{"id":27016,"date":"2023-06-29T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=27016"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:08:25","slug":"still-circulating-now-ten-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/06\/29\/still-circulating-now-ten-years-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Circulating Now: Ten Years On"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow. It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since we launched Circulating Now<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ten years ago, the History of Medicine Division envisioned a dynamic space where staff\u2014librarians, archivists, historians, interns, conservators, and others\u2014could dedicate their expertise to showcasing the National Library of Medicine\u2019s rich and varied collections and the histories they document. We also intended it to be an agile venue for sharing timely information about current events, conservation activities, exhibitions, new\u00a0and\u00a0newly-accessible\u00a0collection materials, and other resources in the history of medicine. And we really hoped that colleagues, collaborators, researchers, and readers of a variety of professional and personal backgrounds would get involved and contribute to this endeavor.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wish all scholarly websites were as well-laid-out and pleasurable to use as the NLM one is \u2014 [not] to mention the quality of the collection! Thank you.\u201d \u2014Barbara on Scan-On-Demand: Home Health, 1903<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We have more than fulfilled our early vision.\u00a0Circulating Now<\/em> has published over 900 stories drawn from our physical and digital collections, which span ten centuries and originate from all over the world. Our contributors include our multidisciplinary staff and more than 200\u00a0 historians, artists, physicians, biographers, and many others who have discovered new meaning in the collections. Topics have continually proliferated, leading to a great tangle of tags ranging everywhere from anatomy<\/a> to archives<\/a>; data<\/a> to nursing<\/a>; mental health<\/a>, public health<\/a>, epidemics<\/a>; race<\/a> to recipes<\/a> and the role of food<\/a> as medicine (soup<\/a>, anyone?).<\/p>\n

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\u201cThanks for the great recipes for Soups. I will be making these all winter.\u201d\u2014Vivian on A Pocket Full of Soup<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Circulating Now<\/em> showcases not only books and manuscript materials but also art, software, photographs, film, and born digital web and social media content. Our posts, while historical, often give context to current events; in recent years, for example, the public health crisis generated by the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic prompted many posts, along with related essays about other epidemics<\/a> through history, especially the 1918 influenza<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n

At this ten-year mark, we explored a number of ways to better understand Circulating Now’s<\/em> impact on contributors, subscribers, staff, and readers.<\/p>\n

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Circulating Now<\/em> posts garner hundreds and thousands of views from readers all over the world, remaining relevant long after publication and acting as a knowledge base and portal to the Library’s historical collections. The blog’s readership includes librarians and archivists, historians, healthcare professionals, curators, journalists and writers, educators and students, researchers and life-long learners, and many others like you.<\/p>\n

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The top five most visited posts in the ten year life of the blog, listed below, range from 16,000 to over 62,000 views to date.<\/p>\n

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  1. Domestic Violence in the 1970<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. The Origins and Evolution of the Mayo Clinic<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. The Truth About Black Cats<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. On Combat Fatigue Irritability: Kerry Kelly Novick<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. The Lady Who Became a Nurse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    \u201cNurses are so brave, i wouldn\u2019t have been able to go in a room full of sick people, they deserve tons of respect.\u201d\u2014Urtasker on Making a World of Difference: Stories About Global Health<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    We asked contributors to recall posts that made an impact on them and stuck with them over the years.\u00a0 Some recalled making discoveries, working with new people, or writing in a new way for a new audience.
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