30:05 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ On a quest to bring together and catalog the world’s medical knowledge, John Shaw Billings, an

Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited

Circulating Now — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:00:10 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ For centuries, people used willow bark to treat pain and fevers. However, it was not until

Documenting Women’s Health Organizations and Resources on the Web

Circulating Now — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:00:08 +0000

The National Library of Medicine launched a a new effort to document the landscape of organizations, programs, and advocacy efforts as part of a new Women’s Health web archive.

Still Circulating Now: Ten Years On

Circulating Now — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:00:19 +0000

Wow. It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since we launched Circulating Now. Ten years ago, the History of

Vegetable Soup: An Enduring and Accessible Legacy

Circulating Now — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:15:02 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Rachel Curtis, Monica Gray, Laura Montgomery, and Miranda Villesvik, along with our own Jeffrey S.

NLM Collection Tour: Climate and Health

kdunne02 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:00:50 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about Climate and Health.

Dr. Windsor: Gentleman Collector of Rare Medical Books

Circulating Now — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:00:32 +0000

By Anne Rothfeld ~ What motivates a rare book collector? A medical professional naturally accumulates an array of reference books

COVID-19 Web Collecting: Reflections at Three Years

Circulating Now — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:00:12 +0000

The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Biomedical Representation: Web Archive Collecting for “All of Us”

Circulating Now — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:00:38 +0000

The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the NIH All of Us Research Program.

Top 9 of 2022 from NLM Collections on Instagram

Circulating Now — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:00:42 +0000

By Krista Stracka ~ Happy New Year! Before we dig into 2023, we’re taking a moment to count down last

NLM Collection Tour: Aging

Circulating Now — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:00:46 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about aging.

NLM Collection Tour: Nutrition

Circulating Now — Thu, 19 May 2022 15:00:55 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about nutrition.

COVID-19 Web Collecting: Reflections at Two Years

Circulating Now — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:00:30 +0000

The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

NLM Collection Tour: Matters of the Heart

Circulating Now — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:00:13 +0000

The Heart: Its Physiology, Pathology and Clinical Aspects by Selian Neuhof. Philadelphia, 1923
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NLM Collection Tour: HIV/AIDS

Circulating Now — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:00:50 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. To commemorate the 40 years that the US has been responding to the crisis, this post features materials related to HIV/AIDS.

The 1936 NLM Centennial, Focusing on the Future

Circulating Now — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:00:22 +0000

By Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie J. Kronenfeld ~ In 1901 United States Senate created the Senate Park Commission to develop

NLM Collection Tour: Health at Home

Circulating Now — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:00:27 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring materials intended to help people learn about and manage their own health.

Follow NLM Collections Now on Instagram

Circulating Now — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:00:25 +0000

By Krista Stracka ~ The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce that we have joined Instagram! Follow @nlm_collections

NLM Collection Tour: Mental Health

Circulating Now — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:00:59 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about mental health.

NLM Collection Tour: Vaccines

Circulating Now — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:00:19 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about vaccines.

COVID-19 Web Collecting: Reflections at One Year

Circulating Now — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:00:44 +0000

The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

NLM Collection Tour: Epidemics

Circulating Now — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:00:09 +0000

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about epidemics.

Director Jones: Laying the Foundation for the National Library of Medicine

Circulating Now — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:00:05 +0000

By Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie J. Kronenfeld ~ People familiar with the National Library Medicine (NLM) may not be aware

Archiving at a Distance

Circulating Now — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:00:44 +0000

By Danielle Calle ~ I’ve just joined the National Library of Medicine (NLM), one of a cohort of emerging library,

Fletcher: The Forgotten Founder

Circulating Now — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:00:05 +0000

By Nicole Baker ~ If you’re familiar with A Brief History of NLM, or you’ve followed our series A New

Al Gore, the Internet and the National Library of Medicine

Circulating Now — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:00:48 +0000

By Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie J. Kronenfeld ~ Since the late 1990, Al Gore has been ridiculed for supposedly claiming

“The World’s First Public Health Emergency of International Concern”

Circulating Now — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:00:56 +0000

On April 25, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2009 H1N1 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Archiving Web Content on the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Circulating Now — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:00:11 +0000

The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Living Content: Digitizing Magnetic Media at NLM

Circulating Now — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:00:03 +0000

By Sarah Eilers ~ “A whole collection of medical films, that sounds pretty interesting…and all the material is digitized?” Nearly

Card Tricks: The Decline & Fall of a Bibliographic Tool

Circulating Now — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:00:17 +0000

By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ There was a time, not so very long ago, when card catalogues were pretty much

Field Trip: National Museum of African American History & Culture

Circulating Now — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:30:42 +0000

By Crystal Smith~ On a brisk morning earlier this month, I gathered with my colleagues from the National Library of

We Are Thankful For…

Circulating Now — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:00:06 +0000

Thanksgiving reflections in which staff share their gratitude for the historical collections.

