In This Issue:
 Once
and Future Web
MEDLINEplus
Gets Upgrade
IGM
to be Retired
Human
Genome Mapped
Turning
the Pages
How
Will Technology Shape the Future of Health Care?
Do
the Dead Tell Tales After All?
Profiles
in Science
Public
Libraries and Consumer Health
RML
Contracts Announced
Rep.
Christian-Christsensen Speaks at NLM
Native
American Youth Visit NLM
New
Exhibit's Brewing at HMD
Pats
on the Back
EP
Division Announces Appointments
NLM
Pioneer Dave McCarn Dies
In Every Issue:
Names
in the News
Products
and Publications
NLM
In Print
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Pats on the Back
- The Medical Library Association has chosen NLM's MEDLINEplus
for inclusion in its Top Ten Most Useful Websites. MLA's Consumer
and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) evaluates websites
based on: credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience,
currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity and
disclaimers. You can view the other top sites at http://mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/topten.html.
- NLM has received a commendation from the Government Printing
Office (GPO) Depository Library Council. The commendation was for
a 2000 partnership agreement signed between GPO and NLM, assuring
permanent public access to many NLM titles. The agreement also
includes coverage of important online resources such as PubMed. In
signing the agreement, NLM acknowledged the Federal Depository
Library Program (FDLP) as one of its dissemination partners and
has agreed to keep the online publications available indefinitely.
The agreement exemplifies the Council's desire and the stated
Electronic Collection Plan goal that GPO partner with agencies to
assure permanent public access to federal government information.
- Macworld, the magazine for users of Macintosh computer
products, bestowed one of its "Macworld Web Awards" on
MEDLINEplus. The announcement, in the March 2001 issue, hailed the
website as "a comprehensive reference tool for all your medical
questions.The information is up-to-date and authoritative..."
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