Who Was Here First

Circulating Now — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:00:21 +0000

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) sits on the southeast corner of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

Profiles in Science: Exploring the Stories of Scientific Discovery

Circulating Now — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:00:42 +0000

More than 30,000 digitized primary source materials in 40 collections celebrating twentieth-century leaders in biomedical research and public health.

Remembering Elizabeth Fee, PhD, 1946-2018

Circulating Now — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:00:02 +0000

Dr. Fee served most recently as NLM Senior Historian and previously as Chief of the NLM History of Medicine Division for over two decades. On October 17 Ted Brown, Professor of History and Medical Humanities at the University of Rochester, will offer a special public lecture in honor and memory of Dr. Fee.

Revealing Data: Concepts and Controversies in Modern Medicine, 1969–70

Circulating Now — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:00:13 +0000

Smallpox vaccination: should our policy be changed?, 1969
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Five Years in Circulation…and Counting!

Circulating Now — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:00:11 +0000

Free things like air, Vital things like blood, Living things like ideas… Circulate. With this introduction, we launched Circulating Now

NLM in Pictures—Read it This Summer

Circulating Now — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:00:10 +0000

Putting together a summer reading list? Images of America: U.S. National Library of Medicine, published a two years ago this month in the popular series by Arcadia Publishing, is sure to please.

NLM becomes an official part of NIH—April 1, 1968

Circulating Now — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:00:34 +0000

By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine (NLM) (formerly the Armed Forces Medical Library) was transferred to

HPCC Archived at NLM: Evolution and Assessment

Circulating Now — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:00:45 +0000

By Sally Howe ~ This third and last blog post associated with announcing the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) archival

Field Trip: NLM visits the National Agricultural Library

Circulating Now — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:00:10 +0000

By Rebecca Warlow ~ As the holidays approach, you may be getting ready for a trip to see family and

The Hero in the Library: Colonel Paul Frederick Straub

Circulating Now — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:00:04 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Lewis L. Barger III, who shares the story of Medal of Honor Recipient and Surgeon

HPCC Archived at NLM: Collaboration and Creation

Circulating Now — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:00:21 +0000

By Sally Howe ~ In a blog post in September we announced the release of a finding aid for the

High Performance Computing and Communications: Archived at NLM

Circulating Now — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:00:20 +0000

By Sally Howe ~ People today might use their smart phones without even thinking about how they work, let alone

A New History of NLM: The Library in the 21st Century

Circulating Now — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:00:24 +0000

National Institutes of Health director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, (left) swears in Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, as the 19th director of the Library on September 12, 2016. Brennan’s sister Jean Flatley McGuire is holding a copy of the US Constitution. Brennan was the first woman and first nurse appointed as director. Hundreds witnessed the historic occasion, a “great day for the National Institutes of Health,” as Collins stated. (Courtesy of Ernie Branson and the National Institutes of Health.)

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A New History of NLM: Celebrating 150 Years of Public Service and Looking to the Future

Circulating Now — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:00:57 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This is the eighth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book

A New History of NLM: Information Age

Circulating Now — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:00:43 +0000

By Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the seventh post in a series of nine which serializes the new book

A New History of NLM: A New Name and A New Home

Circulating Now — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:00:28 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the sixth post in a series of nine which

A New History of NLM: World War II and Relocation

Circulating Now — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:00:07 +0000

By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ This is the fifth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book

A New History of NLM: The “Old Red Brick”

Circulating Now — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:00:44 +0000

By Anne Rothfeld ~ This is the fourth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US

A New History of NLM: Civil War and the Era of John Shaw Billings

Circulating Now — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:00:52 +0000

In this letter to a potential donor, written on May 13, 1872, John Shaw Billings explains his ambition for the library: “I am trying to form a great national Medical Library here—a work of great labor—which I am satisfied can only be done under government auspices. We have now about 18,000 vols—on our shelves in the fireproof building of the Army Med Museum. Catalogued and open to the profession—and it is now on a proper basis as the Medical Section of the National or Congressional Library. I want to make it as complete as it can be made and the great difficulty of course is to get old pamphlets—and to complete our files of journals.”

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A New History of NLM: Origins and Early Years

Circulating Now — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:00:34 +0000

By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the second post in a series of nine which serializes the new book

Introducing A New Illustrated History of NLM

Circulating Now — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:00:13 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Ken Koyle ~ This is the first post in a series of nine which serializes

Escape to Iron Mountain

Circulating Now — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:00:24 +0000

By Sarah Eilers and James Labosier ~ At the National Library of Medicine (NLM), what you see is not all

A New Look for Circulating Now

Circulating Now — Mon, 01 May 2017 13:30:08 +0000

You may have noticed…Circulating Now has an exciting new look! In the almost four years since we began, we’ve

Medical Perspectives on World War 2

Circulating Now — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:00:42 +0000

By Crystal Smith ~ It’s with great pleasure that I introduce you to a treasured new addition to National Library

World War I Centenary Forum: Stories from the NLM Collections

Circulating Now — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:00:54 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Anne Rothfeld One hundred years ago, on April 2, 1917, US President Woodrow Wilson spoke

A Piece of Pi: Historical Perspectives from NLM

Circulating Now — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Pi Day is the internationally-recognized event when various disciplines come together to celebrate the significance of the Greek letter π.

The Power of Aggregation

Circulating Now — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:00:58 +0000

By John Rees We all appreciate the convenience of the modern shopping experience. Who doesn’t love visiting a local farmer’s

Remembering Melvin R. Laird, 1922–2016

Circulating Now — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:00:01 +0000

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$150 for Medical Books 180 Years Later

Circulating Now — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:00:43 +0000

By Kenneth M. Koyle Those who are familiar with the history of the National Library of Medicine know that the

Marshfield Clinic’s 100-Year Contribution to the Future of Medicine

Circulating Now — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:00:37 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Rachel V. Stankowski, PhD, scientific research writer at the Marshfield Clinic, located in Marshfield, Wisconsin.

Celebrating American Archives Month

Circulating Now — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:00:44 +0000

By Rebecca C. Warlow ~ This post was originally published in 2016. Here at the National Library of Medicine

Hosting the Representative of Flanders

Circulating Now — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:00:49 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick The richness of Flemish history came alive here at the NLM recently, when we were honored

Three Times Around and Still Circulating

Circulating Now — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:00:02 +0000

Three years ago this week, we launched Circulating Now to explore, share, and celebrate the value of the NLM’s world-renowned

Apply Now! A New History Fellowship at NLM

Circulating Now — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:00:19 +0000

Apply now for the Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine.

Images from the History of Medicine is Moving to NLM Digital Collections

circulating now — Tue, 31 May 2016 18:30:56 +0000

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Grateful Med: Personal Computing and User-Friendly Design

Circulating Now — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:00:14 +0000

GRATEFUL MED
A Search Assistant for MEDLINE and other NLM Files.
This program allows you to select a database then helps you formulate a search for the MEDLARS system of the National Library of Medicine

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MEDLARS II: MEDLINE & Instantaneous Search

Circulating Now — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:30:58 +0000

By Nicole Contaxis MEDLARS I, as described in my previous post, was a great step forward in providing access to

Future Historical Collections: Archiving the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Circulating Now — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:30:35 +0000

Christie Moffatt spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Future Historical Collections: Archiving the 2014 Ebola Outbreak.” Ms.

GenBank & The Early Years of “Big Data”

Circulating Now — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:00:48 +0000

In cooperation with our colleagues at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Library of Medicine (NLM), the NLM’s

MEDLARS I & GRACE: The Early Mainframe Experience

Circulating Now — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:00:52 +0000

By Nicole Contaxis Providing access to bibliographic data has long been a part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

2015 is Almost History

Circulating Now — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:00:43 +0000

Goodbye 2015, it’s been quite a year! During the past twelve months on Circulating Now, we heard from all kinds

Publications and the Army Medical Library around World War I

Circulating Now — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:30:50 +0000

Dr. Sanders Marble spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Gathering and Spreading Knowledge: Publications and the Army

The Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965

Circulating Now — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:00:30 +0000

By Elizabeth Fee In the two decades after World War II, America’s medical libraries were in very poor shape. Funding

“Mr. Public Health”—John E. Fogarty, Medical Research, and Health Care

Circulating Now — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:24:13 +0000

By Susan Speaker In January of 1941, a twenty-seven year old Rhode Island bricklayer named John Edward Fogarty began his

Field Trip: Visiting our Sister (Institution)

Circulating Now — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:00:38 +0000

By Kenneth M. Koyle and Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ Over the summer, staff of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Where to Find History of Medicine Collections

Circulating Now — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:00:43 +0000

By Crystal Smith Among the National Library of Medicine’s most versatile online historical resources is an interactive tool for locating

A History of the FDA Notices of Judgment—John Rees

Circulating Now — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:00:47 +0000

On May 7, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special program, “A History of the Food and Drugs

Hosting the Chairman of NEH

Circulating Now — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:24:36 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick William D. Adams, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently honored the National

Ebola at One Year

Circulating Now — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:00:46 +0000

By Elizabeth Mullen and Christie Moffatt This week marks one year since the World Health Organization announced that the deadly

Hosting the Ambassador of Belgium

Circulating Now — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:00:54 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick Belgium—founding member of the European Union and a country whose heritage is rich in so many

Donald Lindberg: A Leadership Legacy for the Future

Circulating Now — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:59:36 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick At the end of this month, Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, Director of the National Library of

Partners in Illuminating Science

Circulating Now — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:00:16 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Aline Lin, co-founder and principal of Link Studio, an interactive design and medical illustration company.

Early Latin American Medicine in the NLM Collections

Circulating Now — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:30:55 +0000

Michael J. North spoke today at the National Library of Medicine in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month on “Early Latin

Rare Footage of FDR at NIH

Circulating Now — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:00:01 +0000

By Rebecca C. Warlow On October 31, 1940, just days before President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would be elected to an

A Remarkable Career in Psychiatry

Circulating Now — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:00:41 +0000

In 2012 Dr. Lucy Ozarin was interviewed at the National Library of Medicine as part of an oral history project

Circulating Now…Full Circle

Circulating Now — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:00:27 +0000

Today is Circulating Now’s one year anniversary! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our success in sharing with

Hosting AOTUS: David S. Ferriero

Circulating Now — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:00:53 +0000

Joyce Backus, David Ferriero, and Jeffery Reznick at NLM.

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Ground-Breaking Reflections: Melvin R. Laird

Circulating Now — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:00:56 +0000

NLM Ground Breaking Ceremony Program

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“you are going to find the answers”

Circulating Now — Tue, 13 May 2014 20:30:57 +0000

By Sarah Eilers Regional Medical Programs http://youtu.be/-Vw2Id_WS3Y&rel=0 You have, among you, some of the great doctors, some of the great

Planting the Tree of Hippocrates

Circulating Now — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 21:46:57 +0000

In 2014 a group of dignitaries and guests gathered in front of the National Library of Medicine to plant a tree.

Emerging Trends in Digital Stewardship

Circulating Now — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:00:37 +0000

Sharing new projects and experiences in digital stewardship was the theme of a recent National Digital Stewardship Resident (NDSR) symposium

IndexCat™: Search It, Read It, Download It

Circulating Now — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:00:28 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick When John Shaw Billings was posted to the Army Surgeon General’s office in 1865 and put

A Look at Librarians

Circulating Now — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:00:33 +0000

By Alexsandra Mitchell The job description for today’s librarian is ever-changing, adapting to constantly evolving technological advancements that better serve

NLM Visits the Sackler

Circulating Now — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:00:30 +0000

By Stephen J. Greenberg Recently, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, a unit of the Smithsonian Institution specializing in Asian Art,

John F. Kennedy and the National Library of Medicine

Circulating Now — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:00:38 +0000

President Kennedy, on June 19, 1963, greeting members of the International Congress on Medical Librarianship on the south lawn of the White House.

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Martin Cummings and Transformative Change at NLM

Circulating Now — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:30:50 +0000

By John Rees In His Own Words: Martin Cummings and Transformative Change at NLM The Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program

Field Trip!

Circulating Now — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:00:08 +0000

By Stephen J. Greenberg I don’t know about you, but when I was still in school, there were two words

Welcome to Circulating Now

Circulating Now — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:44 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Reznick Welcome to Circulating Now, the new blog of the History of Medicine Division of the U.S.